Pictures of my New Workplace. what do you think?

[Martin Cole]

Great looking place Warrren, well done to you sir :thumbsup:

JC would be proud of you as I think many of us on here are. We have followed you from the beginning strive forward, never afraid to ask questions to help you achieve what you have today.

I know there have been some lows but it seems your persistence has paid off and I truly wish you well in the new premises taking Mint Signs to the next level and will one day look forward to the ‘Mint Signs franchises’

All the best Martin

[John Gregson]

Looks fantastic Warren, good luck in your new premises.

Cheers John

[Phill Fenton]

That’s looking good Warren – good luck when you open tomorrow, I’m sure you’ll find the extra space is worth the investment.

I also miss John and often wonder "What would John have advised" – It’s nearly a year now since he passed away but I’m sure he would also have been proud of you and what you have achieved so far. :thumbsup:

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Boy that’s nice.
I’m proud of you.
And to think just a few years ago you were a little snot nosed pesky kid.
😉
Glad to see how far you’ve made it, and expect many more good things from you.
Love…..Jill

[Nicola McIntosh]

well done warren, lucky you.. that is a great looking workshop, and I wish you all the best you deserve it 😉

nik

[Karl Williams]

Mate, I take my hat off to you. All the best for the future. 😉

[David Rowland]

your getting more English by the day Warren

nice space, reminds me of Phill’s unit lol

[John Harding]

Great stuff Warren – puts us all to shame

but what a difference you will notice production will be so much easier 😀

John :thumbup2:

[Brian Carey]

Looks very nice Warren, im green with envy! beats my spare bedroom anyday! 😀 Someday i hope to move to a bigger space, but im in the very early stages of sign making yet!
Can you tell me what you used for the top of your bench? Do you cut directly on top of this?

Gd luck with the move

Brian.

[Jamie Wood]

Nice place – great to see you doing so well.

[Harry Cleary]

Mega impressed Warren..as I am sure JC would be.
One question….why is my workshop such a tip? 😮

[Richard Urquhart]

I really hope it goes well you have done so well and your works cracking mate

[Andrew Bennett]

Good Luck for the future WArren.

[Paul S Martin]

Very Nice Warren, be good to see what it still looks like in a year or so LOL

Good luck Mate

Paul

[Ian Johnston]

LOOKS GOOD, BEST WISHES, take plenty of pics, it’ll never look the same again after a week or two!! 😀

[Nick Monir]

Nice one Warren, my place was once neat and tidy with everything in place. About 2 hrs later it was upside down! Looks like it’ll be the ideal place for you. All the very best!

[James Martin]

That look like an amazing space to work Warren, Whats the outside like? is it in a good area?

Have you got a sign yet?

Good time of year to make the shift.

It must be a relief to get the space back in your house as well I’d have thought.

James

[Warren Beard]

Many thanks for the comments, it’s cold in here today so need to sort some heating out otherwise the wife will be moaning all day :lol1:

No signs up yet, the outside doesn’t look great at the moment as they are about to paint, there are quiet a few other units around so hopefully get some work from them but we are not visible from the road and no passing trade really.

Will keep you all posted.

Thanks again for the kind words.

cheers

Warren

[Lynn Normington]

Well done Warren I know you have worked very hard for this I’m sure
your efforts will pay off.

Lynn

[Chris Friggieri]

Very good job wish you luck :thumbsup:

[Dan Osterbery]

Looks fantastic! best of luck fella!

[Gary Birch]

Nice space Warren …. Best of luck with it mate

[Shahzad]

😮

WOW… lots of space… Got a penthouse studio feel about it!

Very nice

Best wishes in your new shop

Shaz

[Duncan Wilkie]

Nice digs! have fun.

[Jason Xuereb]

Well done Warren you deserve all the success that comes your way.

[Cheryl Smith]

Warren, it looks absolutely amazing and clean and big and a wonderful space to work from and in. Well done.! sorry if you have said already but are you renting or buying the space yourself?
id like to see what you are going to do to the outside in the way of signage too…

[Neil Davey]

That looks absolutely awesome Warren.

