A steel shed and studio built from scratch, with insulation installed to reduce workshop noise.
The project
Sarah designed this studio and shed. The engineering was signed off by a private certifier. We built it, with a little bit of help from family and friends along the way. The roof pitch is 35 degrees and the Colorbond steel is Monument colour.
We lined our workshop wall with OSB Braceboard to provide a bit of a sound barrier for our neighbours when using loud tools and machinery and because we think it is a little bit more aesthetically pleasing. We used the braceboard, Wafer Head Screws and Earthwool Insulation.
We started by filling between the battens with the Earthwool insulation. This stuff is pretty nasty to work with, so make sure you're wearing long sleeves, pants, gloves, safety glasses and a mask.
We were lucky that the distance between each of the verticals is 2400mm, which meant we were able to fit two braceboards side by side without cutting with a butt joint in the middle. If the boards needed to be trimmed, we ensured the original edges were used to form the butt joint.
We decided to use Wafer Head Screws to avoid the screws pulling through the board. We found this quite a simple project and feel like it has transformed the original workshop wall.
The time lapse in our video makes this project seem super easy and fast.
