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I'll never get rid of the Classic. It is everything that I'd ever wanted as a kid and it still makes me feel like a lucky guy when I drive it. I'm in the process of doing a minor restoration on it and sorting a few things out. The D2 is for me right now basic transportation .. nothing special...

W00t ... another Rover guy on the forums :) Here is part of my herd.

For like 100 dollars you can purchase a drywall lift and it is worth every penny to do so. My garage has 5/8" fire rated drywall and those puppies are heavy. I installed 90% of the drywall all on my own. Yes it is a pain and exhausting but if you can't afford to have someone else do it .. you...

Thanks .. it is awesome to be able to finally move in. The floor turned out pretty decent .. not perfect but that also means I won't cry when the first blemish eventually happens. I started construction on my workbench .... simply using left over material that was still laying around from...

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I have a few of the chinese hikavision cameras in the garage that are hardwired. I used CAT6 and PoE to power them. The recordings are captured on a server in the house that runs BlueIris.

I looked through the archives but couldn't quite find an answer and hope to tap into some wisdom. I'm planning to build a decent sized workbench and wonder what the best layout/shape would be. I have an opening in my shop on the backwall that is about 12 or so ft wide. I could do a wall to...

I am in the final stretch. The floor will be coated with 2 layers of epoxy and a clearcoat that will have some anti-skid material. I've etched and cleaned the floor .. it is so spotless you could eat from it at the moment. I put down a few squares of plastic after a week to check for moisture...

I passed the electrical and the final construction inspection with flying colors. The last inspector was pretty nice and he was done in a matter of a few minutes. The contractor is going to fix some of the drywall stuff upstairs as it looked horrible and now it is just matter for waiting for...

I had final electrical inspection Friday but failed on 3 minor items. Fixed it over the weekend and will try again Monday or Tuesday. The inspector is a pretty good guy and pointed exactly out what the issues were. In general quite a few items in the shop went beyond the minimum code...

I'm getting on the final stretch. Last month I painted the upstairs, finished all the electrical trim and Saturday installed the vinyl flooring upstairs. The upstairs will be mostly storage, but the wife insists that it isn't going to look like a dungeon when going up there to get stuff...

Its been a while since I posted updates, but work has been going very slow due to my regular work and simply dealing with contractors. The contractor did cut out chunks of my slab and repoured it after cracks had developed. A bit of a bummer, but we will eventually epoxy the floor so it won't...

Insulation is pretty much done .. except for a few difficult places upstairs. Airlines are in as well but I need to redo one of the outlets as it has a slight leak still. Drywall arrived yesterday on a truck so we can start on the next phase of the project. Per suggestion of user DJJSR I am...

I think it is pretty clear on what I'm going to do the next few days ... being itchy ;)

Here are a few shots of the shop fan installation. It is 10x10 inches and I am surprised on how little noise it actually makes. You can hear it but I bet with the radio on it will be barely noticeable. The main switch is near the entry door as well as a variable fan controller. Eventually...

Installed the fans this past weekend. The garage one will be computer controlled and automatically run when humidity gets over a certain percentage as well as run scheduled air changes at night (I'm kinda a geek) ;) Compressed air lines are in .. I'll have a few locations around the workshop...

One thing I completely spaced on is on an exhaust fan. I'm thinking about using something like this wall mount fan and i am wondering what others might have used for controller. Its pretty damp here in the PNW so I'm thinking humidity would be the right way to go ?

Contractor came out to again inspect the crack and it was caused by a wrong cement mixture it looks like. They are standing by their product and will fix the issue for us and make it right. That probably will happen some time in April when the moisture and temps are better suited to ensure...

I found out that attitude helps a lot when dealing with King County. They will act like a pain in the **** if you are just difficult to deal with ... just be nice and friendly and they seem to be easy to work with (after taking your money).

We didn't need to do a geotech study as apparently the neighbors had one done on the same slope 15 years ago where it was determined not to be a hazard. We stumbled across that when doing some research and we pulled a copy from the online records and filed that with our building permit. Due to...