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BWR1953

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Got the new hammered shelving unit all done. The shelves are fully primed, painted and ready for use. I can start transferring stuff to it later today or maybe tomorrow. Plenty of other things keeping me busy.

Also got 4 out of the 5 shelves on the larger unit done. Still have one side of the remaining old shelf to prime and paint. The plywood piece that the PO installed. Just waiting for it to dry so I can flip it over and continue. Will get that done later today for sure.

I bought light gray porch paint for all of the shelves. Am planning on using the remainder of that paint in the Kingfisher which will give a two-tone look to the boat interior.

Weather here today is ugly. 84 degrees, humid and windy. I kept the main doors of the garage 80% closed in order to keep sand from blowing through. Only helped a little. Ended up with sand on some of the shelves as they dried, but got it cleaned up okay.

Supposed to rain today so I now have the garage all closed up, windows and all. Gets a bit stuffy in there when the temps and humidity are up. Looking forward to completion of the project which will include electricity, insulation and air conditioning! :lol:

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Those shelves came out nice, too bad about the weather. :cold:
 

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Yeah, we're under a tornado warning here now. And my weather alert radio decided that it doesn't want to work properly right now. Didn't yell and scream or anything! It usually does when things are happening. :lol:

Good thing we caught it on the Weather Channel.

Got all the shelves painted before the bad stuff blew in. ;)
 

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Looking great BWR. perfect color too. Will look nice in the boat too I imagine. Maybe you can put a few vents in the building up high to help with the stuffiness? Either near the peak or even through the roof. I would bet that would help out a ton.
 

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Here's the completed used big unit. Not as pretty as the new one, but it'll hold cans of paint and whatnot. ;)
And it already had a paper towel holder mounted on the side. Bonus! :lol:

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Looking great BWR. perfect color too. Will look nice in the boat too I imagine. Maybe you can put a few vents in the building up high to help with the stuffiness? Either near the peak or even through the roof. I would bet that would help out a ton.
Thanks! It's always good to make progress.

What helps the stuffiness the most is having lower humidity! It was over 90% humidity this weekend with temps in the 80s. Ugh! Today it's 67 degrees with humidity in the mid-60s. Much nicer!

And here's the inside of the Kingfisher right after I painted the deck. At that time I'd planned to mount side panels so I left the sides unpainted. That plan has now been scrapped, so I'll use the lighter color paint left over from the shelving units to paint those sides. Should provide a little contrast over the darker deck color.


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Almost lost a big chunk of my concrete funding today! A buddy sent me a link to this little Kubota L225 tractor loader with bush hog for sale for just $2k, which is dirt cheap! :eek:

Made my head spin and I started trying to figure a way to wheel and deal to get it and yet keep the concrete on schedule. :confused: ;) :D

In the end, it turned out that the tractor got sold while I was spinning in circles. I didn't learn about the ad until 12+ hours after it was posted and I was just too late. Somebody beat me to it. Maybe for the best though, eh? Whew! :lol:

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So 24 hours after that little tractor was sold, the new owner had it back on craigslist for $4,000 and it sold in just a few hours again. Still a great deal and I'm sure the flipper was happy getting a 100% return on investment in one day! :eek:
 

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Update time.

A couple weeks ago I got my pennies all saved up plus enough extra funding to get started on the electric job! So the goal now is to get the concrete in and the electric up and running ASAP! :) ;)

Contacted the concrete guy and he came out mid-week last week for a confab. Brought him up to date on my ideas about adding to the pour for a larger apron out front and a "wrap" along the sides. The first thing he said is that I need to bring in another full load of dirt in order to shore up the downhill side and the front corner where the apron will be.

He did some measuring and calculations and the concrete installation price jumped up 50%... yow! I wasn't prepared for that and let him know. So it was time to reconfigure and recalculate. After a bit more discussion he said he'd take it home and work on it and get back to me in a few days. I gave him a price range with a firm high limit and let him know that I want to get the most for that price that I can. He took note and I hope to hear from him in a couple more days.

