It's been a while, and i'll start off by apologizing to any open thread replies that I have not returned due to another long layoff from the hobby. Due to my 2 year old, 9-month old, a new job, lack of space, dial-up Internet that won't cooperate, as well as a dinosaur computer that won't cooperate either, among other reasons...I have ot been able to enjoy my collection an trading! Ok, enough with the excuses...ha ha.
Although my family and I are trying to sell our house, I have decided to take my father in-laws advice and turn my shed into a potential hobby room. It's about 8x10, with 8' cielings (I believe). It's not insulated and is your typical garden shedright now...good news is it has power. I'll need to insulate it, put in walls, a cieling, and some type of flooring.
I'm looking for advice on what route to take on many of these areas. Keep in mind, I have thousands of dollars in rare, an autographed Nolan Ryan, Duke Blue Devil, and Washington Redskins memorabila, as well as over 30,000 cards, and my large and extremely important Nolan Ryan card collection. I want to keep this stuff as safe as possible, as far as weather and temperature is concerned.
I am leaning towards T1-11 on the cieling and walls, with a roll insulation that has a R-13 rating. There is an old air conditioning unit, that has been unused for about 5 years (in the window). I will probably want to replace it with something smaller and more efficient. I am an operations manager for a flooring company, so I can come up with some sort of flooring product that will save me some pennies...I would either put down a floating floor, or carpet...preferrably a floating floor (Kahrs or Bruce product).
I am looking for any and all advice, additional ideas, and comments/opinions. Everything is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. I really look forward to the responses!!!
JOSH
Although my family and I are trying to sell our house, I have decided to take my father in-laws advice and turn my shed into a potential hobby room. It's about 8x10, with 8' cielings (I believe). It's not insulated and is your typical garden shedright now...good news is it has power. I'll need to insulate it, put in walls, a cieling, and some type of flooring.
I'm looking for advice on what route to take on many of these areas. Keep in mind, I have thousands of dollars in rare, an autographed Nolan Ryan, Duke Blue Devil, and Washington Redskins memorabila, as well as over 30,000 cards, and my large and extremely important Nolan Ryan card collection. I want to keep this stuff as safe as possible, as far as weather and temperature is concerned.
I am leaning towards T1-11 on the cieling and walls, with a roll insulation that has a R-13 rating. There is an old air conditioning unit, that has been unused for about 5 years (in the window). I will probably want to replace it with something smaller and more efficient. I am an operations manager for a flooring company, so I can come up with some sort of flooring product that will save me some pennies...I would either put down a floating floor, or carpet...preferrably a floating floor (Kahrs or Bruce product).
I am looking for any and all advice, additional ideas, and comments/opinions. Everything is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. I really look forward to the responses!!!
JOSH