Building the Perfect Backyard Workshop

Customizing Your Steel Building Into The Perfect Workshop

One of the best uses for prefab steel buildings is workshops. Steel’s durability and strength makes it the perfect option for workshops and garages that will be useful for years. With prefab steel as a good starting point, there are additional things that pull everything together to make a highly functional space that meets all your workshop needs.

Storage Space

One of the most important things in a workshop is having storage space for all your tools and materials that you may be working with. Keeping these sectioned off from your main work area will cut down on clutter, lost items and just make the workspace easier to work in. Whether you have large boxes or chests, wall mounts, or shelves – adding these storage options will only help you make the most of your steel building workshop space. Think about the types of tools you’ll need in your workshop, which ones need to be closest to your workstation and which ones can be put in places that are a bit more “archived.” With steel buildings, it’s easy to accommodate the vast majority of these options so you can get to work sooner.

Insulation

Of course, in a space you plan on staying in for extended periods of time while you work on projects will need to be well insulated to make sure the environment is a comfortable one to work in. Our prefab buildings come with natural insulation based on the characteristics of steel but adding a bit extra is always a good idea. This will keep your heating and cooling efforts effective since it will help keep the temperature regulated and not wasted as it might without insulation or in a workshop make of other materials like wood or concrete.

Heating & Cooling

Heating is especially important if your steel building is located in an area that has long periods of cold weather. It will be completely up to you how you want to bring heat into the space, but alongside insulation it will be an important add on for ensuring the temperature stays at a comfortable level. Space heaters can do a great job of bringing warmth to the entire space whereas smaller floor heaters can do the same job but in a particular spot where you may actually be working. The latter will help you save on electricity since you only need it in the area you’ll be using – maybe for short periods of time. Cooling is just as important as heating, obviously in warmer months. Humidity can add heat to spaces that don’t need it, making you less productive in your workspace. The moisture that often comes along with it can also have an effect on your tools, equipment or other things you have stored inside – so having effective cooling options is also an important add-on that can make your workshop run smoothly.

Colour

The great thing about our prefab steel buildings is that it’s fully customizable when it comes to how it looks. Depending on the colour you’re looking for, it’s possible for you to match it closely to your closeby properties like your home, large workshop or colours that are specific to your brand if it doubles as a commercial space. The siding walls and trim are both available for colour customization.

The Right Stuff

No workshop is complete without having the right tools, equipment and furniture to round it all out. This is, after all, an area where work will be done. The types of things you’ll need will depend entirely on the kind of work you plan to do, so think about items you may need and create a checklist so you can have everything you need on hand in building a workshop.