Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT 3rd time's a charm with a 3 car workshop

[MacTexas]

I grew up in Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City on the Kansas side.

 

[loganb]

I grew up in Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City on the Kansas side.

Another area that's seen a tremendous amount of change. My mom grew up in the DeSoto/Shawnee area

No time to paint today, but did get a basic before and after picture that made me feel better about the new garage door seal. This was a picture mid day showing all the light leakage into the garage:

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And this was that same door about the same time today:

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Got a bit of work to do on that right side where the weatherstripping puckered some and looks like can adjust the track a bit to tighten up that lower left corner better but at least it looks like an improvement!

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[OutlawDrifter]

Logan, I think you'll see a huge improvement. Mine has worked out better than I figured, I wish I wouldn't have put it off so long.

Looks like lots of unpleasant cold for the next week...that groundhog and I need to have a conversation!

 

[loganb]

Looks like lots of unpleasant cold for the next week...that groundhog and I need to have a conversation!

Yeah....not sure my 1500W space heater will be big enough to keep the space above 50 if outside doesn't get above 15 for a solid week...yuck!

Nap time is awesome...got the last bit of this wall cut in painting done and the TV mount up and TV hung. Had this same mount, just the next size smaller on this TV in the last house and was impressed so didn't try to recreate the wheel here. Just went to next size up to make it easier if I upgrade this TV in the future

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JTW2ZC...bc_2EFXQGNF4K3CB5DTAJJD?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

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Still have to get power outlet behind it and ethernet/coax up to it so not ready yet but a step in the right direction and another box out of the house!

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[loganb]

First off...congrats to Tampa Bay....they got revenge on their prior loss to KC last night for sure! It's a cool story to see Brady "cement" the GOAT legecy winning his 7th title now with a 2nd team in his first year there, would've preferred Kansas City to be celebrating 2 in a row but no questions that TB as a team had a better game plan and executed better!

Onto the garage....not much happening since the TV got up, doing some time here and there on more design work on the built in closet dresser project. Needed to answer for both my own benefit and the wife's as to how will this concept compare to our current dressers in net area so in my typical overdone fashion I measured it all up and figured it in Excel

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With what I've got now we're about 2.5x as much drawer "cubic area" even discounting the large drawer we've earmarked for carry on suitcases and such...so that's enough to get approval to continue on and work on placing some shoe shelfs in the top section and detailing out the "middle" between the 2 drawer stacks.

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Tentative plan is the bottom of that middle section is a laundry hamper pull out then above it is more drawers...more to come still!

 

[nicholam77]

Nice! Design is looking good so far. Not as big as yours, but our bedroom closet also has a sloped ceiling from the roofline and I've always thought about doing what you're doing at some point. Will be closely following to see how you manage the angles and the IKEA units.

I'm going to check out that door seal. Mines got a crack up top, too. Got plenty of other leaks as well.

The M12 installation driver looks real nice. There have been several times I wish I had gotten something like it. I love my Bosch 12v drivers, but instead of a separate hex-shank driver and drill, I wish I had gotten something like the Flexi-click, CXS, or M12. Multiple times I could have used the offset chuck!

 

[jar944]

That should look really nice. I wanted to do something similar as we have a somewhat similar master closet, though the knee walls are 84" or so tall. I wish the original builder went with 4' walls, and stick frame roof vs a attic truss. It is a lot wasted dead space.

My wife wanted something quick so idea fit the requirements.
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[loganb]

Nick-I haven't used the right angle or the offset chuck much....but when I do they're super handy!

Jar-That looks pretty good....and yeah I can imagine there is a lot of deadspace back there....I almost "reframed" a different part of this closet so I could have the 48" depth to the back for more misc stuff storage behind some hanger bars but realized it was just going to store "stuff" and I didn't need another project and then having to seam carpet....so it's staying as is.

Did get some time last night after the kid went down to talk over the current concept with 'da boss....she approves. We agreed on a couple items I was needing direction on so should be able to hopefully finish up drawings of the casework in the next week or so.

On the garage front....yeah the little 1500W electric heater isn't keeping up as expected with daytime highs in the low to mid teen's this week...right now it's 47 out there which is better than outside but I'm getting spoiled and lazy if I'm honest

So had an HVAC company out today to quote a mini-split install as I really wanted to pay someone to do it so I wouldn't have another project on the list....but alas that won't happen. 12k BTU Mitsubishi HyperHeat was almost $5,400 installed and looks like the parts/accessories would be $2,500 ish....I don't want to pay someone else that badly. This is an easy install too as the electric is already there on the outside of the house where it needs to be and it's an easy run for the lineset....oh well.

