Getting down to the short strokes on the shop. Drywallers didn't show last week when they were supposed to, so I did the finish sand and mud. Missed a few small spots, but I'll get that this weekend.

Got the interior primed and painted, 25 gallons of paint.


Pretty bright in there. That stacked plywood/OSB is my nemesis.

Got the interior doors installed....

....and the throne as well. Christened it tonight.

Boat shed is done (20'x40'), and will have less crap in it once I have a chance to move into the other side of the shop.


Also finished my first "non-shop/house related" woodworking project..

A set of stairs for my mom & dad's dog who is old and can't jump up on their new bed.

Just have to install trim and case the windows, install a few exterior lights and have someone do the gutters and it will be done.

Then is all begins again with the house. It has been a good training ground.

I don't see a magizine rack next to the Throne?

Good point, but there is a ventilation fan.

No. By "Magazine Rack", he meant a shelf where one can sit down their Kimbers, Glocks, spare magazines, etc.

Man, who in their right mind wants to be unarmed while on the crapper????

Idiot.

Damn cool ManCave!

+43 million!!!!

I like the grow lights in the "boat shed" Looks big enough in there for the QE II!!!

Nice work Andy, but you got it backwards, practice on the house and perfect on the shop/man cave ! !

Andy,

Great project and great work! Those 100 hr weeks are paying off.

How did you decide on how much lighting to use? I'm thinking of placing two 48", two tube flourescent fixtures in each 1/3 of my 24 x 36, about 8' in from each wall, with maybe a couple more over the permanent workbench area.

I was talking to a garage door man yesterday, and he described two insulated steel doors, one with R 3 and the other with R 11. What did you find and choose? I don't intend to super-insulate my garage, but I definitely want some, since I have 2x6 stud walls.

Sg

I saw it live and in person last week. Its pretty impressive. Andy's shop is what dreams are made of. I even got the chance to marvel at the "ditch". Its going to be a dope spread.

I have 8 lights in the boat shed, 20'x40', the other two are above the open garage door in the rafters. They throw a good amount of light, so your plan of using 8 lights, plus additional lighting in the work bench areas sounds correct. I have enough plugs to install over 20 lights up to if need be, but that would be serious overkill.

I will probably augment the lighting in the shop a bit, adding a few more lights above my work benches. I also mixed natural light tubes with standard tubes. The natural light tubes threw off an almost blue light, so I toned that down with one of each in each light fixture. $18 for the light fixture, $6 for each set of tubes (buy the 12 pack). Adding more light isn't very expensive. I used the T-8 32 watt fixtures and tubes. I also disn't hardwire them in so that if a balast went bad I could just toss the light and put in a new one.

R-11 on the garage door. R-24 (maybe r-28) on the sidewalls, R-30 something on the ceiling. The insulators did that, so I'm not 100% sure.

If you want to swing by and check it out for some ideas. Feel free to do so.

Thanks Ryan. Nice seeing you the other day.

Andy, dont forget the RV hook ups and the concrete lined fire pit for those summer weekends we all want to come over and sample the contents of your beer fridge.

Gotta have the fire pit....



"I don't know why, but fire made it good!"

Built in smoker would be a sweet touch!

Smoker will be detached from any structure. If it burns, fine. Don't want to build anything else twice, except for maybe a small detached smoker. Fire pit will be built, but we are trying to figure out where.

Tracing out the deck for the house on Saturday.

Well, I'm out to do some more finish trim.

The crapper needs more 70s porn. Freaking A that thing is palatial! Well worth a pair of baseball nuts for sure!

Thats why you go masonry, It wont burn! " I wonder how a brick smoke house would Taste???"

Note taken. Thanks.

Looking good.

I guess if a guy thinks a chimney on an indoor smokehouse is optional, then a smoke/carbon detector would seem like a great invention...

LOL!

Looks good, any of the lights switched independently ? Work bench lights are a must in my opinion, my eyes are getting old and light helps tons... progress I dig it. I work as a superintendent for a general contractor an I swear I love this stuff, now keep up the momentum..one rule.... no chairs on jobsites... save it for later.

Hey...



Romulus here...


About seven pm.

Was just observing reported lack of pinners...


Couldn't help noticing all the talk about indoor lighting:



Me and Jonas can come help you at harvest time, cousin.

Also, if one of your ballasts goes bad lemme know. I have a few older ones I'd be willing to barter with...

Andy,

I'd like to come by for a look and maybe get more suggestions.

One Way,

Chairs and 200 hour weeks are why Andy's project is getting so far ahead of mine. I stuck a couple chairs in the garage for lunch break, and I have a radio there as well.

I'm thinking ahead to how I want to switch the lights. The workbench lights will be on a separate switch. If I put two 48" florescent fixtures in each of the three bays, it seems silly to put them all on one switch, since I would end up lighting up the boat bay just to back my car out of the garage. Actually not. Most garage door openers have a 5-minute light with them, and that would serve the everyday purpose of putting vehicles in or out. The overhead lights would mainly be used when vehicles are put in the driveway, and the garage has a workshop project going on. I don't know. Maybe the electrician will have a better idea.

Sg

I am good to stand for a good 15 hour day, but there are chairs there for the weak. My 74 year old dad heads out there every once in a while to help, so I gotta keep him healthy. I'm to the point now that few can keep up with me. I've got a pretty good level of endurance if I have Ibuprofen in the evening and morning, and as long as my testicles are smaller than a baseball.

I've lost 30 pounds in the past 8 months as of this morning, and other than a bout of tendonitis in both forearms after finishing the siding on the shop, I'm good. Strength is way up, and I could snap most grown men like a twig. Ladies at work have even noticed. 10 pounds to go and I'll have reached my goal weight!

As far as the grow operation goes Romulus, we do that across the ditch on the neighbors property, and only in the summer. Natural and all. I'd love to have you and Jonas over, but we have to keep the pinners on the downlow, 'cause the old lady is a probation officer. Make sure you don't have any warrants, 'cause she runs everybody who steps onto the property.

I do have Sirius Radio in the shop, but listening to Howard Stern and Bubba (for those in the know) keeps me thinking and moving, and provides some adult entertaiment on many a late night, like tonight.

SG, I'll send you a pm with my location and cell, if you haven't figured it out already. Visitors are welcome, especially if you have an idea or two. Beer is always cold.

Yes, I will add a few more lights, just trying to figure out where.

I have enough wood to build a metric ass ton of work benches, about 72 feet or so, possibly more. I might run out of wall space before I run out of wood.