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Aug. 27th, 2006
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Aug. 27th, 2006 08:53 pmI mowed the lawn. I know we have a big yard, but it gets even bigger once you start pushing the mower. I want a lawn mower that keeps running when I let go of it. I'm going to have to take it apart one of these days and do a tune up so that it starts easier after you stop it to pick up sticks/move downspouts/etc., so that I don't spend 10 minutes trying to get it to start any time I have to stop it.
We started drywalling the ceiling of Teeka's shop. It takes two full sheets of drywall, a 15"x8' strip, and a 12"x9.5' strip. Full sheets of drywall are a lot of fun to stick onto the ceiling (not!), but I built a t-prop as extra support, and we managed. It was actually harder reaching over the shelves that were on the wall to screw in the second one than it was getting it up to the ceiling. 2" drywall screws every 6" along the rafters (I only had 8 1.25" screws, and we didn't notice until after the hardware stores were closed). There's an almost full sheet left to do on the front wall (it needs a notch out of it for the GDO), a 1/4 sheet above the door, and a couple scraps around the GDO. Then we go and buy a door, install it, tape and mud all the seams and screws/nails, and paint. The drywall also brightens the space a lot - but then, everything is now white instead of brown.
Next comes the dust collector, and some home-made (or commercial, depending on how we feel that day) hoods for over the torches. The dust collector gets complicated, as that projects starts with hooking up the gas dryer in the basement.
Why, you might ask? Because then I can unplug the electric dryer and then dig a trench to the garage in which to bury two conduits. One for power (one 30A dryer circuit breaks down into 4 15A garage circuits) and one for voice/data (a phone and maybe a spare ethernet cable). Then we plumb in the dust collector, build a room around it so that we can vent it to outside, and away we go. I figure that a small electrical panel in the garage will simplify the wiring - pull a 30A feed, maybe with oversized wire for future upgrades, and break out the circuits in the garage, instead of pulling 4 separate lines of romex from downstairs. It also, then, puts the breakers in the garage in case one trips.
We figure 4-5 circuits in the garage is about right. One for the dust collector, one for Teeka's kiln, one for my big saw (or whatever other big power tool I'm using), one for garage lights & the door opener, and one for extra outlets, because you always need extra outlets.
We started drywalling the ceiling of Teeka's shop. It takes two full sheets of drywall, a 15"x8' strip, and a 12"x9.5' strip. Full sheets of drywall are a lot of fun to stick onto the ceiling (not!), but I built a t-prop as extra support, and we managed. It was actually harder reaching over the shelves that were on the wall to screw in the second one than it was getting it up to the ceiling. 2" drywall screws every 6" along the rafters (I only had 8 1.25" screws, and we didn't notice until after the hardware stores were closed). There's an almost full sheet left to do on the front wall (it needs a notch out of it for the GDO), a 1/4 sheet above the door, and a couple scraps around the GDO. Then we go and buy a door, install it, tape and mud all the seams and screws/nails, and paint. The drywall also brightens the space a lot - but then, everything is now white instead of brown.
Next comes the dust collector, and some home-made (or commercial, depending on how we feel that day) hoods for over the torches. The dust collector gets complicated, as that projects starts with hooking up the gas dryer in the basement.
Why, you might ask? Because then I can unplug the electric dryer and then dig a trench to the garage in which to bury two conduits. One for power (one 30A dryer circuit breaks down into 4 15A garage circuits) and one for voice/data (a phone and maybe a spare ethernet cable). Then we plumb in the dust collector, build a room around it so that we can vent it to outside, and away we go. I figure that a small electrical panel in the garage will simplify the wiring - pull a 30A feed, maybe with oversized wire for future upgrades, and break out the circuits in the garage, instead of pulling 4 separate lines of romex from downstairs. It also, then, puts the breakers in the garage in case one trips.
We figure 4-5 circuits in the garage is about right. One for the dust collector, one for Teeka's kiln, one for my big saw (or whatever other big power tool I'm using), one for garage lights & the door opener, and one for extra outlets, because you always need extra outlets.