How to arrange a workshop in the country. How to build and equip a workshop with your own hands in a country house or other area. Which is better: building a new one or using an old one

The need for a small carpentry for people who are closely involved in household chores almost always exists. And if you do not know how to build or choose a room for this object, how to plan it, and what to place inside it in the first place - read this article to the end.

How to choose a carpentry room

When creating a carpentry workshop within your own suburban area, it’s a good idea to make sure that it is as far away from residential premises as possible. This will keep the rest of your family calm and will not prevent your guests from enjoying a relaxing holiday.

An ideal room for a carpentry workshop would be a separate shed, garage or purpose-built room. You can think of an option in which the carpentry workshop will be located in a building block container (a used product is quite suitable for the workshop, since new block containers are quite expensive). The block container area is a little over 14 m². Therefore, not only a workbench and a shelf with tools, but even several small carpentry machines will fit in its usable space. It will have enough space for storing wood and for organizing a small painting area.

The option with a block container can be considered with a fairly serious approach to the arrangement of the workshop and with serious intentions related to the amount of work performed here. If your joinery and carpentry activities will be of a modest scale, then the alternative in the form of an empty garage or barn is quite capable of meeting your needs.

In order for the home workshop to meet the minimum requirements for comfort and safety, its area must be at least 6 ... 10 m² (it all depends on the amount of equipment that you plan to place in the workshop). This should be taken into account if you are going to build a special room for the workshop. If you plan to adapt an existing building of suitable sizes for the workshop, then use it. M a scarlet carpentry shop can be quite convenient. H and six squares can accommodate not only the main carpenter's tool - a carpentry workbench, but also a couple of the most popular machines: a tool sharpening machine, as well as a drilling machine for woodworking, etc. A 40-50 sq.m. It's practically a shop.

Here is what a regular FORUMHOUSE user writes about the size of the carpentry workshop.

AlekX FORUMHOUSE member,
Moscow.

10 squares is enough... Arrange and work acceptable - from 25 squares, move comfortably and imposingly with a cigar from machine to machine - from 40-50 sq.m.

And here is a photograph of the interior of his studio, which has a size of 11 m².

Basic requirements for a carpenter's workshop

It is not enough to understand how to build a carpentry workshop or how to find the right room. When arranging a carpentry workshop, it is necessary to remember five important factors, the presence of which guarantees convenience and safety while working inside the future premises:

• fire safety;
• effective sound insulation;
• high-quality lighting;
• proper ventilation;
• efficient and safe heating.

Let's talk about all this in more detail.

Fire safety

To ensure fire safety, the workshop room must be grounded. All machines and equipment should be connected to a common ground loop. A powder fire extinguisher, which is an indispensable element of the carpentry workshop, must be installed in a well-accessible place. The fire extinguisher must be ABC class (for extinguishing all flammable materials and electrical equipment) and have a capacity of 4.5 kg (10 lbs). A sand container equipped with fire extinguishing equipment and installed near the entrance to the workshop will give you an additional guarantee of safety.

Soundproofing

If the carpentry shop is located near a living space, soundproofing is of great importance in it. To ensure it, you can use standard tools, which consist in the use of special finishing materials, window panes and door structures.

Lighting

Good lighting is half the success of your carpentry workshop! This is not only a comfort for your eyes, but also a necessary condition for labor safety. Indeed, in conditions of insufficient visibility, injuries when working with electric and other woodworking tools happen much more often. And in order to avoid them, in addition to general lighting in the workshop, it is necessary to use additional illumination of the workplace (machine, workbench, etc.).

When working away from natural light, it is better to use a combination of lighting devices of different spectrums. Neon daylight lamps - for general lighting and incandescent lamps - for additional illumination of the workplace. According to doctors, the use of the same type of lighting devices does not always have a good effect on the state of the organs of vision.

Carpentry in the garage with their own hands.

The electrical cable that you run into the workshop for connecting electrical equipment and lighting fixtures must have a suitable cross section, designed for heavy loads. Wiring should be laid in metal conduits or pipes to help prevent fire in the event of a short circuit.

Ventilation

Even the simplest forced ventilation installed in a carpentry shop will make your work much more comfortable and safer. Thanks to ventilation, you do not have to inhale wood dust, which can irritate the respiratory tract and even cause diseases.