So backup plan is likely the 12k BTU Mr Cool DIY unit, then plan on just picking up an electric 4 or 5kw 240V plug in heater for super cold days for under $120 bucks and use it when necessary and put it up on the shelf when not needed as that cost savings vs the HyperHeat will pay for a "**** ton" of hours of electric heat.....yes I could do that math to figure out the hours it would take but right now I'm not feeling it

 

[OutlawDrifter]

That seems pretty salty for a bid, sounds like they don't want to do it for sure.

That's almost what my 3-ton Trane heat pump was installed.

 

[loganb]

That seems pretty salty for a bid, sounds like they don't want to do it for sure.

That's almost what my 3-ton Trane heat pump was installed.

That's what my thought was as well. I'm going to verify we're on the same page tomorrow and that I'm not missing anything substantial that they're including....but the model numbers for the quoted wall unit/compressor were on the quote and that's $1,850 or so on a couple online sites members here had good success with so we'll see if they get more aggressive or not. Otherwise I may have a mini-split to order this weekend.

 

[Wrenchinmonkey]

very nice setup. what part of Omaha are you located in? I live in Bennington off 160 and state area. We moved into our home in June of 2019. I've been working in my garage as much as possible. Could really use some more heat in there this week. lol

 

[gearhead1960]

That's a lot of money for heat! But I understand where the contractor is coming from. If his primary business is commercial installations, they are set up to do volume. One off installs like yours still accumulate the same initial overhead as a $20k-50k job. They're pricing it to still make money. Which in the end prices them out of reality for a homeowner....

 

[loganb]

very nice setup. what part of Omaha are you located in? I live in Bennington off 160 and state area. We moved into our home in June of 2019. I've been working in my garage as much as possible. Could really use some more heat in there this week. lol

Thanks for swinging by! Always like finding more "locals"! We're down on the outskirts of Papillion, Highway 370 and 96th area. We looked at a couple houses online in your neck of the woods as it would've been an easier drive for the wife working at 132nd & Dodge but ended up going to the south as that's where most of our family is making quick trips and drop in babysitting easier.

That's a lot of money for heat! But I understand where the contractor is coming from. If his primary business is commercial installations, they are set up to do volume. One off installs like yours still accumulate the same initial overhead as a $20k-50k job. They're pricing it to still make money. Which in the end prices them out of reality for a homeowner....

Yeah...that's what I don't get on this one...it was one of the larger residential HVAC contractors in the area so this is their bread and butter....but maybe the fact they're big and busy as all get out is the reason they're not too motivated on a smaller job when new home construction is booming. Couldn't get the company who installed the furnace and serviced it for the last 10 years to call me back, so maybe I need to find a smaller local guy/gal and see if they're more interested.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

so maybe I need to find a smaller local guy/gal and see if they're more interested.

That would be my suggestion.


A lot of our contractors around here are always "too busy" when you need work done, but always call back to see if the job is still there when they run out of work...no thanks. I'm a big proponent of service value, I'll pay more for awesome service during and after the job.

If you can't get to it because you realistically have that much on the books great...but don't overprice it just because you're out there hunting bigger jobs.

I have a couple of guys who show up when called cause they like being paid in cash

 

[teal95]

Finished reading through it. I've been out in that area a bit, I used to crew for a race shop out of Topeka (he started in Papillion) and we raced at what used to be Mid America.

Good call on the electrical. I did mine the same way, first outlets are GFCI, doubles and on opposite phases so if I ever have to grab 220 I have it there.

Where did the offset adapter for the nut driver come from? I could've used that several times, mostly for shelf brackets, just like you did.

We put the IKEA closets at the end of our bedroom and also had to work with rooflines. We ended up cutting them as necessary and then using the cutoff pieces to refab the angled parts. I'll get pictures and post them up. Then (because it's in the bedroom we needed doors) we had a local cabinet place make doors for them. It wasn't cheap but it looks good.

I fully sympathize with the kid chasing. Our daughter is in kindergarten now so that age isn't far behind us. And my wife frequently travels for work so I spend a lot of time flying solo.

I liked the farm driving pictures. My parents had a hobby farm so the rule when I was growing up was when I could push the clutch in I could drive it. By age 6 I could push the clutch down on our NAA but only by pulling up on the steering wheel as I didn't weigh enough for my weight to push it down.

