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Just FYI... I have some updates on the progress of the mini wall for my workshop.
I HAD to get some cleaning done in my shop last night. The mini wall has been built for a while, but nothing has been insulated. Until yesterday. Just been too lazy...
So here's the scoop.
Outdoor temp. 104 deg F according to my dashboard thermometer, and the one at the bank. The official weather service temp said 96. RH of about 60%. Unknown temp inside the garage, but HOT is a major understatement. It had to be in the one teens to one twenties.
I came home, dropped the mini wall and window unit in place. I took an old king size sleeping bag that has worn well past its years, and shoved it in the gap over the door, I duct taped old blankets to the insides of the doors, and I shoved old nasty torn up shirts around any visible gaps. Then I cranked the window unit down to 68 degrees, turned on the box fan, and went back in the house for an hour.
When I came back out, the temp was still in the 80's, but CONSIDERABLY cooler than the outside temp, and with the fan blowing, except for the far corner cubby of the workshop, the inside climate was comfortable to clean in.
The Window Unit AC in question is a Goldstar 10K BTU unit, which is barely sufficient for the space involved with ideal insulation. The condensation drain port was pumping condensation runoff as fast as the hole would let it run out. As I worked in the garage for the next two hours, the temp kept steadily, but more slowly climbing down. By the time I turned the system off and came back inside at 9:00 P.M., the temp in the garage / workshop was down to 76 degrees F. The outside temp was still in the mid 90s.
While this is an "only while I work" solution. And the insides of the doors need to be insulated with foam board, and possibly some large pipe wrap to insulate the seams as best as possible, it was effective at not keeping me away from my work during the hottest part of the Texas coastal summer...
I HAD to get some cleaning done in my shop last night. The mini wall has been built for a while, but nothing has been insulated. Until yesterday. Just been too lazy...
So here's the scoop.
Outdoor temp. 104 deg F according to my dashboard thermometer, and the one at the bank. The official weather service temp said 96. RH of about 60%. Unknown temp inside the garage, but HOT is a major understatement. It had to be in the one teens to one twenties.
I came home, dropped the mini wall and window unit in place. I took an old king size sleeping bag that has worn well past its years, and shoved it in the gap over the door, I duct taped old blankets to the insides of the doors, and I shoved old nasty torn up shirts around any visible gaps. Then I cranked the window unit down to 68 degrees, turned on the box fan, and went back in the house for an hour.
When I came back out, the temp was still in the 80's, but CONSIDERABLY cooler than the outside temp, and with the fan blowing, except for the far corner cubby of the workshop, the inside climate was comfortable to clean in.
The Window Unit AC in question is a Goldstar 10K BTU unit, which is barely sufficient for the space involved with ideal insulation. The condensation drain port was pumping condensation runoff as fast as the hole would let it run out. As I worked in the garage for the next two hours, the temp kept steadily, but more slowly climbing down. By the time I turned the system off and came back inside at 9:00 P.M., the temp in the garage / workshop was down to 76 degrees F. The outside temp was still in the mid 90s.
While this is an "only while I work" solution. And the insides of the doors need to be insulated with foam board, and possibly some large pipe wrap to insulate the seams as best as possible, it was effective at not keeping me away from my work during the hottest part of the Texas coastal summer...
so a window-mount A/C unit was a god-send in there during the summer. The only problem was that the 'other' hobby I did in there - hand-loading precision ammo for my long range rifles - required the A/C to be *shut off* for periods of time 
Not fun!
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