Looks very well laid out and you seem to have got all your kit in there neatly.

Tidy too, at the mo, lets see it in a week or so…. 😀

One thing you may want to think about is where customers go when they come see you? We are in the middle of building a small showroom/reception space with a counter top to welcome customers and keep them out of the workshop area.

Enjoy the new surroundings, your right JC would be very proud.

[John Wilson]

Nice one mate… no point me putting pics of my refurb up now as your place looks 1000’s times better haha

[Harry Cleary]

quote Neil Davey:

One thing you may want to think about is where customers go when they come see you? We are in the middle of building a small showroom/reception space with a counter top to welcome customers and keep them out of the workshop area.

Really is well worth considering…..sick to death of being a ‘design monkey’ with the customer standing behind you…. ‘Move that over there…can you make that bigger’ 👿
Keep the great unwashed at arms length I says! 😀

[Dermot Howard]

Very Nice Place, well done.

I’m just getting into my new workshop now, a long time after starting it and there is a lot left to do.

your place looks great, airy and bright, plenty of space.

[Neil Speirs]

quote John Wilson:

Nice one mate… no point me putting pics of my refurb up now as your place looks 1000’s times better haha

was that 1000 times better or bigger 😉

Your place looks brilliant Warren, well done mate! Now get some work done to start paying for your new overheads 😀

[Hugh Potter]

Wow, well done Warren, absolutely spanking mate!

[Warren Beard]

Thanks again all, it’s still neat 😉 :lol1:

[David-Foster-]

quote Warren Beard:

Thanks again all, it’s still neat 😉 :lol1:

That’s cos the missus is working there with you :lol1: Leave a bloke on his own and will soon be untidy, calendars 😉 up on the wall.

Looks a great place to work Warren. Only missing a view out of a window over green fields.

[Warren Beard]

quote David-Foster-:

Looks a great place to work Warren. Only missing a view out of a window over green fields.

If you look on the far right of the 2nd picture you will see the window in pieces on the floor, it’s still to go in and then we will have pictures of rolling fields, will post pics when it’s in to brag :lol1:

[Elena kalispera]

Lovely place!!!! I particularly like the Dominos pizza shot on the second photo mmmmmmmmmmm

Congrats and good luck x

[Andrew Martin]

Very nice workshop 😀

[Martin Pearson]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

Boy that’s nice.
I’m proud of you.
And to think just a few years ago you were a little snot nosed pesky kid.
😉
Glad to see how far you’ve made it, and expect many more good things from you.
Love…..Jill

He still is :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

Looking good Warren, I hope you are going to remember all the people who have helped you when your a multi millionaire 😉

[Robert Lambie]

quote Martin Cole:

JC would be proud of you as I think many of us on here are. We have followed you from the beginning strive forward, never afraid to ask questions to help you achieve what you have today.

Cant agree more with Martin, well done warren, a great step forward for you and your business mate.

It is instances like this that makes sure i maintain that all new comers to the trade are welcomed like anyone else on uksignboards.com. after all, who are we to decide who is and isnt trying to start a professional business, we all have to start somewhere.

anyway, i missed this post when posted initially… place looks great mate!

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Warren, how is the unit now? Has the layout altered to how you first had it, what did you find you had missed (if anything) after moving in?

Also how is your air source heating now? Is it still working well?

I’m taking over new premises from 1st April, huge (filthy) empty space, so now looking for ideas on what to do with it!

Lorraine

[Warren Beard]

Hi Lorraine

Haven’t changed the layout since moving in as it works for me as it is and would be too much hassle to change anyway 😉 but no I’m happy with it. Haven’t missed anything out, made a large 10’x6′ table from the tutorials (just wish I had of made the legs higher as 800mm is just too low for me and it hurts my back when weeding) I also built the storage rack for sheet material and 6 new vinyl roll holders which I now need more of but no more wall space 😕 (I guess that is one thing I might change but need to clear some old stock first to see if I really need to.

