Shed Advice

[Joshyouare]

Hi everyone, rather than revive old threads thought I'd start a new one.

I have just moved into the dream home and now have a 6x6m insulated shed, and have started collecting timber. I am based in Brisbane, so often the humidity can get quite high.

Does anyone have any tips on humidity control? I am thinking of buying a dehumidifier, and suspect I will need to make a more sealed off area for glueups etc.

Essentially, what are your must haves for your shed for storing timber? Are the particularly dehumidifiers that are the best?

Thanks in advance,
Josh.

[kiwigeo]

If humidity is an issue then you have a choice of controlling same in the whole shed....or isolating a small part of the shed (ie a cupboard) for humidity control at critical stages of guitar construction.

I obsessed a bit about humidity here in The Adelaide Hills and started off with a dehumidifer running 24/7 in the shop. I found that without the dehumidifier the swings in humidity weren't that huge...the workshop is well insulated.

If I was building my shed again I'd take the same approach to my new house.....make it highly insulated and air tight (double membrane) and have an HRV ventilation system handling ventilation.

[nkforster]

Depends on how much time and money you want to spend. If you can, insulate and seal the whole thing, buy a really good dehumidifier like a Thorair. For a smaller cheaper unit, I've heard good things about the Midea Cube. At the least, make a small room you can get a gobar deck in, along with whatever wood you'll be using. Make a wood frame, cover it in plastic (like a greenhouse) and put the defuhidifier in that.

I have a room small enough to control and big enough to store most of my timber in it. The machine runs year round. Only being turned off when circumstances allow. The floor is sealed, and the walls and ceiling is lined with plastic sheeting. Works well. Most my tops, backs, sides, necks and fretboards are on the opposite wall. Sitting on a set of floor to ceiling Bunnings Rack-it shelves and air can circulate around.

[Joshyouare]

Thanks guys - your solution sounds like what I should go for Nigel. Wish I’d sealed the floor of the shed before I moved all my crap in last week haha!

Josh.

[WJ Guitars]

When I built my workshop I insulated the floor ceilings and walls. The workshop includes an assembly room with a dehumidify with a drain pipe outlet through the wall. See photos below.

Wayne

[kiwigeo]

Wayne writes up a detailed plan complete with full scale drawings before eating breakfast each morning

Love the attention to detail.