My shop!
- Thread starter Sharpest
- Start date
apollo11
Banned
Awesome !!
I reached out to a local dude that I met at a good friend's wedding that cuts down trees for a living. He lives in the same town as my place. He over indulged on the night of the wedding and forgot to come by my shop the next day and I hadn't gotten around to contacting him until now, ~1 year later. Lol. I saw a random facebook reference about him yesterday and sent a message. He quoted $400 to cut the three massive Mimosa trees down. He will be using climbing gear and I'm not clear on if hes hauling off or leaving wood yet. If he leaves it I will burn it on site so there is no financial burden there. I am thinking its a fair price regardless because it will cost me almost that much to rent a towable man-lift to hack them up myself and this way my flatland-loving self doesn't have to leave the dirt. I cut one down a couple years ago with an extension ladder and I don't care to repeat the experience. Thoughts?
Missed this one earlier. I've thought about it. They are all heavily water damaged and in pretty bad shape. There are three office rooms total, each about 12x12'. One is full of furniture and other junk including the cabinets and some other pieces for the interior of the bathroom. As soon as I'm done with the bath and get the parts I need out and installed, there will be a heavy purge of **** I don't need anymore. The second room is full of shooting and reloading paraphernalia. Nothing I need immediately but also nothing I really care to get rid of. The third room is full of moderately valuable muscle car parts including all the parts for a never assembled 1972ish vintage brand new LS6 454 that will go in my 69 Chevelle some day.
Rebuilding the offices wouldn't be quite as much work as the bathroom since there's no elevated floor or plumbing but I don't really *need* the enclosed space so it's not worth my trouble to mess with it at all at this point.
Got some batts put up. Since the studs are spaced off the exterior sheathing by the horizontal perlins, I have a 5" cavity to fill on two walls. One wall is traditional 2x4 and the last is traditional 2x6. I have been accumulating random batt material from here and there and came up with a plan. I had some 24" wide R30 material so I pulled it in half thickness-wise and stuffed the thinner pieces into the 1 1/2" space between the perlins. Then I put regular R13 kraft-faced batts in the interior stud-wall cavities. The two layers form a grid and leave no air gaps. All gaps and cracks at the ceiling and floor are sealed with foam. I still need to put in the home run of wire from the water heater to the panel and install the shower mixer valve before I fill in the rest of the batts. Also hung a door frame but my framing was just a little too wonky so I'll straighten it out before finishing the door install next time.
Got the water heater home run in and installed about ~70% of the insulation. I need to drill/cut holes in the top plate and install vent pipes for the dryer and fart fan.
I also fit and assembled the shower mixer valve. I am fairly novice at soldering copper but haven't had any failures yet. The regular fittings went together pretty easily but the valve itself sunk up a shitload of heat and I'm a little concerned about the durability of my joints and how well the valve seals held up. We'll see. The threaded fittings are to connect the valve to the CPVC lines. I got the valve for free soooo...
I also fit and assembled the shower mixer valve. I am fairly novice at soldering copper but haven't had any failures yet. The regular fittings went together pretty easily but the valve itself sunk up a shitload of heat and I'm a little concerned about the durability of my joints and how well the valve seals held up. We'll see. The threaded fittings are to connect the valve to the CPVC lines. I got the valve for free soooo...
Been awhile. My bathroom renovation project came to a screetching halt thanks to a work sponsored move. I had to relocate about 3 1/2 hours away for work and my free time at home has been spent on landscape maintenance and fishing so most of the big projects have taken a back seat with the exception of my boat, which I managed to take with me on location.
I did, however, recently score an Ingersol type 30 off the list today. It appears to be in great shape. It has just the right amount of schmutz on it to indicate it was not too heavily used but also wasn't degreased and powerwashed for the pictures. The seller said he has never ran it but was told that it needs new reed valves from the guy he got it from. Turning it over by hand, it rotates smoothly and moves plenty of air so I don't think its in too bad of shape.
The only potential issue is how much larger it is than the ************* it's replacing. I will obviously have to re-route the lines between the compressor head and the franzinators but that's pretty simple copper piping. The footprint of the new head is much larger so I will probably have to re-drill new mounting holes on the pad.
I did, however, recently score an Ingersol type 30 off the list today. It appears to be in great shape. It has just the right amount of schmutz on it to indicate it was not too heavily used but also wasn't degreased and powerwashed for the pictures. The seller said he has never ran it but was told that it needs new reed valves from the guy he got it from. Turning it over by hand, it rotates smoothly and moves plenty of air so I don't think its in too bad of shape.
The only potential issue is how much larger it is than the ************* it's replacing. I will obviously have to re-route the lines between the compressor head and the franzinators but that's pretty simple copper piping. The footprint of the new head is much larger so I will probably have to re-drill new mounting holes on the pad.
xtremek
Well-known member
Good to see you're still kicking. Hopefully you get back to the home life soon.
rixtrix1
Well-known member
Great work on the project. Too bad the work move got in the way, but one has to "live"!