Great job, I love seeing people who aren't professionals dive right in and get it done. There's always something you'd do differently if doing the same project again and that's how you become a professional. Great job!!
What I like best, is that you learn things. Most people you have to tell them 103.65 times. AND you're courteous to your neighbors and not think only of yourself. NICE! We need a lot more people like you.
I appreciate your attention to detail. I wish I could find people around here that worked with pride and actually cared about what they were doing like you do.
Hi! I'm Walt and I wanted to thank you for making a video that was easy to understand! Most folks miss that little detail. I'm about to buy some land and set up a homestead. Obviously that means that I want to do as much of the work as possible by myself. I really appreciate what your doing. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
I left a comment on face book for you, and when I graduate and get my own house, I want to do the stuff that you are doing. Your a great inspiration to me and I'm glad I found your videos!
you are an inspiration, you make this look easy and I love that you are not intemidated by what is typically a mans job, after watching this I feel like I can do this too, thanks for sharing
About to get started on something exactly like this for our new home! I need some tool shed space without spending a fortune and/or taking up too much space. I have been watching you for a while and I am so appreciative of your humility and excitement with your projects. I too will be just as excited when I get to build mine. I am even more appreciative of seeing your loving interactions with your husband. It is a beautiful thing to have a wife love us like that! Keep it up and your new workshop is incredible! Congrats on THAT building...you have come a long way!
''The bad weather comes in whenever I want to build anything outside!'' Story of my life. One day when I build a shop it's going to rain inside....i know it!
I love this channel. I only really keep the ones that I like anyway. One of the things that my grandfather taught me for outside vents was to "glue it, then screw it." In that, if you apply your waterproof calk to the back side of the top and sides, install it and screw it in place, then you can help to eliminate the excess goop that happens quite often in calking. Some have asked, "Why just 3 sides?" The idea that was passed along was that IF water got inside the vent, whether from driving rain or condensation on the metal, it would need somewhere to get out. That's also why some of the older buildings have a small hole on the bottom side of the aftermarket vents.
just a tip! when building a roof you should install your facia before sheeting. using your speed square to line up with the center mark of the 2x6 board and then sheet to that mark. it is a better water seal and also looks better after you have shingled the roof. all and all great job! loving your videos and have implemented many of your ideas into my shop. keep up the awesome work! much love from Canada.
April, I really enjoy your channel. I would like to mention a couple of considerations regarding your Dust Collector setup: 1) Since the dust collector is now outside the shop, it will draw air out of your shop. You will need to supply make-up air. I would have considered sealing the shed and feeding the vents back into the shop. It would still be low-noise. Creating a vacuum (low-pressure) in your shop might also cause issues with heating and cooling systems. 2) This is more important for colder climates, but if you do heat the shop, you will be pulling warm (moist) air out of the shop through the relatively cooler dust collector. This can cause condensation and rust. This has been my experience (in Minnesota) with people installing central vacuum units in their garage. The condensation causes the vacuum to rust and fail. Best Regards
I love your videos. I want to build a small shed for garden tools, and this makes me feel like I could do it. In first video it says you built it for your ''dust collection'' and thought that must be slang for ''extra junk''. Lol. Now I know.
I’m basically doing exactly what you did except with a wood floor. Your z flashing tip, and trim tips were super helpful. Thanks for the great content.
You are my hero! I love that you know how to do all that, I wish I knew how to do stuff. I just bought a house and I have some projects to do and the only fear I have about doing it myself is that it will look like I did it myself and I'm a little OCD so if it doesn't come out perfect it will bug me until I re-do it and I definitely don't have the budget to do that.
I had a feeling you were building this for DC and compressor. Building my side shed for the same purpose was one of the best upgrades I did to my shop. gave me more room inside the shop, too. I was able to reduce my sound by at least 80%.
Oh really? Did you insulate your space? Did you add vents? I just bought some hoods for the outside and will make some baffles for the inside but I'm curious how you did it and what you think about it. Also, did you insulate the doors? I planned on it but got carried away building and completely forgot! So now I'm debating about tearing my doors apart to add insulation.
