Air conditioned shop?

[blue moon]

We have 25 foot ceilings now but I would put a drop ceiling and insulate the hell out of it.  I wouldn't AC the entire shop though, just about 1/2 of it and leave the rest to the heat.  With the new dryer, I don't think we would have the problems that we would have with the old dryer, that american just put out so much ambient heat that the AC would really struggle, regardless of whether or not it was twice as big as it should be for the square footage.  Overall, about 2500sq/ft would be AC'd, with an 8' ceiling.

we have low ceilings and two AC units. The space is about 3k sq feet, half embroidery and half screenprinting. THe side walls are insulated pretty well, but the roof is sheet metal. I had a warehouse in the same building and without generating any heat, the summer temps would reach 100 deg every now and then. Our AC bill is probably about $350 in the hottest summer months so it adds up to less than $2k per year. While that is a lot of money, the increased productivity and morale are worth every penny of it!

here's the pix of the unit before we moved in


pierre

[dsh]

My dryer is located in a non-air conditioned part of the bld.  Just the input of the dryer sticks through the wall.  The summer of 2010 we were set up completely in the non air side.  Florida summer would get the temp up to 105 in our small area.  It's sooooo much nicer now.

[3Deep]

We have air thru out the shop and yep its nice during the summer months as it gets hot as heck here.

Darryl

[Prosperi-Tees]

How about running an optional graveyard shift during the summer months. I guess you would have to have the whole crew on board for that to work though.

[Dottonedan]

How about running an optional graveyard shift during the summer months. I guess you would have to have the whole crew on board for that to work though.

Yaint from round these parts er ya feller?  That's a good thought and in the middle and northern states would be a great idea.

Dowon heaha in Flo da, our nights stay muggy and sink into the high 80,s I bets me some money they's gett'n inta bout 95-100 degrees still at night with the doors open and the fans a blow'n.  It might save 10 degrees off from the day work tho.

Arizona is recorded as THE hottest place in the US to live (on average). So I'm sure they got the same problems " but it's a dry heat". So they say.

[Prosperi-Tees]

It will be in the 100s in my neck of the woods. I am in the central part of California. Coast weather or the great weather you hear about California does not apply to us.
With the flash running my little 800 sq ft has to be 110-115 at the hot part of the day.

I have visited Flo Da and you can keep that weather! lol. Raining while the sun is out, Raining on one side of the street and not the other all the while its 90 degrees and sunny. Strange weather for you Flo Da folks! 

[Scobey Peterman]

After our fire in 2004, we put in an evaporation cooler (aka swamp cooler)
It will cool down spots of the shop but not the entire shop.
Cheap mans ac.

[Tagless Threads]

That would be good for printing water based ink in the summer.

[tonypep]

How about running an optional graveyard shift during the summer months. I guess you would have to have the whole crew on board for that to work though.

Yaint from round these parts er ya feller?  That's a good thought and in the middle and northern states would be a great idea.

Dowon heaha in Flo da, our nights stay muggy and sink into the high 80,s I bets me some money they's gett'n inta bout 95-100 degrees still at night with the doors open and the fans a blow'n.  It might save 10 degrees off from the day work tho.

I run a second shift here in Nashville and the cool nights are a perk. When i ran Harlequin in Fort Myers we had eight presses two shifts. Second shift ran till 3:00 am.
In Ft Myers it's still muggy and hot so no perk there except the beach!

Arizona is recorded as THE hottest place in the US to live (on average). So I'm sure they got the same problems " but it's a dry heat". So they say.