You're making me think I need a 3d printer, but I'll have to admit it's not the first time.

steve

 

[teal95]

I forgot about the mini split. Very similar experience. Called 5 shops,only one would respond and he wanted $9k. I responded that I could buy the unit for $1500, his response was that he was quoting a Mitsubishi, which I had already priced at ~$2500 and if was going to take 3 man days for him to install I really didn't want him doing it. In the end I did a Mr Cool myself and had a couple of radiators installed in the in law suite upstairs when I had my floor heat plumbed in.

 

[loganb]

Another HVAC contractor supposed to be out the in next couple of days, looks to be a smaller family owned outfit so hopefully I get a more palatable price. Looks like they carry Daikin's by their website and their 19 SEER, 12k BTU unit is the same price as the Mr Cool DIY unit(at least on Ingram's) so we'll see how they do

Finished reading through it. I've been out in that area a bit, I used to crew for a race shop out of Topeka (he started in Papillion) and we raced at what used to be Mid America.

Good call on the electrical. I did mine the same way, first outlets are GFCI, doubles and on opposite phases so if I ever have to grab 220 I have it there.

Where did the offset adapter for the nut driver come from? I could've used that several times, mostly for shelf brackets, just like you did.

We put the IKEA closets at the end of our bedroom and also had to work with rooflines. We ended up cutting them as necessary and then using the cutoff pieces to refab the angled parts. I'll get pictures and post them up. Then (because it's in the bedroom we needed doors) we had a local cabinet place make doors for them. It wasn't cheap but it looks good.

I fully sympathize with the kid chasing. Our daughter is in kindergarten now so that age isn't far behind us. And my wife frequently travels for work so I spend a lot of time flying solo.

I liked the farm driving pictures. My parents had a hobby farm so the rule when I was growing up was when I could push the clutch in I could drive it. By age 6 I could push the clutch down on our NAA but only by pulling up on the steering wheel as I didn't weigh enough for my weight to push it down.

You're making me think I need a 3d printer, but I'll have to admit it's not the first time.

steve

Thanks for joining and catching up Steve! Grew up a couple hours west of Topeka and went to school in Manhattan so know that area well. And looks like your outside of Detroit now....first 12 years of my life we were just east of Ann Arbor!

The offset driver is part of the chucks on the Milwaukee M12 Install Driver linked below. The driver and drill chuck are what I've used 95% of the time so far....but I really like the versatility and size of the tool. Bosch has a similar 12v kit as well

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M12-FUEL-12-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-4-in-1-Installation-3-8-in-Drill-Driver-Kit-with-4-Tool-Heads-2505-22/309495334

The kiddo chasing is fun but exhausting for sure. Mine is just shy of 2.5 years and the project list is gonna heat up as her sibling is scheduled to arrive very end of July so that's exciting and nerve wracking at the same time! I'm supposed to be the one traveling but Covid has put a crimp on that...2019 I think I had 75 or 80 hotel nights, fortunately most were 1 or 2 days generally on my schedule but I need to start getting back out this month so trying to figure our our new "Daddy's traveling" routine is going to be fun.

And I really like having the 3D printer...hasn't run anything in a week or two due to my motivation bucket being pretty low....but incredibly handy to have for me and my interests. Lots of resources out there and happy to share my learnings and thoughts...if you haven't seen it check out the Everything 3D Printed thread below for more encouragement and ideas to make you jump and continue the unofficial GJ Credo of "Helping spend other people's money"

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=384990&highlight=printed

 

[nicholam77]

The kiddo chasing is fun but exhausting for sure. Mine is just shy of 2.5 years and the project list is gonna heat up as her sibling is scheduled to arrive very end of July so that's exciting and nerve wracking at the same time!

Same

Good luck to both of us

Got that kid bed done yet? Me neither...

Hope you get the mini-split figured out, although if 47° F is what you're dealing with, I don't feel that bad for you. I'm just happy when it isn't below 20° F.

 

[MacTexas]

I had a mini-split installed in my garage last year. It took the guy 1 day, working by himself and cost 4200. He is a one man HVAC operation.

IMG_0262 by mactexas, on Flickr

By the way it replaced the window unit I had installed when I built the garage.

 

[loganb]

Same

Good luck to both of us

Got that kid bed done yet? Me neither...

Hope you get the mini-split figured out, although if 47° F is what you're dealing with, I don't feel that bad for you. I'm just happy when it isn't below 20° F.

