Puget Dude’s creations and fabrications (Random project thread.)

[Bears Fan]

The little faux roof area is going to be over a Texaco facade on the garage side of the wall underneath. Weld shop behind the wall, with an exhaust fan to help contain the smoke and fumes. The two Texaco gas pumps I built a few years ago are going out there...along with a couple of other surprises.

SURPRISES

 

[PugetDude]

The little faux roof area is going to be over a Texaco facade on the garage side of the wall underneath. Weld shop behind the wall, with an exhaust fan to help contain the smoke and fumes. The two Texaco gas pumps I built a few years ago are going out there...along with a couple of other surprises.

SURPRISES

Watch this space, Tony...

 

[PugetDude]

Convinced the GC to go ahead and start the stucco and drywall without the two missing windows. Staple visqueen over the openings and save those two areas for last. If the windows don't arrive before they get to those spots I will pay a trip charge to have them come back and fill in around the windows.

Two windows. On order since November.
Derailing what overall has been a really aggressive and impressive schedule.

Where there is a will there is a way...

 

[PugetDude]

Scaffold crew arrived this AM.

 

[larry4406]

Your addition is coming along great! Wish my master bath project were moving as fast. Blends in perfectly.

The paver edging encircles the addition almost like it was made for it! I went back and found your site plan. Brilliantly executed!

Were the pavers installed in anticipation of this addition?

 

[PugetDude]

Thanks, Larry. The addition was designed to replace the landscaped island with three criteria in mind-
1. Maximum building footprint
2. Minimum paver disruption
3. Match the existing architecture

I sketched it out on graph paper and then turned it over to an architectural drafting firm for formal submittals. (Didn't think the County would appreciate my CAD skills...)

 

[PugetDude]

Drywall and foam, lath, and underlayment deliveries first thing this AM.

 

[SilverJimmy]

Those trucks are amazing! They delivered my Sheetrock with one of those trucks, I was enthralled watching it do its work!

 

[PugetDude]

Those trucks are amazing! They delivered my Sheetrock with one of those trucks, I was enthralled watching it do its work!

Let's hope the crews doing the drywall and stucco are equally impressive. They are scheduled to be in here simultaneously today.

 

[zmotorsports]

I remember the day I had one of those trucks at my place. Hard to believe that was almost 9 years ago now.

 

[Boostingaz]

This was the most fun day for me!





And this was probably the second.

 

[stinkity stoink]

I love it !!
what about all of the outlets though? will you do conduit on outside of wall ?

 

[Boostingaz]

I love it !!
what about all of the outlets though? will you do conduit on outside of wall ?

That is just the storage side. It has/had outlets but only a handful. Most of the power went to the shop side. (Don't live there anymore)

 

[PugetDude]

Drywall crew was in and out in 6 hours...

One guy did all the paper, foam and lath in two days.

 

[LXCam]

Hey, you holding out on us?? I’m seeing a window. Or did I miss sumttin?

 

[rharman]

Your drywall guy should have stayed a bit longer and taped.

 

[PugetDude]

Hey, you holding out on us?? I’m seeing a window. Or did I miss sumttin?

Windows arrived this AM, the contractor picked them up in person and his crew was here installing them immediately.

 

[PugetDude]

Your drywall guy should have stayed a bit longer and taped.

Gotta get the nailing inspected first; they can't start taping until after the inspector signs off on the install. He's scheduled to be back tomorrow.

 

[larry4406]

Gotta get the nailing inspected first; they can't start taping until after the inspector signs off on the install. He's scheduled to be back tomorrow.

Drywall interior shear walls? That's the only time we have a specific screw/nailing pattern for drywall.

Some counties here inspect it, others don't.

We glue all of our ceiling drywall and make sure there are screws at each edge and 3 in the field (5 total per ceiling joist/truss). The walls they don't glue and get 4 screws per stud.

 

[Jayman17]

Those chrome windows look awesome!

 

[PugetDude]

Drywall taping crew was in today, got the first coat on.
Stucco contractor sent out his foam and lath guy to fill in around the windows that were just installed. It's ready for stucco now. Might wait until after the drywall is finished, parking is really limited with scaffolding in the way.

Too dark for pictures today.
More to come.

 

[PugetDude]

Drywall taping crew finished up this afternoon. Texture should go on tomorrow. Going with a very light Santa Fe finish. Really happy with the taping work so far. Small family business, husband and wife and their ~20 year old son.

 

[PugetDude]

Foam and lath filled in around the windows. Stucco crew should be here on Friday.