If it is planned to install woodworking machines in the workshop, then installing a suitable chip blower is an issue that requires a mandatory solution. Otherwise, the room will always be a mess, and all efforts to ensure fire safety will not have the desired effect. After all, wood dust, scattered in the air in large quantities, is capable of igniting like gunpowder from the slightest spark.

Heating

If you plan to work in your future workshop all year round, then space heating is an issue that should be approached very seriously. The warm air in the workshop will have a positive effect on your well-being, performance and the condition of the power tool. And only in such conditions, wood is able to maintain its best qualities.

Connecting such a room to centralized heating does not make sense (with rare exceptions). Therefore, the installation of an oil heater will be considered a worthy way out. Alternatively, heat fans or more modern infrared heaters can be used. These devices will quickly heat a small room and, with good thermal insulation of the room, will create a cozy microclimate inside the workshop.

carpentry workshop layout

If, before creating a room for a carpentry workshop, you took into account the minimum requirements regarding the internal area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe object, then you will definitely have enough space to organize its main areas:

place for machines;

a place for a workbench and an assembly table;

racks (shelves) for tools;

the space (corner) where inventory for cleaning the workshop is stored;

container for waste and garbage (wooden box, etc.);

attachments for storing hacksaws, tape measures and other tools;

hanger (cabinet) for overalls;

wall cabinets for small tools, fasteners and other parts;

a place to store wood and finished products.

The assembly table, like the workbench, is an indispensable element when planning a carpentry workshop. Here is what one of the participants of our forum thinks about it.

Józef FORUMHOUSE member

Assembly table is a must. The simplest is to dissolve one chipboard sheet in half (according to the layout - along or across) and fold two thicknesses (fasten with screws).

It is advisable to mount large-sized objects and equipment on walls or install them near them. This will free up some of the internal space for freer movement. In order to calculate the minimum area of ​​free space near the machine or workbench, it is necessary to multiply the area occupied by this device by 2. Tools and equipment used together should be near each other.

In order to save free space in the workshops, some of their owners resort to little tricks: they build convenient folding workbenches. The working surface of such a device is mounted on the wall, and its unscrewing legs are stored in any place convenient for this. On the bottom surface of the workbench, you can easily make holders for storing a wide variety of tools.

Here is the layout of the workshop proposed by the user Sitnikoff.

I figured out the live arrangement in Visio, while without the exact dimensions of the machines and equipment for the 5.6 * 6.2m option. Everything and more comes in.

The room shown in the diagram has impressive dimensions, and not everyone can afford such dimensions. The general concept of the arrangement of equipment and accessories, shown in the figure, will be clear to all interested.

Here is more information about the proposed project. Everyone can find something useful in it. You will learn how to make a floor in a carpentry workshop, what to build walls from, what will be the foundation, etc.

Sitnikoff FORUMHOUSE member

While I will write about the construction of the building for the carpentry workshop:

The structure is a frame made of boards 150x50 mm. VSHD 2.8m x 5.6 x 6.2. The height of the attic is 1.2 m.

Build on a strip foundation of shallow depth.

Insulation - mineral wool or basalt 150 mm thick.

Sheathe outside and inside with OSB.

Outside on the slab sheathing - lining.

Floors - concrete, then EPPS (50mm), warm water floor in a concrete screed.

Floors - ceramic tiles.

Heating from the stove (I don’t know whether to buy a metal one or put a small Dutch one), it is possible to connect to the route of a warm floor going from the house to the bathhouse.

The roof of the attic will be insulated in the same way as the walls, since there will be no ceiling (suddenly something will have to be hung or placed within reach), that is, I plan a dome in the workshop.

The roof covering is metal tile (especially since there is some reserve after the house and the bath).

The door is a double-leaf metal insulated door 120 cm wide (80 + 40).

Windows - plastic double-glazed windows measuring 150 x 60 cm under the ceiling - 6 pcs.

Window opposite the door 100x150 cm - 1 pc.

I do not exclude the presence of skylights in the ceiling (I want light) - 4 pcs.

Electrical equipment - 220 V in plastic boxes.