+April Wilkerson Yep! So I framed everything with standard 2x4 studs on 12" centers. I did that for a couple of reasons, but one was for the proper cavities to insulate. I insulated with standard fiberglass like you used. I even built my doors with 2x4 studs so I could insulate them. My only vent was a modified dryer vent that is tied to the output of my 1HP dust collector blower. I am venting right to the outside, so no 1 micron dust bag to restrict air flow. I'm pretty sure that is why I'm getting away with a 1HP blower and the size of the duct system I'm running in the shop. I have the blower tied to a Super Dust Deputy cyclone and that is on a remote switch for wireless control in the shop. I modified the receiver to have an external UHF antenna and that helped with the range. Honestly, you would just use Liquid Nails and foam board on your doors and do just fine. You're in a temperate enough climate to get away with it. In recent winters, we've been seeing more temps in the high 20's and even into the teens. If you're interested, I have the first two of a three part video series up on my channel on this whole system, including building the shelter.
You are to be commended, young lady, for your efforts and willingness to share all your information. I have heard it said one should not insulate immediately under the roof. In other words it is necessary to leav an air space between the insulation and the underside of the roof itself. However, if you have information to the contrary, I would like to know about it. Best wishes for your continued success!
Okay nice to find part 2 of this 5 yr old video but even before I watch it I wanted to followup with something you said from your part 1 video. I like what you said and basically do the same thing, you said that you think of what you want to build, figure out how to build it (your way) but you keep learning from your experiences which helps you to do better next time, and I really like that. I totally feel that way. I can do or figure out how to do not anything but almost anything but it's always a learning experience. I always say next time I will do this better or in a much easier way, but always better. Thanks again ... now I gotta go watch you work ... see ya
April, I really enjoy your channel. I have just one suggestion and if it has already been stated here then sorry to beat a dead horse. I have not taken the time to read through all of the 318 comments. I did the exact same setup on my shop with my dust collection and air compressor. The one problem that I was having is that whenever I used the dust collector I was losing either my A/C or heat due to the DC sucking it all out of the shop. The fix for this is to install a small forced air filter box in the DC room with a vent pointing into the shop. Now I say small but I used a blower from an HVAC unit for a house. I know you are trying to keep as much sound out as possible and to help with that you can add some old carpeting to the inside of the filter box. Not sure if you will need this or not but just an observation. Thanks for hosting an awesome channel.
Something didn't fit, hit it with a hammer, it fit! We think alike sister! nice one! Totally watching to learn and steal you ideas cos i'm doing something similar.. Thumbs up, keep up the good work!
I like the way you're learning by doing. That will be a very useful shed when you are finished. It will end up holding more than dust collector and air compressor - guaranteed. Make sure to allow good ventilation for heat from the machines and air escape from the dust collector. The vents in the walls may not be enough. Trail and error will see. Great work so far.
this is the basic concept I used over a garage door i had installed out to the side yard, where one didn't exist before , the USP and fed ex delivery love it because they can deliver to that area instead of the front porch and not have my stuff in plain site
April, I like your attitude. A couple of tips for you from this carpenter. 1. keep your head high. 2. when you install those 9×13 vents to keep them from bowing out on the sides, start with the center hole on the long side, drop to other center and give it slight pull and drive screw in. 3. when cutting insulation you need to find a long board and drop it on insulation on cut line. Compress insulation and run knife down edge and presto you have perfect, fast, and easy cut. 4. The vents that you caulked will leak. Instead of the skin rake extend the rake 8 inches to shelter vents, or install wood sill over each, and cut small kerf at edge. this kerf will create a drip line to shelter vent
Great job. I learned the same way, just get up and do it! One tip, on your roof rafters you cut some pretty deep notches. Next time try setting the rafter on top of the wall plate and cut a birds mouth at the outside wall top plate. When you cut the rafter that deep you reduce the strength of the rafter considerably. If you are looking for another fun way to anchor your wall to concrete try a Ramset Gun. Keep up the great work! Thanks.
