Yorkies workshop refurbishment

Apologies if a couple of these pictures have been posted here before but this year has seen major necessary refurbishment work undertaken converting my workshop into a more user friendly making studio, For the benefit of the forum update a new timber frontage has been added and a complete new roof installed with dry ridge system and dry verge, fascia boards have been overlayed with Eurocell white cladding. The picture below shows the state of play earlier in the year before any gutters and rainwater goods were added.




The main concern had been water ingress from a previously poorly installed roof which lacked any reall weather overhang, damp had started to collect above DPCM level in the wall cavity and a pervaying smell of decay lingered ... not at all an ideal space to make models in. The above picture shows damage to bricks caused by water and frost action in the walls, bricks had spalled in the lower corners of the building. Part of the repair work involved resurfacing the bricks using a bonding mix that copied the texture of the good bricks... once coated with white masonary paint the repair will blend in nicely.





Here we can see the effects of static damp which has stained an otherwise dry concrete floor, this is not due to a falure in the damp proof underfloor membrane but in fact water has collected inside the wall cavity and has by-passed the DPCM levels.



The method I adopted of dealing with this once the new roof had been completed and the walls dried out over the Summer was to paint a polymer synther coated barrier between the lower walls and onto the floor. I will add that the concrete floor already has a good damp proof underlay and the black effervesence spores were only on the surface and were a sterilising solution killed the fruiting spores dead. Anyway this is where we were before the new tile floor was laid in.




And with the new ceramic tile floor laid in... we havej ust jumped four months in time now.




Again looking in the opposite direction, the back wall will have a continuous unit added which will be a storage area and also a place to display part of the Leek Passenger Station layout... yes bet you'd all forgotten about that project.




The canopy had a tongue and groove timber plank underdrawing added, this tidied the look considerably after painting... yes the colour code is 10B17 Corncob which is the cream colour used by British Rail with their corporate Rail Blue image... I thought the previous regional colour of Light Biscuit was too deep for this confined space.

Anyway I'm out of images now as I forgot to take pictures of drainage work I completed recently... good news is the electrician is calling tomorrow and that will push this job forward to the point where I can then install the internal stuff such as cupboards and shelving.

More tomorrow and thanks for watching.

 

Certainly will Paul, he started tomorrow installing the 2.5mm armour cable back to the house, I dug the trench a month ago, secondary RCD in the workshop with new lights and power points. With luck I'll start furniture refitting after Christmas and then its back to modelling full on in 2024. Yes I remember that respraying event well... that's some time ago now.

 

Thanks Vinylelpea its been a long time in the making... hopefully 2024 will see some serious model making happen in there.

 

Thanks Gormo, the main consideration here was to allow as much natural light as possible into the space... hopefully replacement of the big front window will improve thing more.

 

Mot a particulally interest laden image but quite important in the refurb because not only has the new rainwater drainage been installed but the electrician can this afternoon to install the new armour core cable from the house to the workshop studio. The trench I dug can now be back filled... in fact I did this earlier on before the light went into dusk.



And here is the infamous trench... it was actually quite hard digging because of the compacted rubble in the ground.





So here is a better image from yesterday showing the Corncob gloss paint which will be used on internal woodwork.





And this is where work has got to so far, in the Spring the wall will be painted white again and a pavour frontage laid... the wooden shed in the background will be removed and an additional new extension added to the building but that is a project for later on. The drainage trench now backfilled runs across the front of the workshop into a soakaway near the garden.

 

6" x 6" tanalized columns from Flixton Sawmills ... should see me out

 

Cheers Ian ... how are you doing with the suitcases ?

 

You'll have to pop round if ever you are in the area Pete... would be good to catch up again mate

 

Never mind the age Dundee ... see the quality instead

Corncob (10B17) goes best with Dolphin Blue (16D45) if you want to paint your home corporate image British Rail 1970 style... I think maybe on the safe side I should stick with simple white

Glad you like progress ... which seems exceeding slow right now.

 

True indeed Ken, these things take as long as they take... the main thing is once completed there will be a conducive space to make models in.

 

We have power... this was the state of play last night after the electrican had conpleted the rewire install and I'd made good walls with multifinish skim plaster. Still a heck of a mess and will take an age to dry out properly, still a big milestone as I'll soon be able to start the refit and then it's back to making models in a cosy environment.




This part of the wall had suffered from moisture which had rotted the plaster, all treated properly and remade with a synther barrier up the wall from DPCM level and then made back up with Multifinish once it had had several weeks for the bricks to dry out properly.




This morning the electrician returned to fit a wall heater and add an additional switch for an LED spotlight... already things feel a lot better.





Then as dusk fell it was time to test the new porch light.





... and with the main studio lights on in full illumination a new studio workshop is starting to rise from all the building dust.