Dust removal and ventilation system (probably, several boxes will have to be spread around the room to connect the tool to the dust removal system).

Basic rules for organizing space in the workshop

Each machine, workbench and other equipment must have free access, organized from three sides.

The free space of the workshop should prevail in quantitative terms over the space occupied by machines, cabinets and other items.

The floor in the workshop should be flat and dry, and slippery materials should never be laid on its surface.

The garbage container should have 2 compartments (the first is for storing wood waste, the second is for storing other garbage).

A small supply of drinking water, as well as a fully stocked first aid kit, should be kept in a conspicuous place.

Remember, while working in the workshop, do not neglect personal protective equipment - overalls, goggles, respirators, and so on.

Those who wish to watch a video on how to combine an ordinary garage with a carpentry workshop can familiarize themselves with the material prepared by a professional carpenter and a regular participant in our forum. A video on how to properly equip a cabinetmaker's workplace, it is advisable to see everyone who is going to make a convenient and multifunctional workbench with their own hands. You can get fresh ideas regarding the arrangement of a carpenter's home workshop in the "..." section. And you can participate in the discussion of issues related to the manufacture of wood products by visiting the forum section "".

Foreword

Many owners prefer and love to implement their own ideas around the house or just repair or make something with their own hands. Ideal conditions for such work can only be created in a home workshop. The space must be properly organized in it, tools, machines, and other necessary equipment must be selected and placed.

Even the smallest home workshop requires a certain space - at least 3-5 m 2 of area. Ideal when it is located in a separate room. The latter is due not only to a higher level of comfort in the creative process, when no one and nothing distracts, but also to the fact that some machines or other equipment that is installed in the workshop are very dusty and noisy.

It is rarely possible to create the above conditions and equip a home workshop in an apartment. But the selection of an acceptable place for her on the territory of a private plot or cottage will not cause almost any problems. In the house, a part of the attic, basement, garage, pantry, and with a sufficient number of rooms, one separate room can be taken as a workshop. It is desirable that in this case the occupied area is at least 6.5 m 2 .

You can also build a special structure or make an extension to the cottage, as in the photo. In this case, the recommended dimensions of the room for the workshop are: the minimum length and width, respectively, are 4.2 m and 2.4 m; maximum height - 2.2 m.

When choosing a place or designing a future building for a workshop, you first need to decide:

• with the type of work that will be performed in it;
• with the main equipment and tools that you need to install in it: a workbench, lockers, machines and the like.

Then you should calculate what area will be required to place the equipment and carry out certain works. To avoid errors in calculations, it is recommended to sketch out the layout of workbenches, cabinets, machines, and so on. When compiling it, one should take into account the gaps and space between the equipment, which are necessary for the free work and movement of tools. A simpler and rougher calculation is to multiply the total area required for equipment by a factor of 1.5–2.

When determining the area of ​​the workshop, it is also important to consider where and how various materials (boards, blanks, fasteners, and so on) will be stored. If directly in the workshop, then the space necessary for storage is added to the working area. When choosing a place or building a separate building for a workshop with your own hands, you should remember that the room for it should be dry, warm and comfortable on a par with living rooms.. Only in this case, work in it will become as fruitful as possible and will bring pleasure.

When equipping a working area with your own hands (as in the photo) in a barn, unheated attic, garage or on a balcony, you should take care of its heating. The simplest option is to install an electric heater: a fan heater, a convector or an oil cooler. However, these devices are not able to maintain a constant microclimate and consume a lot of electrical energy. Therefore, it makes sense to do the insulation and moisture insulation of the room with your own hands.

In a private cottage, for heating an extension, a separate building or a workshop room, you can connect to a home heating system. When arranging a home workshop with your own hands, it is important to consider creating high-quality lighting. It will affect not only the convenience of the work, but also their safety. Most of all, work areas should be illuminated. At the same time, preference should be given to diffused light sources that do not give sharp shadows so that the perception of proportions and sizes is not distorted.

It is also necessary to calculate in advance the approximate total power consumption of all workshop appliances and devices (including machines, heaters, fans and lighting) so as not to overload the existing wiring or to correctly select the supply cables and wires of the required cross section when laying new wiring with your own hands. The home workshop should be well ventilated and, for some types of work, have forced ventilation and/or an exhaust hood. To reduce the noise generated during the work outside the workshop, it is necessary to soundproof the room chosen for it.

