Container Weld Shop build -

[BukitCase]

For the time being, the container shop is doubling as a paint booth - right now it's got 12 sheets of 1/2" CDX ply stood on end and leaned up against the walls (6 on a side) gettin' cleaned up enough so the primer will stick good - once that's primed all over it'll replace the lower 4 feet of crap sheathing on the two sides of the house I'm doing for now -

Then once that's done, all the siding (about 26 sheets) will go in there and get the same treatment (in two batches) - once THAT's up it'll get ANOTHER coat of primer before the color coat.

The rock that got spread is 1-1/2" minus crushed rock (granite, that's why it's dark) for a base, the pile that's left is 3/4" minus crushed rock, that will go on top of the bigger stuff and fill in the gaps so it stays packed - without the big stuff, the clay soil will just swallow most of the gravel; and without the SMALLER stuff, the big stuff won't stay put very well.

Without EITHER of 'em, my backhoe would stay put til SUMMER and that (with forks on) is the transportation from the (temporary) paint booth up to the house. Doing it that way, I can get things pre-painted even if it's raining; then I only need ONE DRY DAY to move stuff, and I can work in the tent and stay dry - dunno if I mentioned it, but our weather is pretty much totally DRY during summer, then rains almost non-stop for about 8 months :thumbdown:

So see, it all (kinda) makes sense (in MY world, anyway) ... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

Got the East end of the house tented yesterday, started raining just as I was putting the last couple C clamps in place - From what a 7 mph breeze did, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need some straps across the 2x4's partway between ground and eave when the REAL wind comes along

Mrs. Bukit has a couple plants in that end's bedroom window that need light, so I spanned 3 of the 2x4's with 6 mil clear plastic - wish me luck

I still have the middle of the long side to tent, 6 mil clear goes there too. At least that side has no compound angles, the gable end was a little trickier... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

Wow that clear plastic in that first picture is so clear I cant tell it's on there and yes medical marijuana plants need lots of light to get the best medical treatment for your aching back, there is one side affect though, extra income to help pay for house repairs. You seem to have some good size trees close to your house, they anchored good and deep to resist wind?

 

[BukitCase]

No "mary jane" here, never been into EXTERNAL "feel good" stuff, other than tools/projects, they're the best "feel good" I've found - plus, the "morning after" feels a BUNCH less painful :thumbsup:

Trees - when we bought this place in '79 there were exactly TWO trees on the whole 10 acres - a Christmas tree size pine (now dying and in need of serious pruning before it helps me need MORE house repairs and a huge black walnut that was under the power lines and is now a stump - everything ELSE we planted (about 80 trees, numerous shrubs, flowers, ground cover, etc...

Those fir trees are anywhere from 20 to 32 inches at the base, and ALL have so far survived the near hurricane level winds on this hill with just an occasional limb lost - probably 'cause they're more or less in a line parallel to prevailing winds, I think they provide wind breaks for each other...

Depending on how the future goes, if it includes the 2 story addition we would like, there'll be about 8 of 'em (in a different area) taking up space in a new woodshed. Likelihood of that at the moment is maybe 20%, so not gettin' too excited just yet...

Thinkin' I got that rock put down about the right time, rain just went from drizzle to big drops closer together. Forecast is for about 2-1/2" in the next 3 days

So now before I can use the container for a paint booth I need to make it so I can keep the doors open but STILL DRY inside, so next is a steel frame that'll let me tarp the open ends of the two new containers without interfering with the doors (or driving up to 'em)..

Got a plan, involves more "tinker toy" parts and 5 20 foot lengths of 2" square tube (this "bandaid" will need to be there for a few years, otherwise I'd wing it simpler.)

Gotta go for now, later... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

("Trees - when we bought this place in '79 there were exactly TWO trees on the whole 10 acres") Happy veterans day, your a little behind on the picture schedule, thought I send you a cattle prod. Hows the house repair coming, must be getting a little nippy by now? I cant imagine ten acres with just two trees, sounds like you bought a field, a field that big is very rare around here, I have trees and more trees everywhere I look.

Two story house addition? what you crazy, and you say no marry Jane's, thats for people under 50 with kids and wives who like sore stuff and more stuff and more stuff, over 50 and it's double the house repair danger let alone a fire trap, ideal house size is single story, 30'-ish by 40'-ish with walk in basement. Right now I'd like to shut my upper story off and build side ways

 

[Big Barn]

Growing up we always had a walk in basement. It was part workshop and second kitchen where my mom made meals for the farm workers.

Ah memories.....(sorry, back to you Steve)

 

[BukitCase]

I know it's been awhile; the GOOD news - got the rest of the tenting done, pulled up under the eaves and everything's staying dry, looks like it'll withstand a pretty good breeze. Weather's cooling off a bit, couple mornings right at freezing...

That's pretty much it for the GOOD news

Remember this from a couple pages back? "my insurance just told me I need to do some "MAJOR" repairs to the place by Dec 8, or they won't renew my policy in January - real nice of 'em to WASTE three MONTHS of nice weather before telling me"

I foolishly thought I MIGHT make their unreasonable deadline, til I finished tenting the two sides and started removing old siding again...