I mentioned the electric installation to him and he gave me some pointers on that as well. He definitely wants me to get the underground conduit in place before the pour.

Oh! He also said he'll be using the fibermesh reinforcement so I guess I'm gonna be hairy after all! :D

Pizza just got here! I'll update more after I stuff my face.
 

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Dinner was great. Back to the update!

Yesterday we spent several hours cleaning out and clearing out my old shed. I had a BUNCH of old junk in there. Computer, TV, stereo and other wiring junk that I've had for 30 years. Trashed it all. Plus a bunch of construction stuff from when I got this house 10 years ago. Trashed. Took all that carp to the dump yesterday.

Today we started clearing out the garage and moving the remaining stuff into the shed as temporary storage. I'm happy to report that we got it all done! I did leave the stereo and little workbench out there, along with my chair and a few lights. But when it's time to pour the concrete it will all be removed, leaving only the sand.

I'm not exactly sure when the concrete will be poured. If I'm lucky it'll get done in a couple weeks but it might be the end of the month or even in March. It's all about the concrete company's schedule availability now.

I'm really getting psyched up! :D

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Getting there.
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You remind me that I have a bunch of clean up to do this spring in my garage. Cement is expensive but like gravel it costs more than the material to have them deliver it. It's more of an expense to have someone do the cement work when the mud is poured, the best way is to have some friends on hand to help spread and trowel it out.
 

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I think what Watermann is saying is to pm him your address and the pour date and make sure you have a lefty trowel for him. Sorry but I'm busy that weekend. Lol

I think you did the right thing in asking for a better price. The cement guy is going home to figure out how much he can take off his normal price and still make a decent wage. Sounds like an OK guy. Most would just say the price is the price and take it or leave it. I hope it works out for you BWR.
 

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Here?s what I?ve learned and where I am now. :rolleyes:

Spoke with my young buddy and he can help a lot with the electrical installation, including doing the underground cable stuff. He also said he can help with the wiring inside the garage as well. I?m going to meet up with him this weekend to discuss bringing in another load of dirt and getting it graded out. :encouragement:

I also met with the power company and they want a lot of money ($700) to bring power from the transformer to the garage just 80 feet away. And that doesn?t include anything on the inside. They also require a permit and load sheets, etc. If I just tap in to the existing main at the meter, they don?t get involved with that at all.

So I went over to the county office to find out about permit requirements. Ugh. :noidea: :facepalm:
 

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Good lord just run a 12 ga extension cord and plug in your stuff.
 

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So this week I've done a lot of thinking (as noted above!) and figuring and calculating and whatnot. A pain. Trying to figure out what electrical requirements I have now, in addition to what may be needed in the future, is a PITB.

But I came up with a preliminary load sheet, as follows:
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18 (9x2)10,000 BTU Window AC Units x 2
12Air Compressor
2Bench Grinder
4Power Drill
4Band Saw
5Ceiling Fans
5LED Ceiling Lights
10Shop Vac




And a preliminary wiring layout.

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And a schematic.
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The dashed items in the schematic won't be directly connected to the rigid metal conduit cables or outlets but will instead be daisy chained to each other. That not only saves work but money too.

Sorta like these LED shop lights:
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And this is where I plan to bring power in from the underground cable (orange oval) and set up the main service panel (red box). The small white boxes are 2 sets of 2-gang switches. A pair for the lights and a pair for the fans. The blue box is where I'll have one of the duplex outlets.

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I think what Watermann is saying is to pm him your address and the pour date and make sure you have a lefty trowel for him. Sorry but I'm busy that weekend. Lol

I think you did the right thing in asking for a better price. The cement guy is going home to figure out how much he can take off his normal price and still make a decent wage. Sounds like an OK guy. Most would just say the price is the price and take it or leave it. I hope it works out for you BWR.
Yeahhh... I'm not gonna do any of that kinda work myself, so won't need him to travel all the way down here from the cold north to the great weather we're having here! :lol:

Haven't heard back from the concrete guy yet. But I'll keep moving along with the dirt and electric so that I'll be ready when he is. :D
 
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