To prevent the formation of excessive dust, it is necessary to equip the workshop with a powerful vacuum cleaner, preferably specially designed for repair work. To clean debris and dust from surfaces, you will need rags. To collect various hard and sharp debris (bent parts and nails, glass fragments, empty cans, etc.), a metal bucket should be provided.

It is very important in the workshop to provide measures to ensure the safety of the work. In the room for it there should be no open sources of fire and devices that can lead to their formation (electric fireplace and others). There must be a fire extinguisher in the workshop, because during some work splashing, sparking of hot metal occurs, which can cause a fire. In addition to a fire extinguisher, you can purchase a special blanket or tarp for extinguishing.

The main equipment of any home workshop is a workbench. He is a carpenter or a locksmith. The first is more focused on working with wood, the second - with metal. If you have to deal with both materials, then most likely you will need 2 tables. In any case, it should be borne in mind that the dimensions of the locksmith's workbench are smaller than those of the carpentry. Its width is usually 0.5–1 m with a length of 1–1.5 m.

The carpentry workbench has a slightly smaller width, but the length can reach 2.5 m. The height of both work tables is selected according to the height of the master. When it is insufficient, they build a small foundation with their own hands. If this is not done, then during work fatigue will quickly set in - at best. And at worst, the wrong height of the workbench can cause serious injury.

If you wish, you can make a carpentry workbench yourself (for example, as in the photo). At the same time, it is necessary to achieve stability and massiveness from the table (at least 100 kg).

If necessary, the workbench is additionally fixed to the floor. The thickness of its cover should be at least 40–100 mm. An important equipment of any workbench is a vise. It is desirable that there are several of them: with a different size of the divorce of the pressing jaws and different sizes. In addition to the workbench, a powerful stool must be provided. If the workshop area is small, then a workbench can be installed instead of a workbench.

While working at the workbench, the tools that are needed most often should be within reach. It is best to place them on the shelves on the side or top of the table, as in the photo. For rarely used equipment and accessories, special boxes and / or lockers should be installed. They can also store various consumables: glue, solvent, screws, and more.

In the workshop, you may additionally need hand power tools and other equipment. When selecting machines, it should be borne in mind that some of them can perform a number of functions of manual devices. Keeping this in mind, you can avoid cluttering the workshop with unnecessary equipment and fixtures. When choosing machines and tools, you should take household models that operate on a conventional 220 V network.

The set can vary quite widely. In any case, there is a minimum required kit, including hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, wire cutters, measuring tools, and so on. Be sure to have a caliper - only with its help you can accurately measure the diameter of drills, the depth of holes or grooves, the thickness of workpieces and much more.

FORUMHOUSE channel. How to build a workshop

This is the master area. Where we make something, we store tools, materials. Everything you need to build a house and peace of mind in the form of evening work on the production of some products for the home, yard, family. We see a gazebo far from the wives. Initially, it was a gazebo, which was planned to be closed, but funds did not allow. So they made it open. Then OSB is sheathed on the outside, chipboard to hang shelves. The ceiling is sheathed with OSB, because nothing is glued there. Insulation 15cm with stone wool. Got a frame.

Heating with an electric inverter heater. It is enough for 25 square meters. In winter, 15-20 degrees are maintained. Electricity wound up from the house. There are automatics. Music. What else is needed for a good gazebo and company?

The first jamb on the gazebo - the workshop. There are no wrong decisions. Made a drainage system. Accordingly, the water drain directly under the garage. The soil is saturated with moisture, in winter the door is very difficult to open. There will be alteration, water will be diverted from the building.

The nuances of installing a drainage system. Gutter fasteners must be at least 50 cm apart, because it can be seen that there are no snow retainers. The third year the gutter installation hibernates. Nowhere does not pull out, does not oppress, does not break. Don't waste your money on gutter holders!

The next building is a former garage, which was used for its intended purpose for some time, then as a warehouse for unnecessary things. When I was engaged in the construction of the house, I had to put everything in order, to conduct light. They hammered the gate tightly, made racks from improvised materials. We store cans, tools, bicycles.

