Sofa of the Month Club: Blue Bayou

February 1st, 2010

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Garage Restoration

January 31st, 2010


It’s been pretty slow going for the last 3 weekends. The more I think I’m getting somewhere the more I run into little details that suck up the day. This is turning out to be less of a construction job and more of a restoration. Like, I just can’t frame something up. I have to spend and hour first pulling nails and carefully pulling rotten studs. I still have a chunk of the old electrical that has to be pulled. It’s in metal conduit so that’ll have to be pulled and totally rewired. It’s seeming pretty endless but each weekend I just do a little more.

Last weekend I stuccoed the outside and tried to seal up the roof which had a small leak. the huge storm had soaked the inside. There’s another storm on the way this week so we’ll see if I’m leak proof soon.

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I fixed this. The building got a little trashed as I tried to get some of the old crappy board off. Should now be water tight.

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I painted some roofing paint over all the screws and washers that is now holding the stucco on.

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The cleaned up box. I still have to add some of the breaker back in. Everything was a mess. People had patched patches on top of patches—and then hacked in a few things on top of that. I’m just tearing it all out and doing it again.

It’s a good thing I know what I’m doing. Og wait, I don’t. Or, do I?





Office Gym

January 26th, 2010


On january 18th I started working out. This is my setup at work.




Street Art: Pitbull Attack!

January 22nd, 2010



Street Art: Pitbull Attack!, originally uploaded by coografik.

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Courtney and Byron’s Baby Shower.

January 16th, 2010

…from my iPhone




My New Old Hole Hawg

January 10th, 2010


I had a cold this weekend but somehow I dragged my ass out to the garage and wired a few outlets. Half way though trying to drill though a stud, and not doing to well at it, I decided to hit up the pawn shops of Van nuys for another cheap tool. I bought this right-angle drill which is a beast of a drill made just for this job. Yes it’s worth it. It’s $250 at at the depot plus tax at the depot. I picked this one up for 90 bucks cash out the door. Deal!

In the studio side of the garage I have another day of electrical left, then I’m back to cleaning up the framing on the back wall. I might do a skylight but that’s still up in the air. Insulation and drywall after that.




Protected: A Walk in the Park

January 10th, 2010

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Breakfast with the Guys

January 2nd, 2010

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A New Wall and Window

December 30th, 2009

I’ve been chipping away at replacing this wall for the last 3 days. I’m taking tomorrow off but I’ll be back on it the next day to see if I can polish it off.

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This is the before. Lots of termite damage from a long long time ago. I think the stucco was the only thing holding up the garage.

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This is a close-up of how bad it was.

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The other side of the garage. Everything is down to the studs now. Once I saw the damage I just decided to pull it all down and start over.

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And the demo of the old studs begins with my new reciprocating saw I picked up at the pawn shop for 35 bucks!

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So you have to saw the old ones out and trust me when I say this isn’t easy as they are nailed from behind to the stucco. It’s kinda hellish getting them out and in the trash heap.

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Then you nail in the new stud and run around to the other side of the wall and screw in a washer from behind so the stucco is bonded to the wall. You wouldn’t want that to fall off in one big sheet during the next earthquake.

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Since I’m going this far I decided to go all the way and replace the window, too. What the hell right?

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Sofa of the Month Club

December 14th, 2009

Ok, ok, so I haven’t been posting these but I’m still keeping track.

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