Creating a Workshop & Home

[EddieWalker]

It didn't take long to get it up and running, but first he ran this pump for quite awhile why installing the inside unit. Later when everything was all together, he hooked up the freon.

 

[EddieWalker]

The inside unit is in my utility room. You can see the inner makings of the unit. Basiclly after the filter, ther's the condensor, a fan and some electronics.

One thing he said he does that most dont is to give me a way to add water mixed with bleach to kill off alge and bacteria that might start to grow over time in the drain line.

 

[EddieWalker]

After the AC was done, I had to go buy some farm diesel for the tractors. Got it for $2.02 a gallon.

I have the rock for the roads scheduled to be here at 8 am tomorrow morning, so I need to finish off my driveway.

The last thing to do was put in some conduit for my electric runs to the front entrance. I need two lines, so I put in three pipes just in case.

 

[Bird]

Eddie, I started several years ago putting a little bleach in the condensation drain at least a couple of times a year. I had to fix up a short piece of neoprene hose and a small funnel to do that now. However, the house that we may (or may not) buy also has the installation with an easy place to add bleach. The A/C man I had to check it out recommended one cup a month.

 

[DMF]

Holy cow, don't you guys have any rocks in Texas? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Being from New England I've never seen such nice trenches/easy digging!

Project is looking great!

 

[BXRICK]

I don't think they do have any rock down there. In wroughtn_harv's thread about building a pond, he mentions getting rocks from a supplier. I understand (sort of) buying special, flat rocks for steps and such, but just good ol' rocks?

Actually, I find it very interesting to read about peoples' building projects from other areas of the country. It's amazing how the climate and other local factors affect what gets built and how.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( don't you guys have any rocks in Texas? )</font>

I can assure you there are plenty of places in Texas that have lots of rocks, but fortunately we also have areas with none. I had 10 acres 60 miles south of Dallas and there wasn't a rock on the place that hadn't been imported. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif But of course during the hot, dry part of summer, you'd have thought some of that clay was a rock because it was so hard. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Holzster]

Bird

Did you have that white rock a few feet down. I hate that stuff!!!

 

[Bird]

Nope, everywhere I tried digging, that black clay went down 6 or 7 feet. I saw some new stock ponds being dug and it seemed to gradually change to a lighter colored, more yellow clay after about 10 feet in some places, although my brother had his pond enlarged and deepened, and it stayed the same all the way down.

 

[KentT]

Isn't the black clay what they call "caliche?" If so, it will dry almost as hard as a rock...