Snail Scott on mon 10 jan 05
Yesterday I was at Sam's Club and saw a prefab
plastic 'gardener's workshop' by Rubbermaid. It
had a sturdy plastic floor, all-plastic walls and
peaked roof, double doors at each end, a greenhouse/
sunroom style window on one side and a regular window
on the other. It had a high plastic workbench
with two drop-in tubs for whatever, each of which
had a plastic cover which fitted flush to the counter
top. It also had plastic open-grid shelves and a
hopper which allowed for pass-through from the outside
(they said for dirt, but I could see other uses). No
lighting included, but two fluorescent shoplights
would light that space nicely and be well above
head height. It was about 10'x12', I recall, and
under $2000. (Don't remember exactly.) The whole thing
was packaged to go in two loads of a standard pickup
truck, and included all the assembly fasteners.
It's not large, but it's better than some studio
spaces I've had, and it's designed to get wet and
dirty - rust-, rot- and termite-proof. I wouldn't
put a kiln in it (!) but a person could do worse.
Lumber to build a shed could cost that much...
-Snail
wjskw@BELLSOUTH.NET on mon 10 jan 05
Snail, dear...
They're more durable than you might think. I have one
of the larger Rubbermaid (all plastic, no tool assembly)
sheds that backs up to a wall. I think it's three feet deep, about
5 feet wide, and maybe 7 feet tall, slanted roof. You've seen them
I'm sure.
Well, it sits outside my house (FL remember, no freezing here)
and my GAS water heater sits in it, with the (metal) chimney going
through a hole I cut in the roof with a 4" hole saw.
I have to say, with three bathrooms, we keep the water heater
cranking most of the day. No meltdowns yet (knock wood) and it's
been there since '95, sitting on a couple concrete pavers.
You could do worse than put a well insulated kiln in it :>) My
electric has only 2 inch brick, and never gets more than 200 degrees
a foot away firing to cone 10. If you're that concerned, you could
always insulate the walls (inside) with a wall/floor shield for
woodstoves, or some Hardie panel on standoffs to allow air behind it
an inch or so.
Oh yeah...the same idiot inspector that told me I couldn't have a
raku kiln took one look at it, and passed it!
Best,
Wayne Seidl
"where there's a will, there's a Wayne:>)"
It's not large, but it's better than some studio
spaces I've had, and it's designed to get wet and
dirty - rust-, rot- and termite-proof. I wouldn't
put a kiln in it (!) but a person could do worse.
Lumber to build a shed could cost that much...
-Snail
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on mon 10 jan 05
Too...
One may easily find older, homely Travel Trailers or even
Mobile Homes for cheap...
Just go from there, insulate it better if one wants to, set
it up inside however...pick out or hem some new drapes...
Get however much room you want pretty much, for a small to
medium Studio, and it is just-about all ready-to-go, too,
just as it is.
Easy to move, too...should the day ever come...
Just plant some Irises and Hiacynths or something around it,
have a few Aluminum folding-chairs with a little table there
by the door, for the occasional book readin' relax...a
little yellow windwhirly Pin-wheel thing or two stuck in the
ground, and...
Be pretty allrighty...
Phil
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Valice Raffi on tue 11 jan 05
>Yesterday I was at Sam's Club and saw a prefab plastic 'gardener's
>workshop' by Rubbermaid. ...
Hi Snail,
I had a smaller version outside the studio in Sacramento, it was out there
5 years with no signs of deterioration. I kept my glaze chemicals in it
(which worked fine) and it never leaked. Occasionally when we had
torrential rain that pooled in front of it, I would get a little moisture
inside on the floor.
I brought it with me to New Mexico, it came apart easily and hopefully will
go back together just as easily!
The last 10' x 12' shed I built in Sac (with one window and a free door)
probably cost close to the price of the one at Sam's Club.
Will this be a temporary studio until the pole barn gets rehabbed?
Valice
in Las Cruces
Potter's Council member
Snail Scott on tue 11 jan 05
At 07:56 AM 1/11/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>Yesterday I was at Sam's Club and saw a prefab plastic 'gardener's
>>workshop' by Rubbermaid...
>Will this be a temporary studio until the pole barn gets rehabbed?
Oops - didn't mean to give the wrong impression!
My pole barn is plenty for me - more space than
I ever dreamed of having. I only mentioned the
plastic garden shed as a public service, in case
anyone else was in need of a compact, suburban-
compatible, low-effort workspace.
-Snail
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