Nice work April, looks really nice. With the end of Daylight Savings Time it gets dark at 4:30 and getting earlier each day. By Christmas if will be dark by 3:30. Argh. Keep up the good work.
nice project April the double doors were smart forward-looking idea to make sure you would not have any problems getting things in or getting things out of your lean to I have to admit I might not have thought of that so kudos to you
April, not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you may want to consider vents at the bottom, as well. The cooler air will come in at the bottom and force the warmer air generated by the machinery out the top. Vents on the lower portion of the doors would work.
You should have looked at your house and let the outside of your wall hang out past the edge of the concrete slab so any rain will fall to the ground and not run under your frame. I have always been interested in diy. I built our timber framed home along with my son but I have still learned a lot from your videos and get a lot of pleasure from them. Looking forward to many more. Ps wished I had a work shop like your when I was doing a lot of diy. Now in my seventies.
IMHO, the best material for sound isolation is multiple thicknesses of drywall, along with an air gap between. Two sheets of drywall on top of each other. Then, an inch of air gap. Then Two more sheets of drywall. Where your air vents are, you would put a baffle like in a car muffler. R13 does more for heat loss than sound insolation. Keep up the good work. Your project looks good. I like that you are not afraid to take chances and you put value on the knowledge you get through experience.
I'm trying to add some space onto the back of my master bathroom so that it can become a full bath. I need enough room for the tub. Eventhough it doesn't need to be as deep, this looks like a very good shape to use for a small bump out addition. Thanks for making your videos.
Great Job! I'd totally forgot about the Z flashing. Glad someone else didn't. Since you really don't have any eaves, give some thought to putting up a drip edge to direct water away from the front wall and doors. Also recommend adding several stepping stones in front of those nice doors your going to build. Grass in front of the wood doors is a sure way to make the wood parts fail early. Like a decade early. lol
Its looking good April. Can't wait to see what you chose for the roofing. What a dream to have dust collection and compressor in another room not making noise... and for videos its almost a must.
April, good job. You might consider putting vents in your doors. Low vents so you will create a convection air flow. As your compressor and dust collector motors radiates heat, the hot air will rise. Having the upper and lower vents will allow a convection flow of air to circulate to keep things cool in the shed.
i am always telling my wife how inspiring all your videos are. if i may make a suggestion. make a cover for the hole that you cut in the outside wall make some type of design to make it look like you meant to do it. then put a vent in the door that you build if you need a vent at all. i think you have a little sofftet there so you can use that for a vent. it will keep the rain from blowing in and molding your walls.
gotta say u have done an amzing job on ur lean to well done really enjoyed watching ur vlog and u have given me great tips and ideas keep up the great vlogs lv jane from the uk x
I live in a condo and added a secondary wall to try and keep the noise out from my neighbor with metal 2 x 4s on top of a 5/8" thick plywood base. I insulated it R13 insulation and after all that, it didn't do squat to lower the noise from my noisy neighbors.
A small box/hood (a pretty one lol) on the outside of those vents would probably keep some rain out and if baffled greatly reduce the noise. I think it was Mathias that had a video about making a wood baffle to quiet down his compressor in his shop. Whoever it was basically said don't give the sound waves a direct path out. Cool build coming along great :)
For your first build of this type you did very well. Like you said, this is a learning process by doing. New tools are the best thing to have on any project. I have a Paslode air supplied framing nailer that I like very much.
I thought I read or heard you are in Fort Worth so am I, and I found a place that is very reasonably priced hard woods Sweeney Hard Woods is just off 121 near riverside on Conway st.. I have just recently been getting into wood working and enjoy it allot, I just wanted to give you and your peeps about Sweeney mostly No American woods like cheery, mahogany, oaks, anyway just thought you would like to know and if you know of any others please put it out there for everyone. Nothing nicer than starting with a stack of wood and finishing with something that makes you smile! have a great day mike w
You can always put a bead of caulk on the studs where you have seams also, increasing the ability to keep it dry. This helps also to keep the boards in place and reduce nail pops from swelling and shrinkage over time. Screws will hold much longer with less pulling out so using both nails to hold in place then screws to secure the material is a good idea. Over all you have good technique and get the job done. I personally make a written plan and see if things work on paper first to help from making placement mistakes like the inside wall giving you trouble when putting the siding on the outside.
