Desk space, wall mounted monitors, a lab bench, and plenty of shelving.

A through-wall heat pump for cooling and heating.

A 2kW Aims Power inverter for 110v power.

12kWh of Trojan T105RE batteries in a 48v bank for storage.

2kW of solar panels on swinging mounts for power.

Plywood interior walls, because I think they look good and they make it easy to mount things.

Aggressive insulation for year round use: 3.5” of rock wool (5.5” in the ceiling), plus 2” of foamboard on all walls and the ceiling.

I spent around three and a half weeks turning it into my very own office. That’s an 8’x12’ Tuff Shed Premier Pro Studio. On the other side, I’ve built an awesome lab bench for small electronics projects and battery builds. On one side, I’ve built a great desk corner with plenty of power and more than enough AC to keep me cool when it’s over 100F out.

I like the deeper window sills.A few months ago I moved to a few acres in the country, and needed somewhere to work - so I built myself a solar powered off grid office out of a Tuff-Shed Pro Studio! They feel more substantial and home-like to me. Frankly, I would never build or buy a 2 x 4 structure again.

Since I like cold-temperature sleeping (around 50 F), I’m fine with the Tuff shed, expect in the winter I sleep in the main house, because the Tuff shed just costs extra to heat and gets much colder. The bonus is that in the summer, although the bedroom gets much hotter during the day, it also cools down faster at night then the owner-built (by the original owner) main house which stays warmer at night, partly because of the thermal mass of the stucco perhaps. I also didn’t use a vapor barrier or any kind of sheet wrap.

Because the bedroom Tuff shed addition is R11, with no floor insulation except a thin rubber sheet above the OSB on the floor and below the Pergo, the room is freezing in the winter, and I don’t sleep there. ft, conventional frame, 2×6″ studs with R19 insulation and less window area. Since I did it alone, I broke a large piece into three, which meant more joint taping/plastering to do, but it came out okay. Although I like the gambrel roof and high ceiling on the interior, drywall is not easy to do holding the pieces at an angle up on a ladder. Some other things I might mention about my Tuff Shed experience.

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