Remodeling my den, any advice?

[Daniel Howe]

I had to hire a carpenter to widen the door for my wheelchair so I figure I might as well pay the guy to do the entire room. Plan is to remove the 4' work bench and put in a permanent 8' bench on the south wall. Cover the other 3 walls with adjustable shelving that I can reach. Install overhead LED lighting and run two more power circuits one each wall. I will be using the work bench for reloading and gunsmithing plus my normal fix what broke stuff.

Plan to use 1x10 for the shelves (1x6 for the shelves holding ammo) and 2x4's for the bench frame with a 1" plywood top. I already have a power strip for the front edge of the bench that puts an outlet every 6" the entire length.

Did I miss anything?

 

[Dave.357]

6 large safes .

 

[federali]

Wood-on-Wood

Assuming a structurally correct construction (wood-on-wood) with no load bearing on the fasteners, you can easily build using 2X3s. I built storage shelves out of 1X2 framing and those shelves easily supported nearly a 1000 pounds of tools and live ammo. The trick was proper bracing, dadoed joints. Using heavier wood than necessary cuts down a bit on the space available for storage.

Just in case, I advise people to never using paneling in homes. In the event of a fire, paneling burns hot, fast, and emits toxic fumes, in effect, transforming a home into a tinder box and greatly cutting down on escape time, particularly if there are elderly and or small children present that need to be rescued.

Good luck with your project.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Consider even more electrical capacity. You can add more storage, etc. latter a whole lot easier than additional electrical service.
Sorta like buying a safe. No one every complained about having too much room in their safe.

 

[Golddollar]

Enough phone jacks for fax machine, computer and telephone.

 

[Big Cholla]

As an ex carpenter and a long time reloader; IMHO, 1x6 planks are not heavy duty enough for ammo storage shelves. Of course if you have a lateral support beam every 2' say, they would be. I would span 4' at most with 2x6. I personally use steel shelf systems from Costco. Even then I replace the steel mesh shelving with 1 1/8" plywood. ...... Even a little bit of ammo get fairly heavy quick.

 

[TTSH]

Enough phone jacks for fax machine, computer and telephone.

Man, that brings back memories!

 

[Sikiguya]

Enough phone jacks for fax machine, computer and telephone.

What time period are we in 1993?!

On a serious note, ventilations? Compressor?


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[Golddollar]

What time period are we in 1993?!

Memories of some shortcomings of the house I bought in 1986.

 

[TTSH]

What time period are we in 1993?!

Memories of some shortcomings of the house I bought in 1986.

The 1980's called. It wants its technology back!

 

[Daniel Howe]

Enough phone jacks for fax machine, computer and telephone.

Fiber optics to the modem the rest of the house runs on wifi. I don't have a land line or fax machine anymore.

 

[Camster]

Laminate for the plywood tops.
(3/4" plywood should be adequate.I have numerous benches for work and storage in my basement,and it's been fine for heavy weight. Frames built with 2"x4"x8'. Benches are two feet deep, so the plywood was cut to 2'x8'.)

 

[Daniel Howe]

Since the bench is going to be on an exterior wall a small exhaust fan might be a good idea. And a small wall mounted shop vac to keep things clean.

 

[carpriver]

don't tell your wife, she will want a share of it for her she shed

 

[Daniel Howe]

don't tell your wife, she will want a share of it for her she shed

I'm a widow and my girl friend has a her own home.

 

[BigBoy99]

Consider covering your workbench with a piece of 1/4" plywood. If the plywood gets dirty/damages it can be replaces while the wood under neath is protected and is kept looking nice. The workbench top can be renewed and made to look new again while the top of the bench is protected.

I built ammo storage shelves using 3/4" plywood fort the shelves - cut into strips 1' by 8'. Then I used 2x4s for the frame.

 

[NMPinNYC]

Thanks for the tip on paneling burning. Never considered how quick.

 

[03hemi]

Hidden gun room and a separate walk-in humidor.

 

[NYlakesider]

Well in my case my wife wanted a lock put on the door. Of course she wanted it on the outside of the door. She said she might let me out occasionally!