Job came out great. I need to build a small shed/lean-to in my years for my pool and sprinkler equipment. I'd love to put my compressor out there too but there's absolutely no room at all and I don't feel like re-routing any of the pool filter or pool heater lines plus I just had a new knee operation about 10 days ago and I'm not ready to do any type of work around the house yet UNLESS your volunteering. Lol
: ) Haha, I certainly am not volunteering. This small building too much more time than what I was expecting and I have tons of things to build before the holidays. Our pool equipment is actually stored inside my shop in a closet of sorts. If you can't move it all outside, maybe you can at least build walls around it so it will keep it quieter. When ours is running, I never even notice.
Didn't see you caulk under the vents when you attached them and it worried me for the rest of the video. ;) Great video April. The z-channel was definitely a good upgrade.
Another tip for insulation cutting. Place the 2x4 along the cut line, apply pressure to flatten the piece and use the edge of the board as a guide for your utility blade. Hope this helps!
Great job, I love seeing people who aren't professionals dive right in and get it done. There's always something you'd do differently if doing the same project again and that's how you become a professional. Great job!!
What I like best, is that you learn things. Most people you have to tell them 103.65 times.
AND you're courteous to your neighbors and not think only of yourself. NICE! We need a lot more people like you.
I had to watch this again because I'm going to build one on the side of my shop for wood storage. This is the prettiest lean to I've ever seen.
I appreciate your attention to detail. I wish I could find people around here that worked with pride and actually cared about what they were doing like you do.
April, you're badass. Love your attitude to tackling projects that stretch your skill set and take on board viewers comments.
: ) Haha, thank you
Hi! I'm Walt and I wanted to thank you for making a video that was easy to understand! Most folks miss that little detail. I'm about to buy some land and set up a homestead. Obviously that means that I want to do as much of the work as possible by myself. I really appreciate what your doing. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
I've been in the trades my whole life and I must say your a pleasure to watch.
I left a comment on face book for you, and when I graduate and get my own house, I want to do the stuff that you are doing. Your a great inspiration to me and I'm glad I found your videos!
I’ve been watching for seven years? Holy cow time flys!
you are an inspiration, you make this look easy and I love that you are not intemidated by what is typically a mans job, after watching this I feel like I can do this too, thanks for sharing
im on my sons account but a female also
It really a joy to watch graduate to bigger & different projects, just really proud of you! 👍🏼
About to get started on something exactly like this for our new home! I need some tool shed space without spending a fortune and/or taking up too much space. I have been watching you for a while and I am so appreciative of your humility and excitement with your projects. I too will be just as excited when I get to build mine. I am even more appreciative of seeing your loving interactions with your husband. It is a beautiful thing to have a wife love us like that! Keep it up and your new workshop is incredible! Congrats on THAT building...you have come a long way!
''The bad weather comes in whenever I want to build anything outside!''
Story of my life. One day when I build a shop it's going to rain inside....i know it!
Haha. : D
I love this channel. I only really keep the ones that I like anyway. One of the things that my grandfather taught me for outside vents was to "glue it, then screw it." In that, if you apply your waterproof calk to the back side of the top and sides, install it and screw it in place, then you can help to eliminate the excess goop that happens quite often in calking.
Some have asked, "Why just 3 sides?" The idea that was passed along was that IF water got inside the vent, whether from driving rain or condensation on the metal, it would need somewhere to get out. That's also why some of the older buildings have a small hole on the bottom side of the aftermarket vents.
just a tip! when building a roof you should install your facia before
sheeting. using your speed square to line up with the center mark of the
2x6 board and then sheet to that mark. it is a better water seal and
also looks better after you have shingled the roof. all and all great
job! loving your videos and have implemented many of your ideas into my
shop. keep up the awesome work! much love from Canada.
