5. Insulation, heater, wiring and lining the ceiling

23^rd August – I did a fair bit of research on insulating metal structures. I looked at the different ways people have insulated shipping containers and sheds etc. It was a hard one to know what to do. We decided to use FoilBoard for insulating the walls. The Galv framing is 50mm so we used 25mm FoilBoard so that there is a 25mm air gap between the insulation and the panelling that we will put on the inside. FoilBoard is a polystyrene board with foil either side. The idea is to stop the thermal bridging.

6^th September – I also did a fair bit of research on wood heaters and settled on the Jotul 602N. These little heaters are made in Norway and are efficient and have low emissions. This also has a cook top on it! It is small but may still heat up our small space a little too much!

1^st October –The wiring was roughed in by a electrician friend and we were able to use channels and existing wiring pathways to fully wire up new lights and power points.

2^nd October – Family Shot. Hudson is 6 months old here.

6^th October  – My Brother-in-law helping out with the ceiling. We started from the centre and worked out to the walls. Each board is 135mm wide.

 The ceiling was already insulated. We decided to close off the pop up roof vents and insulate that area. We battened the roof out and decided on LED downlights. The Ceiling is being lined with VJ lining that I bought from a timber auction for $750.

Putting up the VJ lining took much longer than expected. This is the first section almost done. We screwed 18mm Form Ply to the steel roof frame as ribs to screw the lining on to. We had to remember to cut the holes for the down lights as we went along. We plan to use 90mm LED downlights.

4^th October - Pulling out the pneumatic door mechanisms from above the doors. This also took a bit of time and muscle.

11^th October – Again, Gumtree to the rescue! Scored a $40 Cedar door and framed this up in place of the front double doors. This is the door roughly in place. I will take it out and frame it up properly with Galv Steel frame.