Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Garages

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 2/12/04 2:45 PM, "Elizabeth Stevenson" <tamgoddess [at] comcast.net> wrote:

> This is a no-brainer. Every community should have a workshop! I have seen
> many bigger than ours, but even a small indoor space is essential for some
> projects. It's also great for the contractors who come to do major projects.

Our workshop has been used many times by contractors who are doing building
for units. They use it for construction of bookshelves and cabinets,
painting, sawing, etc. Also to store their tools so they don¹t have to pick
up every night when they leave.

I had a full wall of bookshelves built in and they were cheaper because the
cabinetmaker could set up equipment in the workshop to do the final trimming
of the molding rather than going back and forth to his studio or having to
bring an assistant because he had to set up a miter(?) saw in the parking
lot and couldn't leave it unattended.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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