Tuesday, August 30, 2016

WE'RE FLOORED!!






Apres the electrical inspection, the trench for the electrical cable was filled in and waiting for grass seed.





With the help of Craig Sprout, Jim has put laminate flooring down on the upper level of the shop

Sunday, August 7, 2016

It's Electrifying!!

 So... when we first built the house, we neglected to put a man door in the garage. Jim decided that, as he was working on connecting the house electricity to the shop, now would be a good time to remedy that. Cement will still have to be jack hammered out before the door is framed in. When done, we will be able to go in and out of this door rather than have the big garage doors always open.
 Electrical wires have been fed through the basement and garage to this point. It's worth noting that a 200 amp service was installed in the house to accommodate the shop when the house was first built.
 One of our very kind and generous neighbours lent Jim his small backhoe to dig the trench to the garage where the electrical cable will be buried.
The electrical box in the garage is awaiting more parts before the connections can be completed.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Why Are There No Songs Written About Strawberry Moons?

 The Summer Solstice and the full moon will only happen together again in 46 years. In honour of this event, Jim set up the tripod and attached the telephoto lens to the camera. The clouds held off long enough for these shots from our back deck. There is no filter on the camera. The moon was honestly pink.

So...You Know How We Were Suffering Through a Drought...

...well it started raining and has had a hard time trying to figure out how to stop.  This has Jim running between working on his tan doing yard work and keeping dry finishing the interior of the shop. Obviously from the picture, he finished the mudding and priming and now has the painting done.  The upper cupboards have been installed and now some major consideration has to be given to arranging the work benches, etc. BUT, luckily the sun has decided to shine so it's back outside to the yard.
 There is a significant drop off between the septic tanks and the house down into the back yard. In order to continue landscaping, 16" cement rings (complete with black, rubber gaskets) had to be added to the existing tanks to raise them up sufficiently to add enough soil around them to make the slope a little gentler.
By the way, the eaves trough on the shop has been installed. The rain has put the lines, that connect the eaves trough from the house to the pond, to the test and they have passed with flying colours and the pond is nearly full.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

One Project On Hold While Another Gets Underway



The mudding has been finished and it's waiting for primer but, in the meantime, spring has come early. Jim has been working on a system of underground pipes that connect the eaves troughs to the pond. In case we get any rain this year.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

The Inside Story

 Okay... so a little bit of stuff has happened in the shop since the floor was poured in the basement part 2 months ago. The basement remains the basement for the time being. The insulation has been purchased and is stored there but that's all. BUT...the main floor is coming along nicely.

The wiring rough-in is complete and the inspection passed. Insulation and poly is complete, as well as, the acoustic caulk.  Aside: did you know that waterless hand cleaner takes black acoustic caulk off of pretty, white stools that Kathleen is very attached to? Trust me when I tell you it's a life saver.

I have started installing OSB on the east and west walls that will be covered by drywall. This allows me to mount anything I want on the ample space provided by these two walls Because of the large windows on the south side, the solar gain plus a little space heater, allows me to work quite comfortably.