Holy of Holies. Personal workshop.

The technology of building a house was worked out on this building. It is planned to build it with a gas block. Accordingly, in the workshop. I realized that the cheap one does not fit. The foundation is complete. Same at home. The ceiling also worked out, made of gypsum. The house will be tension. Expanded clay for insulation also disappeared. The house has stone wool. The foundation in the workshop is a shallow tape. Lies on a sand bed. Reinforced slab 20 cm on top. Used in concrete grade 300. If someone makes the same foundation for himself, it is strongly recommended to pour the porch at the same time as it. If you want to operate the building in winter with heating, immediately insulate the foundation, because the minus of this plate is that it freezes from the outside to the inside.
The walls are made of gas block, which lies on a thickness of 300 mm. During the operation of the workshop, for a couple of years, it turned out that this was not enough. Therefore, the house was made for 375 + insulation.

How to organize the space allocated for the workshop, place the tools so that they are always at hand, and the work brings only joy - this is an article by Sergei Golovkov.

I was lucky: I managed to allocate a small room for a workshop in the basement of the house. This is not my first workshop, there used to be a small workbench in the barn, so by the time the new workshop was equipped, I already had little experience. I spied a lot of ideas in other workshops - often simple, but effective. My workshop is mainly for woodworking, but I can do other work here as well.

layout
Workshop dimensions: 3 x 7 m. Of course, there is no place here for cutting large sheets and processing long materials, and I do this in the garage or in the yard. But for most other jobs, there is enough space, and most importantly, it is warm, light, dry and comfortable all year round. Since the workshop had to be equipped in an existing room, the layout was customized in place.

The workshop has two entrances - from the corridor to the street and from the living quarters. This is very convenient, as it minimizes walking when working both in the yard and in the house.

Initially, in connection with the overhaul of the house, the workshop had a lot of work on welding and cutting metal, so I sheathed the walls with DSP sheets, laid out the electrical wiring and equipped the hood. Then he welded the frames of workbenches (they are all combined into one large rigid structure) and poured concrete on the floor, but first laid pipes for a water-heated floor in places not occupied by tables. Over time, having become interested in woodworking, I moved welding and working with a grinder to the garage, and gradually occupied the workbench for metalworking with woodworking machines.

Since the tools in the workshop consume a lot of electricity, I tried to approach the quality of the wiring responsibly. I brought two cables from the main electrical panel to a small shield into the workshop. One - with a section of 2 x 6 mm specifically for the welding machine, the second - with a section of 2 x 3 mm for other consumers. Further, I led the wiring with a 3 x 2 mm cable to sockets and 3 x 1.5 mm for lighting. Probably, it was better to lay the cross-section of wires with a large margin. But at the time of the start of work, it was difficult to imagine today's abundance of power tools.

The cross section of wires for sockets may not seem very large, but in my workshop I almost always work alone - and at the same time I do not use a lot of equipment. And since I don’t do welding work in the workshop now, I use a powerful input to connect energy-intensive equipment.

Before concreting the floors, with the help of three pins of 1 m each, I built a ground loop. The frames of the workbenches are metal, their legs are buried in the ground and are also connected to the ground.

I arranged several blocks of 2-U outlets around the entire perimeter of the workshop. Much of the equipment is always connected, but there are always free sockets for light tools.

The main lighting of the workshop consists of four daylight ceiling lights with 2 lamps of 36 W each. There is also an additional lamp above the table with a computer and a lamp on the band saw.

Dust collection
In my workshop, dust collection is organized on the basis of a powerful household vacuum cleaner. Throughout the workshop, I ran an air duct connected to this vacuum cleaner through a homemade cyclone filter. You can connect the tool to the air duct almost anywhere in the workshop. The system works well, but there is a desire to replace the vacuum cleaner with something more powerful - and then it will be possible to increase the diameter of the distribution pipes from it.

Equipment
Since there is still not a lot of space in the workshop, you have to use all the free space. I store large boards and sheet materials in the basement corridor and garage. In the same place I cut them and process them with a thickness gauge.