April,
I really enjoy your channel.
I would like to mention a couple of considerations regarding your Dust Collector setup:
1) Since the dust collector is now outside the shop, it will draw air out of your shop. You will need to supply make-up air. I would have considered sealing the shed and feeding the vents back into the shop. It would still be low-noise.
Creating a vacuum (low-pressure) in your shop might also cause issues with heating and cooling systems.
2) This is more important for colder climates, but if you do heat the shop, you will be pulling warm (moist) air out of the shop through the relatively cooler dust collector. This can cause condensation and rust. This has been my experience (in Minnesota) with people installing central vacuum units in their garage. The condensation causes the vacuum to rust and fail.
Best Regards
I think that you are doing a very good job for a beginner. A lot of women won't even begin to even try to do something like the things you are doing.
I love your videos. I want to build a small shed for garden tools, and this makes me feel like I could do it. In first video it says you built it for your ''dust collection'' and thought that must be slang for ''extra junk''. Lol. Now I know.
Its coming along nicely April, one learns by their mistakes, and your next outside build will be even better...Thumbs-Up!!
Very nice! I love your "let's jump in and learn this" attitude. A very noticeable trait from video 1. One of the reasons why I subscribe.
: ) Glad you enjoy it.
Great video, the honesty made the video real we all back up sometimes. Look forward for more videos.
Good Luck and Stay Safe!!!!!
You've inspired to start building and learning as I go. Zero experience and all, I've been having a ton of fun figuring things out. Thank you!
YOUR AMAZING! Good for you. This proves that us women have skills untapped. We do need to know how to do these things.
well April...
You just keep gettin' better and better at what you do.
good job.
Anon
I don't plan on building a thing but I find your channel so interesting.
: ) Haha, well maybe I'll build something you want eventually and give it a try. It's quite addicting once you start.
April Wilkerson I believe it. I think it's awesome that you build things.
Came across this series And I've been watching for years. Thought this was great for a feed room just a tad bit bigger. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I’m basically doing exactly what you did except with a wood floor. Your z flashing tip, and trim tips were super helpful. Thanks for the great content.
The project is really coming along. The Cody cameos always crack me up. Keep up the good work!
: ) Thanks Mike.
The world is better because of Women like you! Raised my two daughters to be more like you! Fierce!
You are my hero! I love that you know how to do all that, I wish I knew how to do stuff. I just bought a house and I have some projects to do and the only fear I have about doing it myself is that it will look like I did it myself and I'm a little OCD so if it doesn't come out perfect it will bug me until I re-do it and I definitely don't have the budget to do that.
I had a feeling you were building this for DC and compressor. Building my side shed for the same purpose was one of the best upgrades I did to my shop. gave me more room inside the shop, too. I was able to reduce my sound by at least 80%.
Oh really? Did you insulate your space? Did you add vents? I just bought some hoods for the outside and will make some baffles for the inside but I'm curious how you did it and what you think about it. Also, did you insulate the doors? I planned on it but got carried away building and completely forgot! So now I'm debating about tearing my doors apart to add insulation.
+April Wilkerson Yep! So I framed everything with standard 2x4 studs on 12" centers. I did that for a couple of reasons, but one was for the proper cavities to insulate. I insulated with standard fiberglass like you used. I even built my doors with 2x4 studs so I could insulate them. My only vent was a modified dryer vent that is tied to the output of my 1HP dust collector blower. I am venting right to the outside, so no 1 micron dust bag to restrict air flow. I'm pretty sure that is why I'm getting away with a 1HP blower and the size of the duct system I'm running in the shop. I have the blower tied to a Super Dust Deputy cyclone and that is on a remote switch for wireless control in the shop. I modified the receiver to have an external UHF antenna and that helped with the range. Honestly, you would just use Liquid Nails and foam board on your doors and do just fine. You're in a temperate enough climate to get away with it. In recent winters, we've been seeing more temps in the high 20's and even into the teens. If you're interested, I have the first two of a three part video series up on my channel on this whole system, including building the shelter.
