Working outside in the rain, options

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Steffan said:

ALWAYS use an isolator and safety cut out for any electrical equipment outside. NEVER rely on the insulation of power tools in damp conditions. Not worth the risk.

Steffan, our resident Health & Safety officer there...

Heheh! Seriously, some good advice.

[Goa'uld]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Steffan said:

Goa'uld said:

Although with a tent your neighbours might think you're camping with your car, and you'd have to be carefull with unfortunate silhouettes when working on the car.

Good post.

That's from Austin Powers, isn't it?

YEAH BABY

[snotrag]

Untitled by simonholehan, on Flickr

This is taken this month. The floor is equally important as the roof. The tarp is held down at the side, and when left overnight Is rolled up unde the car. This means a dry floor to work on every day. It makes a HUGE difference not to have to roll around on the wet floor. Also keeps your drive clean and makes finding lost nuts erc easier.

Look at any rally service park, they know what their doing.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Goa'uld said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Steffan said:

Goa'uld said:

Although with a tent your neighbours might think you're camping with your car, and you'd have to be carefull with unfortunate silhouettes when working on the car.

Good post.

That's from Austin Powers, isn't it?

YEAH BABY

Machine gun 'Jubblies'!!

[skeggysteve]

In a very sheltered location those Argos gazebos might work.
But I can tell you that if it not very sheltered they aren't worth bothering with, the poles are made from very thin metal and the plastic joining bits aren't very strong.
Even with lots of rope holding them down they still can't cope with wind.
It's a shame as they are big enough to fit a car in a work on it.
BTW I speak from experience - they are also a bugger to sort out when they have collapsed!

[anonymous-user]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Seems a good, cheap little setup - but your drive is kinda sheltered too, so works quite well I imagine.

Yeah it is very sheltered, to the left of the picture is my house! It does work well, although if I didn't have issues with the location of the boiler flue and windows then I would have asked the landlord if I could build a car port.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Skodasupercar said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Seems a good, cheap little setup - but your drive is kinda sheltered too, so works quite well I imagine.

Yeah it is very sheltered, to the left of the picture is my house! It does work well, although if I didn't have issues with the location of the boiler flue and windows then I would have asked the landlord if I could build a car port.

You got any proper flooring type stuff or just work on the drive itself? What's the drive made from?

[anonymous-user]

It is a gravel drive (horrid) but I have a few sheats of plywood and some thin rigid insulation that I use when working around/under the car.

Not ideal, but it is the best I can do, and leaves the spare cash (hardly any) for spending on the car

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Well at least as it's gravel I suppose the rain runs away amongst the stones, under your ply - so might actually be a good solution as it goes?

What we all wouldn't give for a nice, indoor, heated workshop with a 4 post lift eh?!

We must be mental, spannering cars outside under plastic gazebos in the rain! What are we like, eh?!

I know my neighbours all smile at me amusingly in a 'that bloke's mental' kinda way

[jbi]

tried the gazebo thing... strangely enough with an argos product as well.

Wind fked it within 2 days and I took it back all bent and broken.

Argos agreed with me it was not up to saleable quality since it broke so quickly and I got my money back.

Makes me wonder what the point of the things is.