The main part of the tool I have is located on the stands. Somehow I saw similar stands on foreign sites and got sick: I want the same ones! There are five stands in the workshop, and I divided them according to the purpose of the tools. For each tool, I cut out individual fasteners and determined a specific place - so all the tools are in sight and always at hand.

As a material for stands, I used old 10 mm plywood, which was covered with laminate flooring from above. Above the stands are small shelves for small items. Made from 12mm plywood.

Most summer residents outside the city do not just relax and grow crops, but also constantly make something, landscaping their dacha. For this reason, a variety of tools for working with wood and metal are brought here. However, before tinkering, it is advisable to take care of a place for safe and productive work, so in this article we will look at how to equip a workshop in the country with our own hands.

Workshop space

The easiest way is to equip a workshop in the basement or an existing outbuilding.

The only thing is that the room must meet the following requirements:

• The area must be at least 5 square meters. In this case, it is necessary to properly organize the workplace.
• The area of ​​the room should be at least twice the space occupied by the instruments.
• The floor in the workshop must be solid and always dry.
• The room must be well ventilated.

If there was no place that meets these requirements in the country, then a workshop must be built.

Workshop construction

Project

Before starting construction, you should prepare a project for a workshop in the country, in which the following points should be taken into account:

• Dimensions of the future building.
• The layout of the building, for example, in addition to the workshop, the building may include a room for storing garden tools.
• Location of windows and doors.
• The location of the building on the site, etc.

The more accurate the project, the less likely it is to make a mistake during the construction process. However, it is not necessary to draw an exact drawing to scale. You can depict the design schematically, even by hand, the main thing is to accurately indicate the dimensions and other important parameters.

materials

The easiest way to build a workshop is from wood, besides, the price of this material is the most affordable. Moreover, you can perform a frame structure, which will save time. For this you will need the following materials:

Advice!
Recently, outbuildings and country houses from block containers have been popular among summer residents.
They are affordable and install quickly.
This design can be adapted to the workshop.

Construction

Brief instructions for building a workshop are as follows:

• First of all, you need to build a foundation. To do this, pits are dug for concrete blocks to a depth of about 25 cm, which are subsequently covered with a 10 cm layer of sand.
• Blocks are placed on compacted sand. Such support pillars should be located at all corners of the building, as well as along the walls at a distance of 2.5-3 meters. In addition, the poles should be located under the floor logs.
• Next, concrete pillars are covered with roofing material.
• Then, in accordance with the project, you need to cut the bars into parts of the desired length.
• Base bars should be laid around the perimeter. Details can be fastened with self-tapping screws and metal corners or using the tongue and groove method.

• Then the floor logs are laid, which are also attached to the outer bars with metal corners and self-tapping screws.
• After that, vertical poles are installed, which are fastened with transverse bars.
• Horizontal beams are laid on top of the vertical pillars. The result should be a solid box frame.
• A roof truss system is installed on top of the frame, which can be made gable or even single-sided.
• When the frame is ready, you can begin to sheath it with chipboard plates. It is better to start work with the outer skin. Panels should be fixed with self-tapping screws. I must say that instead of chipboard for exterior walls, you can use lining.
• Before sheathing the frame from the inside, mineral mats must be laid in the space between the bars.

In the photo - lining the frame with clapboard

• After sheathing the walls, you need to make a crate of the truss system, cover it with waterproofing material and lay roofing, for example, metal tiles.
• When the building is almost ready, you need to lay the floor and sheathe the exterior with finishing material. that will protect them from the negative effects of the environment.
• At the end of the work it is necessary to install windows and doors.

Note!
All wooden materials must be treated with an antiseptic before being used for construction.
This will protect them from decay and, accordingly, extend the life of the structure.

Communications

The first thing to do in the workshop is wiring. The easiest way is to conduct electricity from the junction box of a country house. However, a separate line can be drawn. In this case, you will need a separate counter.

When doing wiring, you need to carefully consider the lighting. In addition to the central one, local lighting sources should be installed near the machines and the workbench.

Advice!
If for some reason there is no electricity in the country house, renting a diesel generator for the country house will temporarily solve the problem.

To make the workshop even more convenient, you can bring plumbing into the room and make a drainage system. However, such communications are not mandatory.