Watched the earlier (part 1) vid and now this. Well done Miss April. I admire your effort. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
You are to be commended, young lady, for your efforts and willingness to share all your information. I have heard it said one should not insulate immediately under the roof. In other words it is necessary to leav an air space between the insulation and the underside of the roof itself. However, if you have information to the contrary, I would like to know about it. Best wishes for your continued success!
Okay nice to find part 2 of this 5 yr old video but even before I watch it I wanted to followup with something you said from your part 1 video. I like what you said and basically do the same thing, you said that you think of what you want to build, figure out how to build it (your way) but you keep learning from your experiences which helps you to do better next time, and I really like that. I totally feel that way. I can do or figure out how to do not anything but almost anything but it's always a learning experience. I always say next time I will do this better or in a much easier way, but always better. Thanks again ... now I gotta go watch you work ... see ya
Getting those two noise makers out of the shop will make all the difference. Good job April...
Agreed! Save on the noise and the space. : ) I'm excited.
April, I really enjoy your channel. I have just one suggestion and if it has already been stated here then sorry to beat a dead horse. I have not taken the time to read through all of the 318 comments. I did the exact same setup on my shop with my dust collection and air compressor. The one problem that I was having is that whenever I used the dust collector I was losing either my A/C or heat due to the DC sucking it all out of the shop. The fix for this is to install a small forced air filter box in the DC room with a vent pointing into the shop. Now I say small but I used a blower from an HVAC unit for a house. I know you are trying to keep as much sound out as possible and to help with that you can add some old carpeting to the inside of the filter box. Not sure if you will need this or not but just an observation. Thanks for hosting an awesome channel.
Cody must be super good to you, knowing full well you have a line of suiters waiting
Nice. At first I did to know why you would insulate a space like that. Noise reduction is a reason I did not think of.
Thanks for posting.
You are absolutely awesome! An inspiration to all women! I'm quite the same and enjoy building things as and when I need to and design it myself!
Something didn't fit, hit it with a hammer, it fit!
We think alike sister! nice one!
Totally watching to learn and steal you ideas cos i'm doing something similar..
Thumbs up, keep up the good work!
I like the way you're learning by doing. That will be a very useful shed when you are finished. It will end up holding more than dust collector and air compressor - guaranteed. Make sure to allow good ventilation for heat from the machines and air escape from the dust collector. The vents in the walls may not be enough. Trail and error will see. Great work so far.
: ) Thanks Mark. Yep, I'll keep an eye on it and play it as I go.
this is the basic concept I used over a garage door i had installed out to the side yard, where one didn't exist before , the USP and fed ex delivery love it because they can deliver to that area instead of the front porch and not have my stuff in plain site
Looking good! Nice job April.
: ) Thanks!
Awesomeness on the diy..and big thumbs up for the pink floyd tee !!!
April, I like your attitude. A couple of tips for you from this carpenter. 1. keep your head high. 2. when you install those 9×13 vents to keep them from bowing out on the sides, start with the center hole on the long side, drop to other center and give it slight pull and drive screw in. 3. when cutting insulation you need to find a long board and drop it on insulation on cut line. Compress insulation and run knife down edge and presto you have perfect, fast, and easy cut. 4. The vents that you caulked will leak. Instead of the skin rake extend the rake 8 inches to shelter vents, or install wood sill over each, and cut small kerf at edge. this kerf will create a drip line to shelter vent
Great job. I learned the same way, just get up and do it! One tip, on your roof rafters you cut some pretty deep notches. Next time try setting the rafter on top of the wall plate and cut a birds mouth at the outside wall top plate. When you cut the rafter that deep you reduce the strength of the rafter considerably. If you are looking for another fun way to anchor your wall to concrete try a Ramset Gun. Keep up the great work! Thanks.