I’m currently looking in to getting a RollsRollers or Rapid Applicator which is bigger than my table so we might be slightly more squeezed but still enough room for now although will be full up in the office area. We can expand the office space in to the workshop space but will cost money obviously so trying to avoid that if possible.

The heater struggled a bit a few times when the temp dropped to about -5 but they did tell us that -5 is the where it will drop performance, I think the compressor unit outside freezes and could take up to about 2 hours before it started to blow. Any other time it works really well and we have to keep turning it down or off (like today 😎 ) Besides that and we can’t set a continuous timer are the only negatives, we have to set it each day before we leave and so Mondays are always a cold start 😉 )

As for running costs I have to try work it out, the landlord comes around to read our meter and they didn’t do it when they should have so we don’t have a month by month bill and we also use other electric heaters in the print room and workshop area so this would be included so hard to tell exactly what just the one cost to run. We also don’t have insulated walls (only the roof) so our heating bill is going to be higher as well.

I think everybody says it, I moved in here thinking there is so much space and would take years and years to fill, we are now fill in the office area and might have to expand if we continue this way, we were looking to invest in some new machinery would would have meant we needed to expand the office but have decided to buy a house instead 😮 :lol1:

Good luck with your move

cheers

Warren

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks Warren, glad to hear everything is working well for you.

[Cheryl Smith]

very very clean and very very tidy…hope its profitable for you Warren…id love a space like that..

[Warren Beard]

one year on update!

We have just (well almost) finished re-arranging the office to make space for our first part time employee and thought I would update the thread with new pictures a year on so you can see the development and how I am fitting in to the space.

Another quick update in a few weeks time as well possibly 😉

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[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Warren, looks really tidy! What did you do with the floor, is that painted concrete you have down?
Congratulations on your new staff member, business must be good, well done.

Cheers
Lorraine

Edited to remove text, will start new thread instead of hi-jacking Warrens.

[Phill Fenton]

Looks just like my place…only tidier 😕

[Harry Cleary]

May the curse of 17 untidy Kilmuckaridge gnomes be upon your workshop! 👿

Looks brilliant Warren! 😀

[Nicola McIntosh]

nice one warren looks great and organised, good luck with the new employee, when it comes 😀

nik

[Warren Beard]

Excited to hear about Hugh’s big move I realised I had updates I could post and hopefully be some inspiration to him as he takes the next big leap for his business. It’s another year on and we have just completed 2 years here so here are the updated images, as you can see we have done the following in the last year, well actually most over the last 3 months,

Rapid Applicator had for a year now
Expanded unit 50% in size (the new section through the double green doors)
invested in print and finishing equipment
carpeted the 2 rooms
racking and shelving in new print department and workshop
lots of painting
more vinyl racks
comfy couches for customers
and we’ve had a full time member of staff for 8 months now and he’s doing really well.

on top of this we have our 2 boys 6 and 1 years old and number 3 is due in June (a girl) so busier times ahead. :lol1:

anyway it’s been great and still loving it, had really good comment from customers about the unit and even suppliers who seem to like visiting more often now, maybe it’s the coffee machine :lol1: 😉

anyway this June I would have been in this game for 6 years and it’s changed so much so wonder what the next 6 years will be like 😮

Happy sign making everybody

Warren

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[Hugh Potter]

looks great Warren!! sadly I’m lacking in big open spaces to will need to be quite creative but it’s a step in the right direction!!

it’s interesting to see how you’ve progressed and obviously invested in more equipment etc..

H 🙂

[Phill Fenton]

Fantastic achievement Warren in a short period of time. You are a credit to the industry and someone to look up to and inspire others. 😀

[Craig Ross]

Extremely impressive! Well Done Warren.

[Glenn Sharp]

Fantastic Warren……..it must be a pleasure going into work nowadays?

I could live in there 😀

[Derek Heron]

looks great warren
how are you getting on with the rapid applicator looks a beast
thinking of getting rid of my laminator and eazy taper
and getting one