Congrats sir! Likely to change our household in late July/early August...how much time do you have to build up sleep and knock out projects ?

And no....not done on the bed....or the helper stand in the kitchen either which until I typed this had forgotten was even on my to-do list. ****...

And I'll be honest...the other day I was in the garage, saw the temp in the mid 40's and about walked back to the house....then told myself to stop being a wimp...it's out of the wind and I was wearing a hoodie and a vest and could put on more layers if I needed too...and recalled many such as you haven't put a heater in yet!

Which by the way...when are you going to heat your workshop???

I had a mini-split installed in my garage last year. It took the guy 1 day, working by himself and cost 4200. He is a one man HVAC operation.

IMG_0262 by mactexas, on Flickr

By the way it replaced the window unit I had installed when I built the garage.

That was more along the lines of what I was thinking. Never done one before...but the physical install here should be very easy and the electric is already pulled into a 12 x 12 box they just have to hook up the flex to it, the AC disconnect and then run into the compressor. We'll see what this 2nd contractor quotes and decide from there if I add something else to my "To-Do" list or if I pay someone


Nothing else substantial happening here, did get talked into helping update 3 bathroom floors, 2 in a cousin's place and one in the father in laws. Started today on the smaller of the two for the cousin, your pretty standard 5' wide by 8' deep space with a 5' vanity taken out. He's never done tile before so my meager experience is helping walk him thru it then he can tackle more of the next bathroom on his own before he needs help.

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Couple hours this afternoon and had it down to subfloor and then cement board installed, tomorrow AM is hopefully tile and then he'll grout on Sunday...or that's the theory

 

[loganb]

Tile is down! Pretty happy with it, wife(interior designer) and I are supposed to swing by tomorrow and show how to knock the tension caps off and help pick a grout color. Original plan was to grout ti.orrow but sounds like he will wait till Wed and his next day off and take tomorrow easy.

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[harley jim]

Got to love those remodel jobs. It is looking good

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[loganb]

Thanks Jim. Definitely glad the wife and I decided I wouldn't do any tile other than backslash in this house, my legs and back are sore! The things you do to help out family

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[Unruh]

Thanks Jim. Definitely glad the wife and I decided I wouldn't do any tile other than backslash in this house, my legs and back are sore! The things you do to help out family

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I hear that. I just built a kitchenette downstairs for my Mom and we put in some tile. Wow, my knees were hurting for a couple days.

 

[jar944]

Tile is down! Pretty happy with it, wife(interior designer) and I are supposed to swing by tomorrow and show how to knock the tension caps off and help pick a grout color. Original plan was to grout ti.orrow but sounds like he will wait till Wed and his next day off and take tomorrow easy.

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What lippage system is that? I've used Lash (imho garbage) and raimondi.

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[loganb]

What lippage system is that? I've used Lash (imho garbage) and raimondi.

Levelolution system from Miracle Sealants, now a Rustoleum brand:

https://www.rustoleum.com/levolution

It's now available at Lowes and Menards, similar to the wedge concept only it uses a tension tool(gun) to set the tension of the green cap onto the spacer. I used it on our Chicago house and was pretty pleased with, biggest complaint I had was you have to be very carefully to keep debris out of the tension gun(which shouldn't be that hard...but I'm a newbie at this tile game) as if it gets any mortar or grout in it doesn't like to release well. The tension tool is 17 bucks at Lowes, so it's cheaper then the pliers for the wedge systems I've seen in case you fill it full of debris and can't get it cleaned out well enough to behave. Not sure how many times you can "reuse" the green caps, I used several of them 3 or 4 times with no obvious signs of plastic fatigue/whitening on them.

 

[nicholam77]

Congrats sir! Likely to change our household in late July/early August...how much time do you have to build up sleep and knock out projects ?

Mid July. It will be here in the blink of an eye.

And no....not done on the bed....or the helper stand in the kitchen either which until I typed this had forgotten was even on my to-do list. ****...

The helper stands are useful. I had wanted to make one, too, but ended up buying one. Kids grow so fast it's hard to anticipate when they'll need something and the time it takes to make it yourself. I had all these grand ideas of making everything for our daughter but in the end we bought most of it. As long as I get a personalized project or two in I'll be happy.

And I'll be honest...the other day I was in the garage, saw the temp in the mid 40's and about walked back to the house....then told myself to stop being a wimp...it's out of the wind and I was wearing a hoodie and a vest and could put on more layers if I needed too...and recalled many such as you haven't put a heater in yet!

