Hypothetical Fumey Container

This is the page for debating the colour of the bikewelding shed.

Plan for shipping container in the yard for fume generating work

The plan is to get a shipping container and fit out for various kinds of work which are unsafe in the unventilated basement:

• Welding
• Significant amounts of grinding
• Kiln use

Tools which will end up there

• Stick welder
• MIG Welder
• TIG Welder
• Angle grinder(s)
• Kiln?

Costs

A 20' container has the dimensions: w = 2.5m h = 2.6m l = 6m

Area excluding floor is about 60m^2.

• Container: £500 - £2000
• Delivery of container - £200
• Big fan for ventilation - £??
• Insulation board for walls and ceiling (about £900) http://www.wickes.co.uk/Celotex-100mm-High-Performance-Insulation-Board-GA4000-100x1200x2400mm/p/161255
• Plasterboard cladding (about £130) http://www.wickes.co.uk/Knauf-Plasterboard-Square-Edge-2400x1200x12-5mm/p/104123 (insulation board and plaster board)
• Any additional sound baffling
• Access control for door (a dorbot clone plus bits to make it work on a container door?) - £??
• Work bench - £??
• Internal wiring for power tools - £??
• Lighting - £56 2x £28 http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-5ft-58W-Switch-Start-Twin-Fluorescent-Fitting+Tube/p/118090 Floodlight for workbench £60 http://www.wickes.co.uk/Saxby-Olea-400W-Integrated-LED-Floodlight/p/140199
• Wiring to the container - £??
• Coat of paint for the outside (unless the container is in really good nick)- £??

Total: £1848 - 3348