Air Conditioning Solutions

[Jessy_1]

I could be wrong, however, the way you keep stating things, it sounds like the boss really doesn't care about the business or the employees and equipment. Is this the only part of the business (the print shop just being an added business to it)?

I don't think he doesn't care. He just doesn't seem to understand why it's important.

The bay is the main sign shop where all the vehicles are wrapped and signs are made. Then we have an office building that holds all the office staff and small format production. Only 2 people work out of the bay. As of right now the people working out of the bay are the only 2 in the company that understand the importance of temperature control. I've shown him data sheets with the recommended storing temperature. We've talked to our supplier and they all say the same thing but he just doesn't want to listen.

I also feel like it's a money thing. He doesn't want to put a lot of money into something like ac because to him there is ways around it even if it's not working. Maybe he doesn't have the money for the whole bay, so that's why I'm looking at other options to at least help us get through the summer.

 

[Gino]

I believe tis roughly 60' x 30' x 16'. We have no windows. Just 1 man door and 1 14' bay door.

I suggested the room when we first got the building but got turned down.

Your boss is a fool. That's only 1,800 sq ft with high ceilings. Put 2 exhaust fans on roof and that'll take are of quite a lot. How hot can it possibly get up there ?? Our shop is about 10,000 sq ft. Where the printers and computers are is a section 30' × 40' sq ft which has 2 windows units and it actually can get chilly in there. The rest of the shop has 9 ceiling fans, 2 huge exhaust fans, 3 rather large floor fans on wheels and we have several garage doors and windows. Not more than a few days a year does it ever get too hot out there to work. We have 15' ceilings.

 

[Jessy_1]

Your boss is a fool. That's only 1,800 sq ft with high ceilings. Put 2 exhaust fans on roof and that'll take are of quite a lot. How hot can it possibly get up there ?? Our shop is about 10,000 sq ft. Where the printers and computers are is a section 30' × 40' sq ft which has 2 windows units and it actually can get chilly in there. The rest of the shop has 9 ceiling fans, 2 huge exhaust fans, 3 rather large floor fans on wheels and we have several garage doors and windows. Not more than a few days a year does it ever get too hot out there to work. We have 15' ceilings.

Right now its 28 degrees with humidity sitting at 56%. All we have are 2 dh and 4 fans on the ceiling that just push the hot air around. It doesn't help that the printer and both dh's produce which raise the temperature.

I'll look into the exhaust fans and maybe some portable ac units.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Niagara Falls? Says your average high in July is 80. Anything below 80 and I put a sweatshirt on.

 

[White Haus]

Right now its 28 degrees with humidity sitting at 56%. All we have are 2 dh and 4 fans on the ceiling that just push the hot air around. It doesn't help that the printer and both dh's produce which raise the temperature.

I'll look into the exhaust fans and maybe some portable ac units.

Yikes. Your vinyl must be nice and gooey in that swamp.

We added A/C in our 2,500 sqft shop after a year of trying to find creative solutions like you're doing, and never looked back.

Expect to pay $15,000-$20,000 to have it done professionally (put units on the roof ideally so meth heads can't steal the copper) and enjoy the benefits for years.

I take it your boss' office is air conditioned tho, eh?

 

[JBurton]

Niagara Falls? Says your average high in July is 80. Anything below 80 and I put a sweatshirt on.

While I agree, trying to execute a wrap in those conditions is awful. It's like the adhesive becomes a magnet to the vehicle, and any pulling causes tons of stretch due to the material being 'preheated' already, and then you're waving a heat gun in vain trying to get the vinyl to shrink back 1/2" while it's either getting whipped by the fan that you need for comfort, or its getting bathed in sweat as you beg for the sweet release of death. As much as I hate leaning over a toolbox to letter a rear window in an uncovered parking lot, I'd rather do 100 of those vs 1 wrap in a shop that is over 75F.