Which by the way...when are you going to heat your workshop???

Lol! Yeah, I'll go out as long as it's about 20° F or above (inside the garage). Anything below that gets pretty cold on the hands.

I've been reluctant to throw too much money at a heating solution because I have insulation issues and a lot of inefficiencies (gaps, windows, etc) for heat to leak out. Plus I would need 220v or gas line hooked up. To truly do it right it would probably be more money than I feel the structure is worth. If we ever move or have an opportunity to rebuild it, then definitely. Short term solution might be a bench in our laundry room to do some tasks inside when it's too cold.

Nice work on the tile. And nice of you to help out family. I've never done tile but will probably give it a try the next time it comes up.

Glad this polar vortex to be over, woke up to -20° F this morning!

 

[loganb]

I've been reluctant to throw too much money at a heating solution because I have insulation issues and a lot of inefficiencies (gaps, windows, etc) for heat to leak out. Plus I would need 220v or gas line hooked up. To truly do it right it would probably be more money than I feel the structure is worth. If we ever move or have an opportunity to rebuild it, then definitely. Short term solution might be a bench in our laundry room to do some tasks inside when it's too cold.

I had a very similar scenario in my Chicago garage...insulated walls but no ceiling, had 220V electric but only good for 30 amps so couldn't run a heater if I had any tools on and running real electric or a gas line to the garage was going to be cost prohbitive so I had an older version of this:

https://www.menards.com/main/heating-cooling/heaters/gas-wall-heaters/dyna-glo-trade-30-000-btu-dual-fuel-vent-free-radiant-wall-heater/ir30dtdg-2/p-1444431349003-c-6867.htm?tid=-7589901556005508315&ipos=11

Ventless so it makes it easy to install, downside is it does put a slight odor and additional moisture back into the shop which for you I don't think should be a concern due to limited amounts of cast iron and "natural ventilation". I would be more cautious on it in a tightly built metal working space with more cast iron to potentially get surface rust, but for woodworking in a semi drafty garage it worked well.

Biggest pain is the tanks, if you have a good garage weekend planned with 5-6 hours out there each day with keeping it on low when you're not out there and overnight you won't make it to noon on Sunday and still have heat if you're using 20 lb BBQ grille type tanks. I would try and keep 2-3 full tanks on hand to make swapping easier, but still a pain. I had started to look for a couple 50 lb or 100 lb tanks on Craigslist that I could get filled as the price per gal is better on those if you have a local place that will fill them...then we decided to move and that problem got solved

Pair that with some air movement via a fan to keep things circulating and it will help dramatically without hopefully breaking the wallet

Nice work on the tile. And nice of you to help out family. I've never done tile but will probably give it a try the next time it comes up.

Thanks! I don't mind doing it(there than the back pain from the floor) but the bathroom I did in Chicago caused me to loose the "support" of the wife doing tile in our own place. It was our primary bath, and she didn't like the downstairs one so when the shower took longer to do then I thought it might....due to me both not knowing what I was doing and not being nearly cautious enough setting expectations....well the end product was great but we both agreed that the journey to get there wasn't one either of us really wanted to repeat

Had it not been the primary bath and she been more accepting of the temporary change, coupled with better expectation setting on my end I might be more open to doing it again on our own house. But I have enough other projects without needing to chase that one again. Very similar to woodworking and building up to a big glue up....proper planning and careful prep/dry fit makes the glue up kinda "anti-climatic"

Glad this polar vortex to be over, woke up to -20° F this morning!

Ugh....-13 here this AM on the way back from daycare run...I half joking/half serious asked my boss this AM what it takes for work from home people to call in a weather day

But I've got friends in TX and OK without power due to rolling blackouts and will likely have water issues as it thaws out....so I'll deal with this "colder than normal but not that unheard of" temps for now vs the 1x a decade type cold and the issues those farther south have right now!

 

[loganb]

Well rolling blackouts hit us this morning just before 7 am, a 1 hr blackout coming up on 90 minutes... hopefully that's not a sign of the day to come

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[nicholam77]

Oh no!

That *****, I hope the power comes back soon!

 

[loganb]

Supposed to be a 1 hr blackout, ended up a bit over 2 hrs as they had a substation issue for our neighborhoods when they flipped power back on...inconvenient but not a huge issue. Bigger complaint is the lack of communication that in this day and age when they have our address and cell phone number should be easy to accomplish...but compared to many I read about and some I know in Texas I have nothing to complain about

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[MacTexas]

Our one hour blackout turned into 6 when they had a problem with a transformer.

