A New Shed, Page Four

Hi everyone. I know it's been a good while since I wrote in the blog. I've a lot of s'plaining to do and a lot of catching to catch up. I'll have to be brief with most of it just to clear out the backlog.

So, to finish up with the shed postings here's final shots of the construction and one or two of it actually in use.

Getting Ready for the Zinc Roof

Even the Backside is Clean

All that we're keeping behind the shed is some leftover concrete blocks. A nice and clean area.

The Single Window Opening is Ready

The Zinc Ready to Go Up

Cleaning Up and Packing Up

Mario's crew does a nice job building. They also do a good job of keeping the worksite clean while the work is in progress. This all helps their final cleanup to go fast.

Working on the Roof

The Roof Started Going Up

Roof From the Underside

Plenty of Shelving

 Learning from my experience when Dianna's workshop shelving came crashing down, I epoxied all the shelving standards before putting any of the shelves in place.

That means blowing each drilled hole out with compressed air, rolling the plastic anchor in the epoxy and inserting it into the hole. Then, when that's all done, attaching the vertical standard to the wall with screws into the anchors. The epoxy allows the shelving to hold a huge amount of weight with no danger of the shelves collapsing, spilling their contents.

All Done

Here it is all done. It has electricity, two interior outlets. a ceiling light, a porch light beside the double door, and a motion detector light at either roof eve.

There's water, with a utility sink. Cold water only.

And the door. The left side opens inward, with the right side opening out, to allow easy movement of large items if it should be necessary.

Interior Filled Up

I realized this morning that I didn't have a shot of the inside of the shed in use. I corrected that error. As you can see, there's not a lot of free space inside with just enough room for everything that needs to be in there.

Pool House Expansion Project, Day 111 - 16/02/16

Cleaning up, Moving Furniture, Burglar Bars, Kitchen Mess, Loading Debris, Carl Raney,

Day One Hundred Ten, 16 February, 2016

We're down to the nitty-gritty. Omar is working a mop cleaning up the dining room and living room floors.

Omar Doing the Mopping

While he's doing that, Errol is also in the living room scraping up some paint drops that inevitably find their way onto the floor.

Errol Scraping Some Errant Paint

Finally, the bathroom linen closet has found its way into the bathroom.

Bathroom Linen Closet

Here's another view of the burglar bar screen door. The metal door has just received a bonus coat of paint. That's why the green tape is on the hinges.

Good Looking Burglar Bar Screen Door

An up-close shot of the burglar bar, made from one of the bars that protected the A/C units in the pool house. There's not a lot of room for error on the bottom.

On-Demand Water Heater Has a Cage of Its Own

Here the guys are picking ans sorting some of the debris prior to the truck Carl hired to take all the debris to the dump.

Sorting the Debris Prior to Truck Arrival

Our kitchen is getting emptied, but I wouldn't say is usable yet.

Our Jumbled Kitchen

The large bookcase that has been residing in the bathroom for this whole time has temporarily made it into the dining room along with the futon. The futon will be going upstairs while the sectional will be coming down.

Futon and Large Bookcase Temporarily in Dining Room

The truck is here, and all hands have turned to in order to load up all the unwanted construction debris.

Keeping Things Clean While Loading

I suspect that all these 'sticks' from concrete pours, will be making it to the dump. After all, the sticks are the preferred wood for outdoor cooking. I'm sure they've been shared out and will be delivered along the way.

Loading Sticks Into the Truck

Omar has been spending the last bit of time making sure the smallest details get paid attention to, as in touching up the blue paint on our front door.

Omar Touching Up Blue Trim

Here's our queen bed (that I spent a month flat-out on when I injured my back) at long last set up in the bedroom along with the night stands. The headboard has been reattached as well.

Queen Bed and Night Stands in the Bedroom

Each pile that gets loaded means the truck has to back up to tackle the next one.

Ready to Move to the Next Pile

One of our little bookcases has taken refuge in the living room.

Small Bookcase in the Living Room

The utility room is again accumulating stuff. Only temporary, of course.

Stuff Migrating to Utility Room

The truck is ready to head to the dump. More stuff than I thought there would be.

Surprisingly the Truck is Getting Full

And now, finally, that's it. The job is done. Construction is finished. One hundred eleven days. There is no more. We will be cleaning vigorously and moving stuff down from the Mennonite house to the pool house in a timely manner.

First thing we have to do before moving in is to seal the tile. I'm hoping to get some foam brushes to do the job. I went to four hardward stores today, and no one has them. They really are tailor-made for sealing grout. Soon.

The end of the job came somewhat suddenly. Carl and I were sitting on the futon, going over some receipts, and we agreed the job was done. We settled up the bills, I threw in the hammocks we had bought (the bars make them too wide for us to use on our veranda), and we shook hands, sealing the deal.

Overall, it was a fun project. We're very happy with the result. Carl has a great crew. They all were so considerate of Dianna and myself. Whatever we asked, they rushed to comply. Never surly, always focused and professional. A great project.

 There's many more photos than appear in each posting. You can see all the photos of the construction project on Flickr at: https://www.flickr.com/gp/winjama/0wVc3s. There will be new photos added each day of the project.