Workshop Remodel 2007

The Workshop Remodel Started: 23 November 2007 Finished: Not in my lifetime

	Twelve years and a few days before this picture was shot, we had just closed the deal on the house. I was in the garage first thing; tearing out the funky wiring and getting it ready for workshop status. After twelve years of puttering and piecemeal additions to the shop, the time has come for a major rework. Here's a before shot of the north wall.
	This project started accidentally, or spontaneously. All I wanted to do was putter in the shop over the Thanksgiving holiday. But all the projects I wanted to do would have to be undone when I sheetrocked. So... Here's the north wall stripped of contents. All of it has been boxed, bucketed or stacked somewhere else. The pegboard is OK, but the walls are not insulated and the holes in the pegboard become a dust collector.
	This is the north wall stripped of everything, this is pretty much how it looked when we moved in. Though it is now much cleaner and devoid of stupid wiring. 11/23/2007
	Here's the rough electric on the north wall. The octagon box just above the doorway on the right is the original lighting fixture for the garage. Just a porcelain fixture and a bare bulb. The lighting circuit now includes a switch for the five overhead fluorescents and the three outside CF wall lanterns. Note the use of the steel wiring protectors for the wall socket run and the iron pipe covering the outside lighting run.
	Here's a shot of the north wall with most of the insulation installed.
	Here's a shot of the north wall and part of the west wall insulated. Also a nice view of the 6 dual-duplex outlets. 12/02/2007
	The outside CF lantern on the north wall. These lamps are only 13 watts but are very bright! Why install lanterns in the middle of a workshop project? Because if I didn't do it now, it would be harder and uglier to do after the wall has been insulated and sheetrocked.
	This is a bushing for the Romex to pass through the stucco wall into a weatherproof box on the outside of the wall. There's one on the north wall and one on the west wall.
	Here's the outdoor socket on the north wall. This one has an in-use cover and a GFCI. It's primarily for a little fountain/waterfall thingie we have. The yellow floodlight in one of our Christmas lights.
	Here's the outdoor socket on the west wall. It's mainly for leaf-blowers, weed-whackers and car-vacs. Also GFCI protected.
	First inspection. The drywall is installed on the north wall. The inspector is inspecting. 12/09/2007
	Structural inspection. Here's a shot of the north wall with the workbench re-installed and toolbox in place. The inspector is checking the integrity of the major shelf. It's fifteen inches deep and about 21 feet long. The supports tie into the roof trusses rather than using angle braces on the walls.
	Here's another shot of the big shelf with stuff going up there.
	The big shelf is a "penny-worthy" project. A 2007 penny for a 2007 project. (The workbench has both a 2007 and a 2001 penny, one for the time it was made and one for the re-install.) 12/26/2007
	The west wall, halfway insulated and sheetrocked.
	I got a Roto-zip... it sucks. To be fair, this was my first attempt at using the Roto-zip, the next try looked better. But I like the tried and true method of measuring and marking my holes.
	I like cutting the holes the old fashioned way: measure, mark, cut.
	Here's another CF lantern installed on the west wall. One more to go, on the other side of the door.
	Here, I did a minimal effort "photchopping" to make it appear as if I have two lanterns installed.
	Here's a monumental moment. The garage door is open. This happens once every 4 to 6 years. I took the opportunity to use a leaf-blower to blast out a pile of dust and cobwebs from the garage. 12/28/2007
	Here's the south wall before construction begins.
	The south wall emptied of contents.
	The south wall stripped bare. 12/30/2007
	SHIT! FUCK! SHIT! FUCK! As I was vacuuming the cobwebs and dust away, I sucked off the surface of a board and discovered termite damage. Poured and sprayed poison in and around the affected areas. Looking for signs of activity. Thankfully I haven't found any.
	Here's the south wall mostly insulated.
	We acquired the last batch of sheetrock at this new indoor drive-thru lumberyard. I didn't notice that the face of the sheetrock is purple. TOO PURPLE for a workshop. But it is the equivalent of "greenboard" or "suitable for damp location sheetrock."
	Here you can see a piece of greenboard next to the purpleboard. When you have a scrap of material that fits without cutting, it is a rule that it must be used.
	Here's the other half of the west wall insulated and sheetrocked.
	The last of the outdoor CF lanterns is installed and operational.
	Here's the south wall taped and spackled. I left the cavity open in the upper left corner to hold a built-in cabinet or allow for wiring an additional outdoor light... not really. I came up 55 inches short on insulation and I don't want to get another full-bale of fiberglass to finish it off.
	Here's the north wall again. Things are going together. The sound system is set-up. Speakers are hanging from the major shelf. The major shelf is already packed with stuff. My test leads are also nicely organized behind the toolbox. These two things: The hanging speakers and hanging test leads were two of the major inspirations for doing this entire project. I wanted to hang up this stuff. But I would stop when I realized that it would all have to come down when I sheetrocked. So, dammit, I bit the bullet and started the sheetrocking project.
	Here's a shot of the west wall. The three red circles across the top indicate where the door is temporarily bolted to the header until I can get some safer hinges. The springs on the opposite side of the door cut loose and missed my head by mere inches. (That happened several years ago.) It sounded like a gunshot. The springs on this side of the door remained until a few days ago. Until then, I was very wary of being on that side of the garage anywhere near those "springs of death". Having the door stabilized, safe and weather-stripped is certainly a "penny-worthy" project. 01/05/2008 (Now I need some 2008 pennies!)
	Thanks to Ro, the south wall is painted with two coats of primer to nearly rid the room of purpleness. There's still that last corner up in the upper left to finish. The purple and white looked like a 13-year old little girl's bedroom or something, I am happy to see it GONE!
	The last corner insulation. Courtesy of Andrew, he had some leftovers to donate to the project. Summary list of insulation sources: 4 bales from Orchard Supply 4 bales from HD Supply 1 bag salvaged from some Radio Shack speakers I had saved away. 2 chunks from Andrew 1 spool of pipe insulation I used to fill-in little gaps.
	The leftovers weren't backed with anything, but Andrew brought a chunk of kraft paper too.
	The last piece of drywall installed & first coat of spackle glopped in. 01/12/2008
	These are the old cabinets from our kitchen remodel, I sanded 30+ years worth of paint, stain, varnish and food splatter from the outsides, beefed-up the framing and re-hung them. The sanding process released the overwhelming odor of old baloney. I gave them a quick coat of linseed oil which was sucked up very quickly. Here's another view of the old cabinets.
	Here's another view of the cabinets. They are really very nice... people who paint hardwood go to hell. 01/13/2008
	Here's the main work area, things are coming together very nicely.
	Added some shelves and racks for lumber to the south wall. 01/19/2008