Vintage Ceiling Fan Restoration
February 20th, 2010
I took this thing apart and put it back together. It’s a little more quite but the blades aren’t balanced.
Garage Restoration: Storage Area
February 16th, 2010
I got a decent amount of stuff done this weekend. I built this
platform for the storage area to make up for that fact that the floor
in that section of the garage is not level. I did a little random
framing here and there, swapped out a handful of studs, wired a dimmer
switch for a vintage ceiling fan we bought years ago, capped of the
electrical, and tore out the very old and smelly stucco paper from the
30s.
I think I have a couple more days at best before I can put in the
insulation and drywall. That will be a good day.
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.
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.
I painted some roofing paint over all the screws and washers that is now holding the stucco on.
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?
Street Art: Pitbull Attack!
January 22nd, 2010
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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.
