01-13-2010, 08:07 PM
Good idea, Russ. I'll be looking for one of those lifts.
On another note, my friend who had his water pipes freeze and break is redoing his entire plumbing system for the most part. Today, he told me he was renting a trenching machine to do the underground, which is only about 70 feet. I made a deal with him, I am going to pay half the cost and use the trencher to do my 100 feet for the electrical conduit.
Progress has been slow since I am only working an hour or two after I get home from the regular job, but I did pretty good so far this week.
DocWayne, the roof vent fan photo as i promised:
Josh, looks like we are doing the sheetrock after all. I bought 18 sheets today, need a total of 70-something. I'll buy a little at a time just to spread out the work of hauling it to the building. Man, the yard is just almost dry enough to drive on. but darn if it isn't supposed to rain for the next 2 days.
Here is one of the windows from the inside. Little bitty thing, hardly worth the trouble. DocWayne, you are right that the building didn't need windows, but i just couldn't bring myself to have zero.... something psychological, some inner need for sunshine, something.
Today I finished the 2x4 backer for the brick trim, then I started closing in the eaves with hardi-board. That hardi-board is as heavy as it is expensive. And honestly, a person is probably better off buying regular boards and then replacing it every ten years or whatever if it rots. For example, the 1x6 hardiplank I used for the fascia was 16 dollars for a twelve foot board! A regular 1x6 isn't near that expensive!
On another note, my friend who had his water pipes freeze and break is redoing his entire plumbing system for the most part. Today, he told me he was renting a trenching machine to do the underground, which is only about 70 feet. I made a deal with him, I am going to pay half the cost and use the trencher to do my 100 feet for the electrical conduit.
Progress has been slow since I am only working an hour or two after I get home from the regular job, but I did pretty good so far this week.
DocWayne, the roof vent fan photo as i promised:
Josh, looks like we are doing the sheetrock after all. I bought 18 sheets today, need a total of 70-something. I'll buy a little at a time just to spread out the work of hauling it to the building. Man, the yard is just almost dry enough to drive on. but darn if it isn't supposed to rain for the next 2 days.
Here is one of the windows from the inside. Little bitty thing, hardly worth the trouble. DocWayne, you are right that the building didn't need windows, but i just couldn't bring myself to have zero.... something psychological, some inner need for sunshine, something.
Today I finished the 2x4 backer for the brick trim, then I started closing in the eaves with hardi-board. That hardi-board is as heavy as it is expensive. And honestly, a person is probably better off buying regular boards and then replacing it every ten years or whatever if it rots. For example, the 1x6 hardiplank I used for the fascia was 16 dollars for a twelve foot board! A regular 1x6 isn't near that expensive!
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