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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave J View Post
    Some serious money spent on that property
    Yep they're not short of a quid. They also own a couple of properties in the city.
    They are also very hospitable and down to earth and it's always good fun visiting them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrayAlien View Post
    Hi all, apols - I have been very quiet for some time. Life has delivered covid, too much work, a stuck-with-us-mother-in-law, a full house renovation (in progress), family health issues etc etc. But I thought it might be nice to share our current living space.

    Due to covid restrictions, we can't be in the house while builders are here so wifey and me and two dogs have moved into the shed. Mother-in-law is on site in a caravan. We're very lucky to have a 7.5m x 7.5m shed (rare in this part of town) where we will be for the next 5 months or so. Happy to say it is plumbed so we have a loo. The caravan has the shower. But, we're sharing our space with some old machines so life has a kind of industrial feel to it at the moment. tbh, kind of cool I think.

    All machines and tooling are very liberally coated in iso 68 oil (every fortnight or so) and, despite looking like a table, the surface plate has cardboard protectors at the edges and the prep surface is resting on those. First week in we had heaters on in here 24 hours a day to help raise temp of all the mass in here to reduce condensation and help keep things a little warmer than the mid-Melbourne winter outside.

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    Good luck with it all, I hope that you get through with out too much drama. Might I suggest a diesel heater for some protection from a Melbourne Winter. They can be built into something like an old army ammo case, and the hot air and return air lines ducted into your shed. You will be amazed just how much heat these small heaters punch out and they are quite frugal in fuel consumption terms. If you no longer need it when the house is completed, it will be easy to remove the temporary ducts and make good, with very little trace remaining. Of course you may just like to have the additional heat for shed comfort when you are able to reclaim the shed for its intended purpose.

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    Definitely agree Shed needs to be bigger than house.
    Having married a Canadian raised on a farm in the prairies used to huge machinery sheds I got away with it in suburban Sydney. As long as it’s presentable from the street all’s good.

    We did add a top story to the house and just lately a sun room up top for our dotage.
    (Shed still bigger)
    Sold off my extensive old tool collection to help fund the former

    Want to park your nice car in the shed? No way I’ll just knock up a quick carport to protect it from branches wot drop off the Australian Red Cedar in backyard.

    Now we’re in lockdown she’s happy reading in the sunroom or working on a quilt in her sewing nook whilst I’m out in the shed or on the pedley.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SurfinNev View Post
    My ideal residence would be a huge shed with an upper floor down sides and at the back. This would be the living quarters. Centre section would have overhead crane down middle. Ground floor would be workshop. Not sure it would be legal to live in it though. Probably depend on location.
    7M high tilt slab shed (Room for Mezzanine, when it’s not big enough.)

    Approved “Caretakers Accomodation” upstairs
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    All these large sheds = makkin' me jealous!

    Ropetangler - I have been eyeing those small diesel heaters - cheaps as chips and, as you say, quite frugal it seems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrayAlien View Post
    I have been eyeing those small diesel heaters - cheaps as chips and, as you say, quite frugal it seems.
    Anyone know about the particulate emissions from those things?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Anyone know about the particulate emissions from those things?
    Euro 6 emissions.

    Not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simonl View Post
    Euro 6 emissions.

    Not.

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    I can't say about the particulates, but the heat emissions are all good.

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    I’ve no idea about the actual particulates, but in my experience they seem to run very clean. Zero soot or visible smoke/haze.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OxxAndBert View Post
    I’ve no idea about the actual particulates, but in my experience they seem to run very clean. Zero soot or visible smoke/haze.

    Steve
    That is my experience too, some particulates and smell on initial startup but once running, no smoke and no soot from the exhaust, but some smell just like a diesel engine if you are close to the exhaust. (And not the really noxious smell like some old diesels which would make your eyes water, and make it difficult to breathe either)

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    Those diesel heaters are pretty bloody good, especially for the price. But as an avid camper and traveller I hate them with a passion.

    Every man and his dog has one in their caravan and camping trailer. Sitting in front of your camp fire on a cool night, all you can hear is the collective roar in the distance from people's heaters.

    Doesn't even have to be really cold for people to use them. It seems that people use them because they can. People set up their caravan, turn on their heater and they never step foot outside!

    It's like people want to see the outback or bush but not experience it!

    They would be great for the shed though.

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    How much warm, moist (combustion products) air is it going to pump into a space filled with poor, cold defenseless cast iron machines?

    Michael

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    I've been working with invisible air borne particulates for about 40 years and the first thing I learned is just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there - sometimes in spades.To check the fine particulate operation of my wood dust detectors all I do is put them within a couple of meters from my running diesel van's exhaust pipe which also has no visible soot or smoke emissions and the detectors max out within seconds

    If there's even a bit of s slight breeze it can carry the fine particulates away but I'm thinking of still balmy cold nights or mornings and these heaters fogging the air around the shed with zillions of these cancer inducting particles. I won't even have a gas heater or stove in our house.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    How much warm, moist (combustion products) air is it going to pump into a space filled with poor, cold defenseless cast iron machines?

    Michael
    Hi Michael,

    Those heaters have a heat exchanger type setup similar to central heating in the home. The combustion chamber is isolated from the airflow going into the space it heats.

    There should be little to no particulates or combustion products vented into the shed.

    Same, same with caravans. The exhaust is vented externally. As a tent camper for many years it's stiff if your tent is next to the exhaust vent of a caravan in the next spot! At least they are warm and comfortable I guess!

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    Quote Originally Posted by simonl View Post
    Hi Michael,

    Those heaters have a heat exchanger type setup similar to central heating in the home. The combustion chamber is isolated from the airflow going into the space it heats.

    There should be little to no particulates or combustion products vented into the shed.
    Directly yes, but all it takes is for the breeze to blow back and forth (unless the van is air tight which is not good for you either) particulates will get inside your building/caravan. Breezes blowing past any building or van generate a slightly lower pressure inside that building/van which means it will suck the particulates inside. I've often seen this effect while studying/desinging/building clean laboratories. One the 1980's when we were cutting our teeth on this we could pick up the differences in morning and evening traffic peak particulate concentration inside a so called clean lab, from major freeway traffic over 5km away due to changes in morning and afternoon prevailing winds.

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