 

[loganb]

Our one hour blackout turned into 6 when they had a problem with a transformer.

Glad they got you turned back on! I completely get and support the needs to "shed load" as they call it in a semi-controlled manner to keep the integrity of the grid, but as most of us can attest...stuff doesn't always behave when it's this cold outside and electrical components especially can be near end of life but as long as the load is consistent they can run forever but when they get a power cycle....**** out goes the "magic smoke" as we called it in the factory and down it goes.

I was checking in on FB on a college classmate in Austin area and they've been out at their house since Sunday with 3 kids. I grew up in tornado country and have lost power for a couple days in winter or summer due to winds, trees and ice...but it was never this cold when it happened and never was impacting an area this big so you didn't have to drive far to find a warm place to take shelter. I try to be far more prepared then most for emergencies(but not a "prepper" per se) and between this, the summer Derecho and another kid on the way the wife and I are going to sit down and think thru more of what we need and what our plans our for scenarios such as this.

 

[gearhead1960]

My corporate headquarters are located in Austin. They have closed the office to all personnel except the IT guys who keep our servers and network on-line. They have generators! However, Austin has shut off water due to many water main breaks and the treatment plants are off-line due to the power failure! Not a great situation.....

 

[loganb]

My corporate headquarters are located in Austin. They have closed the office to all personnel except the IT guys who keep our servers and network on-line. They have generators! However, Austin has shut off water due to many water main breaks and the treatment plants are off-line due to the power failure! Not a great situation.....

Was taking with a friend in the San Antonio area and sounds like water supply is turning into the next major problem. Houston, Austin and San Antonio all under boil orders.... not going to be a fun couple of weeks.

And glad your company had fuel for the generator! One of my wife's colleagues spouses is in IT and his company(Fortune 500) has a major data center in Dallas area... yeah they only had 4 hrs of fuel in the tanks...oops.

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[gearhead1960]

And glad your company had fuel for the generator! One of my wife's colleagues spouses is in IT and his company(Fortune 500) has a major data center in Dallas area... yeah they only had 4 hrs of fuel in the tanks...oops.

Yeah, I'm a PM for the largest privately held Survey Firm in the country with about 30 locations across the US. We're involved with all major infrastructure industries from Transportation (major road projects), to Oil and Gas pipelines (bad industry right now) to Electric (Power grid rebuilding) to Communications (Fiber networks) to name a few. We move a lot of data. I think our storage is measured in the petabyte range. Can't afford to not have our network functioning....

 

[loganb]

Yeah, I'm a PM for the largest privately held Survey Firm in the country with about 30 locations across the US. We're involved with all major infrastructure industries from Transportation (major road projects), to Oil and Gas pipelines (bad industry right now) to Electric (Power grid rebuilding) to Communications (Fiber networks) to name a few. We move a lot of data. I think our storage is measured in the petabyte range. Can't afford to not have our network functioning....

Glad some folks are still doing things right! I had to ask my wife to repeat it when she told me the story that the generator had 4 hours of fuel....this is a well known name of a company with a 20B market cap who is reliant on data and networks...but it was one of several data centers they have so they at least have their sites duplicated and redundancy that way!

 

[bj383ss]

3 days with out power and 3 without water. Everything at my house is restored with water pressure at about 60%. It was a rough 4 days. Thank god I had a oil radiant heater in the shed(we brought it into the bedroom and huddled there as a family from Monday to Thursday. Heat pumps do not like 5* weather. So thankful I did not have any damage to my house maybe some of the plants might not make it. And yes shame on Texas for not being prepared!

Bret

 

[nicholam77]

3 days with out power and 3 without water. Everything at my house is restored with water pressure at about 60%. It was a rough 4 days. Thank god I had a oil radiant heater in the shed(we brought it into the bedroom and huddled there as a family from Monday to Thursday. Heat pumps do not like 5* weather. So thankful I did not have any damage to my house maybe some of the plants might not make it. And yes shame on Texas for not being prepared!

Bret

Glad you guys are ok, Bret. I was wondering about you. I know the feeling of a freezing house (furnace has gone out in winter before) and it is not fun, I can’t imagine 3 days plus no power or water. Scary stuff. Hope you are all warm now and take care!


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Bret-glad to hear you're doing better now, sorry you had to have that unexpected family time in that manner! I've been texting with colleagues in Houston & San Antonio and sounds like similar stories to them.

Are you off boil orders for water yet?

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