 

[larry4406]

You will be laying sod in a couple weeks!

Looks great!

 

[steves_001]

Amazing how fast that’s coming together! Looks fantastic!

 

[inphx]

Is the fume extractor for welding? I put a lift at the far end of a building and am trying to mcguver fume extraction using "Crushproof" brand emisison hoses https://www.autozone.com/garage-shop/garage-exhaust-ventilation-system for engine runs to a duct to exit... but i suspect explosion proof fan is important.

 

[PugetDude]

The 740 cfm inline blower is for fume extraction in the welding area. Hard piped all the way, no hoses.
Should be able to change the air every 2.5 minutes or so.

 

[PugetDude]

Waiting on the interior drywall, decided to work on the new TEXACO sign that is going on the flat wall above the false roof.
Bought a set of 12" plywood letters on Amazon. (Took a while, but I actually found a font that was really close)
Laminated them with 3/4" MDF to build them up to 1" thick, cut them 1/8" oversize all the way around. Used a flush cut bottom bearing bit in my little homemade router table to trim them down flush with the plywood pattern.


Bit of hand sanding and 4 coats of Krylon Latex Banner Red, they are starting to look like the might have once been hanging on an an old Texaco station.

Stars and circles up next- steel instead of MDF on these.

 

[Bears Fan]

Surprise

Nice job on the Texaco Letters

 

[larry4406]

The 740 cfm inline blower is for fume extraction in the welding area. Hard piped all the way, no hoses.
Should be able to change the air every 2.5 minutes or so.

What is your makeup air source - cracked/open garage door?

Excellent job on the Texaco letters!

 

[PugetDude]

Surprise

Stay tuned, Tony.
More to come...

 

[PugetDude]

What is your makeup air source - cracked/open garage door?

Going to start with that. Might do a through the wall vent that I can close off when it's not needed if the open door becomes problematic.
Got any suggestions?

 

[Jgaz]

Those letters look awesome!

 

[rattle_snake]

Going to start with that. Might do a through the wall vent that I can close off when it's not needed if the open door becomes problematic.
Got any suggestions?

I used two gable vents that can be blocked off. Down low and opposite walls of the fan for cross flow.

 

[PugetDude]

Surprise

Here you go... and....more to come.

 

[rharman]

Here you go... and....more to come.

When my dad had his oil blending/distribution business, he had a bunch of those. Not quite so pretty - they were working dispensers. Probably branded Havoline I'd guess. Might have been his house brand as well.

 

[Bears Fan]

Nice lubster That will be a great addition to the Superstition Mountain Texaco Station

 

[larry4406]

The 740 cfm inline blower is for fume extraction in the welding area. Hard piped all the way, no hoses.
Should be able to change the air every 2.5 minutes or so.

Going to start with that. Might do a through the wall vent that I can close off when it's not needed if the open door becomes problematic.
Got any suggestions?

I used two gable vents that can be blocked off. Down low and opposite walls of the fan for cross flow.

I am not an expert in ventilation.

The only related experience I have is our kitchen hood needs make up air to the home so the hood can exhaust it without pulling a vacuum on the house and back drafting the wood stove, etc.

Below is a graph from one of the makeup air systems I was looking into. It shows the size of a passive duct needed to provide makeup air to a powered exhaust.

At your 740 cfm, it is saying a circular duct of around 22" is needed (380 in^2, 2.64 ft^2).

Your garage door appears to be 16' wide. If your door were cracked open as little as 2", you would have 384^2 so should be enough. The wall louver that was posted is another idea, but you are well into framing and stucco stage so this is not an attractive option.

 

[PugetDude]

I am not an expert in ventilation.

The only related experience I have is our kitchen hood needs make up air to the home so the hood can exhaust it without pulling a vacuum on the house and back drafting the wood stove, etc.

Below is a graph from one of the makeup air systems I was looking into. It shows the size of a passive duct needed to provide makeup air to a powered exhaust.

At your 740 cfm, it is saying a circular duct of around 22" is needed (380 in^2, 2.64 ft^2).

Your garage door appears to be 16' wide. If your door were cracked open as little as 2", you would have 384^2 should should be enough. The wall louver that was posted is another idea, but you are well into framing and stucco stage so this is not an attractive option.

The intake grille for the inline fan is only 12" x 12" so....

 

[Mr.zippy]

The intake grille for the inline fan is only 12" x 12" so....

Re-bar is smokeless when welded upon!