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Square footage required for workshop

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I'm looking around for premises and I'm thinking about 450 sq ft would be enough for a framing workshop - does that sound sensible?

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I've been toying with getting a workshop and wondering what footage I would need. I worked out something around the 300 sq ft mark would be adequate so I would say 450 is more so. Depends on how quickly you are looking to expand as you don't really want to be moving premises all the time.
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I used to frame out of a basement in a shop about 500sq ft and it felt small. My second workshop was 800sq ft split over two floors and that also was small. I now have 3600sq ft a lot of which is unused but 2500 sq ft is fully utilised.

I would say 700-800 would be a better size.
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Well Alistair, you've seen my 'workplace'....300 sq ft is luxury to me! :D

But I think I have got my calculations wrong in the transfer from sq m to sq ft......I was meaning 10m x 10m, which actually equates to 30 ft x 30 ft = 900 sq ft. So Alistair's assessment is a lot more accurate!
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900 sq ft it is then!

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The Law of Workshop Space is: It you have a workshop the size of an aircraft hangar, you will find enough stuff to fill it. :roll:

Or someone else will. :evil:
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That is too try I have 1500sq ft of other peoples rubbish. :giggle: :giggle:
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When I first started I found the 450 sq ft I had was fine for day to day custom framing (private work), although it was not that practical for higher volume hand finished jobs for trade/artist customers.
900 sq ft was a very good size.
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I'm working out of half of a double garage, sorry workshop :? which is a little longer than a normal garage so I get 250ft. I'm working on a 51% controlling interest on the other half...Space is a little tight and will get worse especially when I get round to getting the CMC.
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