I spent about three hours last night cleaning up the cellar with a deck brush, a garden hose, a shop vac, and a spray bottle of Simple Green. It’s probably the cleanest basement in the county. It looks dirty because … Continue reading
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I picked these up at Grainger yesterday. The cheap connectors I got at the Depot have been leaking quite a bit. They’re “universal”, which means that they don’t quite fit either of the common air connector styles properly. I like … Continue reading
My friend Brendan came out to the site for a 4-day weekend and helped me finish up all the wall framing and sheathing. The project is coming along really well, it’s starting to look more and more like a building … Continue reading
I nearly finished the lower North roof on the barn this weekend. I probably would have completed it but I ran out of 15/32 plywood and there wasn’t enough time to go get more of it. It’s looking pretty … Continue reading
You’re probably all wondering why there weren’t any awesome barn pics forthcoming this past weekend. There weren’t any barn pictures because I wasn’t in California to work on it; I was out here: The Great American Beer Festival is held … Continue reading
I’m posting this out of order, I took it on Saturday before I started getting the sheathing on the roof. I like that it shows some of the area around the building. I usually post shots which are more close … Continue reading
I got some of the roof sheathing on the barn today. I would have liked to get more accomplished, but getting the panels up onto the roof turned out to be a challenge. … Continue reading
I managed to make some progress on the barn this weekend. Not as much as I would have liked because I was only able to spend one day at the site. Getting the fly rafter on the East side … Continue reading
My new laundry machine arrived by truck freight today. I took a long lunch to go meet the shipping guy, who had a lift gate and a pallet jack. He rolled it into the back yard for me so I … Continue reading
The guys at Conleff Plumbing Supply on Lafayette are awesome! They had exactly what I needed! The guy didn’t even have to think about it. I said I needed a laundry drain trap and standpipe and showed him a picture … Continue reading