Drying/Storage rooms designs ideas -portakabin conversion.
wolfsbane2k
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Hi.
Following a few chats with our faciltiies team over the last few days, we have an opportunity to turn an empty, smallish portakabin into a drying room for a few years for those that need it, which appears to be about 15 / 20 people this month, but more in summer times, but on a limited budget (think we are getting this opportunity only because people are complaining of the smell of drying stuff as the existing "4ft x4ft cupboard" is overflowing, rather than any other altruistic reason.
Needs to cater for motorcyclists, runners, and cyclists.
At the moment, it has a couple of electric fan heaters ,and some small windows, and that's it.
our immediate thoughts were clothes rails like you find in a charity shop, and hooks on the walls and benches around the room. I'd like lockers, but it seems most of my colleagues prefer to hang shirts up rather than fold.
Thinking humidity& temperature driving the heaters, with one area for wet stuff and another for dry.
Ideally, I think we'd add a new window or at least a humidity controlled extractor fan to improve the air flow, but not sure how feasible that is.
Is there anything that you guys would really like to see in a drying room that's cheapish to deliver?
Do you have any examples of good drying rooms/storage areas?
Ta
Following a few chats with our faciltiies team over the last few days, we have an opportunity to turn an empty, smallish portakabin into a drying room for a few years for those that need it, which appears to be about 15 / 20 people this month, but more in summer times, but on a limited budget (think we are getting this opportunity only because people are complaining of the smell of drying stuff as the existing "4ft x4ft cupboard" is overflowing, rather than any other altruistic reason.
Needs to cater for motorcyclists, runners, and cyclists.
At the moment, it has a couple of electric fan heaters ,and some small windows, and that's it.
our immediate thoughts were clothes rails like you find in a charity shop, and hooks on the walls and benches around the room. I'd like lockers, but it seems most of my colleagues prefer to hang shirts up rather than fold.
Thinking humidity& temperature driving the heaters, with one area for wet stuff and another for dry.
Ideally, I think we'd add a new window or at least a humidity controlled extractor fan to improve the air flow, but not sure how feasible that is.
Is there anything that you guys would really like to see in a drying room that's cheapish to deliver?
Do you have any examples of good drying rooms/storage areas?
Ta
Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
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we had a long narrow drying room at my (boarding) school. series of racks down each side, small gap in the middle, stiflingly hot.
If you found a small boy, slotted a broom up one sleeve of his blazer, across his shoulders and down the other sleeve, you could hang him up on the bars....
Edit: apparently
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Air conditioning is good for drying stuff out as it extracts the moisture, portable ones are fine as long as you can vent to the exterior.
Why not get a 2nd hand tumble-dryer from eBay/similar as well? £5 each will cover it.1997 Gary Fisher Big Sur
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Following on from that ^, how about a cheap de-humidifier? Pretty good at drying damp clothes and reduces the moisture content of the room/portakabin.Ecrasez l’infame0
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One of those clothes spinners they have in gyms / swimming pools might be handy. When I was training in the gym I used to keep my lycras on in the shower, give them a good scrub then a spin in one of those things and they were dry by the next morning.0
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Thanks for the suggestions, looks like we're going forward with this with charity shop style clothes rails and a few wall mounted hooks and a few benches only - forced air ventilation and other improvements aren't going to happen.
However, we'll keep nudging for the rest!Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...0 -
Couple of these, or similar, in the roof
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Thanks to all those that replied - I've taken it forward, and they have managed to get a council "green business" grant to support the conversion, so getting this in place.
They have now even offered to set up a maintenance area along the back of the PK using the extra cash, so quite a nice addition!Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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Our shower rooms at work have A/C (with the rest of the office). Sweaty stuff dries but if you've got caught in the rain and got soaked on the way in you're going home in wet lycra.
I've found the best way to dry stuff is to keep the room warmish with good ventilation. In your case maybe some sort of heater, keep the windows open slightly and maybe install some vents at low level so the air can draw through the room?
One of the roof vents would probably help as it would act as a chimney and suck the damp air out.
You can get solar powered mechanical roof vents but I don't know how well they work http://www.monodraught.com/products/nat ... l/?info=850 -
I'd get a dehumidifier with a laundry mode. About £200 for a good one.0