Nice work April, looks really nice. With the end of Daylight Savings Time it gets dark at 4:30 and getting earlier each day. By Christmas if will be dark by 3:30. Argh. Keep up the good work.
nice project April the double doors were smart forward-looking idea to make sure you would not have any problems getting things in or getting things out of your lean to I have to admit I might not have thought of that so kudos to you
Currently my compressor and dust collector are in a closet in the shop, but would like to do something like this in the future. Nice job!
It's all coming together nicely, April! I'm anxious to see the rest of it. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Dave, I'll be glad once it's done. I honestly didn't think it was going to take this long, but I'm enjoy the process.
You can control many things, but weather is not one of them... :)
Thank you for being an inspiration that woman can build too!!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Watching your videos, I thought you were born a carpenter. I'm addicted.
Eres una persona muy buena en todas esas cosas que haces. Muchas bendiciones. Sigue así. Saludos desde Guadalajara, Jalisco. México.
April, not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you may want to consider vents at the bottom, as well. The cooler air will come in at the bottom and force the warmer air generated by the machinery out the top. Vents on the lower portion of the doors would work.
Your'e a champ! This is exactly what to build but lower. That ladder of your's scares me a bit!
When making exterior walls for small buildings on the ground, also attach the siding before raising the wall.
Great job. Looking forward to the completion and the little wave of hand at the end of each video.
You should have looked at your house and let the outside of your wall hang out past the edge of the concrete slab so any rain will fall to the ground and not run under your frame. I have always been interested in diy. I built our timber framed home along with my son but I have still learned a lot from your videos and get a lot of pleasure from them. Looking forward to many more.
Ps wished I had a work shop like your when I was doing a lot of diy. Now in my seventies.
IMHO, the best material for sound isolation is multiple thicknesses of drywall, along with an air gap between. Two sheets of drywall on top of each other. Then, an inch of air gap. Then Two more sheets of drywall. Where your air vents are, you would put a baffle like in a car muffler. R13 does more for heat loss than sound insolation. Keep up the good work. Your project looks good. I like that you are not afraid to take chances and you put value on the knowledge you get through experience.
I'm trying to add some space onto the back of my master bathroom so that it can become a full bath. I need enough room for the tub. Eventhough it doesn't need to be as deep, this looks like a very good shape to use for a small bump out addition. Thanks for making your videos.
Great Job! I'd totally forgot about the Z flashing. Glad someone else didn't. Since you really don't have any eaves, give some thought to putting up a drip edge to direct water away from the front wall and doors. Also recommend adding several stepping stones in front of those nice doors your going to build. Grass in front of the wood doors is a sure way to make the wood parts fail early. Like a decade early. lol
Almost 3400 views in less than an hour. Pretty popular lady. Good job April. Looking forward to the completion.
Its looking good April. Can't wait to see what you chose for the roofing. What a dream to have dust collection and compressor in another room not making noise... and for videos its almost a must.
April, good job. You might consider putting vents in your doors. Low vents so you will create a convection air flow. As your compressor and dust collector motors radiates heat, the hot air will rise. Having the upper and lower vents will allow a convection flow of air to circulate to keep things cool in the shed.
i am always telling my wife how inspiring all your videos are. if i may make a suggestion.
make a cover for the hole that you cut in the outside wall make some type of design to make it look like you meant to do it. then put a vent in the door that you build if you need a vent at all. i think you have a little sofftet there so you can use that for a vent. it will keep the rain from blowing in and molding your walls.
I am shocked your bf or hubby didn't do the work for you, but seen he helped a little. Good job girl. 🙂
?? Do the work for me? Why would he do the work for me? This is my project and I am more then capable of doing it myself.
Great job April
I am glad you did this project. I have a plan to do something similar but slightly bigger. Keep up the good work.
lookin good almost done. the insulation in the ceiling make sure u do not have it tite to the osb leave room for the heat to move out
that's looking real good that's a nice addition to the shop
Looks great you can see in the video how happy you are the way it turn out keep doing and learning
gotta say u have done an amzing job on ur lean to well done really enjoyed watching ur vlog and u have given me great tips and ideas keep up the great vlogs lv jane from the uk x
thats looking good and will reduce noise and like others have said free up space, always a a good video cheers from uk x
: ) Thanks!
