On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:21:13 -0500, Hax Planx
wrote:

My ancient detached shop/garage has an uninsulated roof and now that
temps are parked in the 90's with full sunshine most days, the heat
radiating from the roof turns it into an oven. Things inside (like
projects) get warm to the touch and the ambient temperature soars to
about 105°(40.6°C). I've had to move all glues and solvents and
anything else that might be temperature sensitive into the house. As
you can imagine, it makes things like brushing shellac difficult. Any
ideas for a cheap remedy just for the radiating heat problem? I know I
could insulate the roof, but that isn't the direction I want to go with
this space. Before winter sets in, I want to frame about half of the
inside of the building into a room for the wood shop and insulate that,
but I didn't want to do it now. The building is about a 1000 sq/ft and
the roof is over 12' high at the peak, so that isn't very practical
anyway. I was thinking along the lines of maybe using a reflective
coating for the roof or tacking down tarps to cut down on the heat
absorbing properties of the black shingles. Does this sound practical
at all?

here in n.c. it gets pretty hot in the summer months. do you have
vents at each end of the building? if so, you could put a large fan
blowing out at one end. my shop is uninsulated also exept for the foam
sheating under the siding. nothing in the roof. it is under a few
shade trees and 2 story so i am sure that is helping. my shop stayes
cool up till around 4 pm in the summer. after then i go to the house.
if you dont insulate then ventilation and air flow are the key to
keeping cool. on days i want to work in the late afternoon i set a fan
blowing in downstairs and one or two blowing out upstairs. seems to
work ok. i have a window a c unit that suposedly works. havent ever
pluged it in so i cant say weather it does or not. you are welcome to
it if ya want to haul it home. maybe it willl make it cooler to work
in there but might be kind o exspensive. lol.

skeez