Then I took off the narrow band of siding under the 6' sliding glass door on the south side - and was able to remove ALL the "wood" under the door and more than a foot either side, with a small pry bar - this includes sill plate, a layer of 3/4 ply and a layer of 1-1/4 ply, and (not sure yet) probably a few studs...

I had mentioned to a co-worker about 10 years ago (and about 25 years AFTER we bought this place) that the guy who "built" it was named Dunnigan - his response was "Oh yeah, everybody around here knows "Do-It-Again Dunnigan"

Prior to this discovery I thought I MIGHT meet the deadline - Now it's "not even AFTER pigs fly"

TWO or more slaps in the face can sometimes get even THIS stubborn SOB to re-think things -
1 - Wife and I both have 401k's we only take the goobermint mandated minimums from (normally)
2 - Mine was smaller than hers (late starter on mine)
3 - Mine's been earning between 1-2%, house loan's at 5.25%
4 - Closing my 401k leaves me about $3k after goobermint (fed AND state) take their 30% (total) withholding and house is paid off. (6 yrs earlier than it woulda been)
5 - No house loan, insurance no longer mandatory (short term) so insurance co. can take a flyin' poke at a rollin' donut
6 - Finish repairs MY way, MY schedule (but still NEARLY as urgent) and already got a better insurance replacement picked out when they're done...
7 - Repairs around that sliding door are gonna need roof shored up for about 10-12 feet, within a couple feet of the wall - I priced tall shoring jacks, found out they'd run over $1200 incl. shipping - so will order tubing and make my own for under $200, stronger than the ready-built ones. (Similar to the legs I built for the container roof)
8 - Can't see leaving the whole house open in winter, so I blew out all the loose dry rotted stuff under the slider and filled with Great Stuff (the "wider than 1" crack" version) - then in spring I'll shore up the roof and completely re-frame/re-floor around the opening - the slider is long past replacement, so it'll get replaced with a double pane one -
9 - and yes, this time it'll get PROPERLY flashed, as opposed to NONE

10 - meantime, winter projects should more closely resemble at least SOME of the intent of this thread (maybe) :mur:

Sorry, still no new pics; maybe in a couple days. (Oh, and yeah the 2-story plan is pretty much HISTORY) (man still planning, God still laughing) ...Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

Shoring jack on sale>>>https://www.amazon.com/Vestil-FJB-150-Basement-Floor-Jack/dp/B079T64VBQ Sounds like you a have case of the more you look the worse it looks. How'd the insurance co know that your house needed work, they have an ex-ray machine? Most people are way uninsured anyways, I have just enough to rebuild a box with roof.

401k, I use to think that was a risky venture years ago so never join, guess I'd been better off to of dumped SS 40 years ago and out that money in 401k instead, SS and GD pension is all I have 4 years from now, course I never was good at planning for the future.

Not sure what the slider is, picture required. God is probably laughing at a lot of us most likely shaking his head at me.

 

[Oldpath05]

Growing up we always had a walk in basement. It was part workshop and second kitchen where my mom made meals for the farm workers.

Ah memories.....(sorry, back to you Steve)

I remember 55 years ago my father use our walk in basement as a winter time workshop, that's where the wood stove was. It had a dirt floor and rock walls that might of been 6', probably built in the early 1900s. The house burnt down back in 87, nothing but childhood memories now. Growing up father referred to it as a cellar, most of the time I do to, wonder what the difference is between cellar and basement...............I know, 2 letters.

 

[BukitCase]

Hey thanks for the link; not quite what I was lookin' for, but it led to this

https://www.amazon.com/Akron-Produc..._rd_t=40701&refRID=2BYTEDW89C9332KNE248&th=1#

Interesting thing - try YOUR link AND the one above, change the little box from "1-pack" to other, and watch what the PRICE does - the 4x4 jacks go from $44.79 each (1-pack) to (2-pack) for $191.16 That's what FOUR of 'em costs if you buy the 1-pack, so that's what I did (4 of the "1-packs") gotta watch Amazon, this isn't the first time that came up...

Insurance: got a letter from 'em back in April, said they "might do a property inspection" - then NUTHIN' til late July, when some girl showed up with her cell phone and a "selfie stick", walked around, took some pics, and left...

Then more of NUTHIN', til mid-SEPTEMBER, when they dropped the bomb - "finish by 12/8 or we cancel" - a-holes, people tend NOT to mess with me TWICE - so now, just before their "due date" THEY'RE gettin canceled (along with my house payment), and my monthly outgo will DROP by $900 (woulda been $1200, but I still gotta save for property taxes...)

"Slider" - just a short term for "sliding glass door", AKA a "patio door" - dry rot or not, the door itself has seen better days - the aluminum extrusion the door tracks on is so worn down the door won't stay on the track, you gotta lift it up by the handle, pull it back in a bit and LOCK it or it won't stay put - I finally just stuck a metal screw in behind it a while back

'Nuther thing the insurance's BS irritated me on - I have a complete set of new windows for the house (including that sliding door) sitting in my shop, surrounded with 'way too much "inventory" to get at without a few helpers and several days, that I'd intended on changing out along with the siding job (when I got around to it, not when it was "mandated")

Guess NOW I'll have the time; then ALL the windows will get rough openings redone RIGHT (including flashing) on MY schedule (take that, corporate thieves :thumbsup: )

OK, I feel MUCH better now - Later... Steve