Looks like it is coming along very well April!
Great job, April. I like how you think through the steps and get it done w/ no formal training. Happy New Year!
I live in a condo and added a secondary wall to try and keep the noise out from my neighbor with metal 2 x 4s on top of a 5/8" thick plywood base. I insulated it R13 insulation and after all that, it didn't do squat to lower the noise from my noisy neighbors.
Beautiful and handy! I love it! Can't wait to see what you make next. Keep up the great work!
A small box/hood (a pretty one lol) on the outside of those vents would probably keep some rain out and if baffled greatly reduce the noise. I think it was Mathias that had a video about making a wood baffle to quiet down his compressor in his shop. Whoever it was basically said don't give the sound waves a direct path out. Cool build coming along great :)
For your first build of this type you did very well. Like you said, this is a learning process by doing. New tools are the best thing to have on any project. I have a Paslode air supplied framing nailer that I like very much.
Project is coming along nicely, April. Keep up the awesome projects.
It's impressive how this girl loves what she does, right?
MISSY YOU GO!! Good job! You are so inspiring.
I thought I read or heard you are in Fort Worth so am I, and I found a place that is very reasonably priced hard woods Sweeney Hard Woods is just off 121 near riverside on Conway st.. I have just recently been getting into wood working and enjoy it allot, I just wanted to give you and your peeps about Sweeney mostly No American woods like cheery, mahogany, oaks, anyway just thought you would like to know and if you know of any others please put it out there for everyone. Nothing nicer than starting with a stack of wood and finishing with something that makes you smile! have a great day
mike w
Nice job , those paslode nailers are awesome
Why would anyone give this girl a thumbs down?! Another great video April!
: ) meh, haters are gonna hate.
You can always put a bead of caulk on the studs where you have seams also, increasing the ability to keep it dry. This helps also to keep the boards in place and reduce nail pops from swelling and shrinkage over time. Screws will hold much longer with less pulling out so using both nails to hold in place then screws to secure the material is a good idea. Over all you have good technique and get the job done. I personally make a written plan and see if things work on paper first to help from making placement mistakes like the inside wall giving you trouble when putting the siding on the outside.
Love how you just dig into stuff. Great job.
hey April. I have been waiting for one week to see your new upload. finally I got it.thx; ) I'm yr big fan😃
I'm here before 1M subscribers! You do great work!
What an awesome wood plans!!! Very Pleased!
Job came out great. I need to build a small shed/lean-to in my years for my pool and sprinkler equipment. I'd love to put my compressor out there too but there's absolutely no room at all and I don't feel like re-routing any of the pool filter or pool heater lines plus I just had a new knee operation about 10 days ago and I'm not ready to do any type of work around the house yet UNLESS your volunteering. Lol
: ) Haha, I certainly am not volunteering. This small building too much more time than what I was expecting and I have tons of things to build before the holidays. Our pool equipment is actually stored inside my shop in a closet of sorts. If you can't move it all outside, maybe you can at least build walls around it so it will keep it quieter. When ours is running, I never even notice.
Looking good April. I think you'll find that insulation really does have positive effect on dampening the sound.
I know it will dampen it but I'm curious on how much will escape through the vents I added.
Didn't see you caulk under the vents when you attached them and it worried me for the rest of the video. ;) Great video April. The z-channel was definitely a good upgrade.
Another tip for insulation cutting. Place the 2x4 along the cut line, apply pressure to flatten the piece and use the edge of the board as a guide for your utility blade. Hope this helps!
As usual very informative and nice job.
Great job April!
Hi April. Great job. Looking forward to Part 3. :-)
I am glad to see you doing this. I want to eventually house my DC outside as well.
you did a really good job, well done.
That is going to a great space for you and should certainly free up some room in your shop.
It's coming along April. Good Job.