Creating a Workshop & Home

[EddieWalker]

Then I use another 2x4 with a board across the top that forms a T to hold it tight while I screw it in. I like to use screws for ceilings and nails for walls.

 

[EddieWalker]

Here's the AC duct in the master bedroom closet. It's just one of the delays that add to the time of everything. Closets are an added pain to do anyways, and this is just a bonus.

 

[EddieWalker]

We have planned to stain the ceiling and beams from the very beginning, but never new what color we'd use. It took 7 samples to find the one we liked. Red Oak by Minwax.

Here's Steph getting started on it.

 

[RobS]

Wow Eddie, $100 a day seems high for a lift. I rented one for my basement and wouldn't do without again. Seems like I got the whole weekend for maybe $40? I used it for the ceilings and the upper walls. So much faster...

Are you using a Roto-Zip for the cutouts? Another huge timesaver I discovered in my last couple of drywall projects. And of course, a drywall screwgun. Be like the pros and lock the trigger on, saves time and wear/tear on the drill motor.

And that's where my basement workshop sits right now. I'm counting on taping/mudding tips back from you for the fall when I resume my work /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

Here's a good picture to show what the ceilings will look like when she finishes. The Red Oak brings both the oak beams and the pine ceiling together nicely.

 

[EddieWalker]

Rob,

I've tried the drill being on full time and adding the screws, but I've never gotten confortable with it and keep coming back to using my cordless drill. I had a neighbor who hangs sheetrock profesionally and learned quite a bit from him, but he mostly did commercial on metal studs. He also liked nails over screws when working on wood.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

We were working along, having a good time when Mother Nature decided to show up. It was a nice day out, a few clouds, with no rain in the forcast that morning.

Then in about 15 minutes everything changed. It got windy out, then really windy and all of a sudden it's raining at what we later learned was 2 inches an hour along with nickel sized hail.

 

[RobS]

Maybe it is just my screwgun (Milwaukee) but as soon as I got away from the trigger I could hold the thing in a much better grip to push straight down the axis of the screw. Sort of wrap my palm around the rear of the motor.

Stain looks fantastic, nice work /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

We waited about five minutes too long to move our cars. I have 4 wheel drive and decent tires, but Steph has a 2 wheel drive Explorer. I barely made it back, and that was driving sideways on either side of my roads. No control except forward most of the time.

She was stuck where she parked. We waited a few hours and cought a break in the rain to pull her out. I figured worse case scenerio she could take my truck to work is it came to that.

The little Century was able to pull her out without any problems at all. Here is a picture of what we had to go through to get to higher ground.

This spot will have to be fixed before too long, but first I need to get the house done, then I can worry about drainage problems.

Eddie

 

[Larstan]

Hey Eddie, the stain really ties all the wood together and looks great. I really love those beams you cut, just the right amount of 'rustic ?' look..........

On another note I was a little dissapointed in your choice of tow vehicles, I thought for sure you would have used the 'Trench filler' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

When you moving in? And where's the fireplace /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif