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Old 02-29-12, 07:19 AM   #161
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Wanted to add a couple of pictures to show the upstairs landing I made. I'm in the very slow for me process of hanging sheetrock, but when I got to the back of the restroom, I needed another ceiling joist to continue. Here's pictures from the top and the bottom and a closeup of where I used a joist hanger upside down. It seemed like the thing to do at the time.

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Old 04-03-12, 07:45 AM   #162
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Have been making very slow and not terribly steady progress trying to do inside finishing on the project. My niece, Jessica, was over and willing to help, so we went out and put up a few pieces of sheetrock Saturday morning. That's her cutting a piece in the first picture and us finishing installing a piece in the second shot. That straight-edge she looks like she's propped on also has marks on it every 12" to make it easier to put the screws in spaced properly and in a sort of straight line.

The last two are not at all related to building the barn, but I'd never even heard of a 5 leaf clover before, so I took front and back pictures to show the world at least one exists.
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Old 04-03-12, 08:33 AM   #163
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Its good to see the occasional update.

Besides working on the garage, have you been using it at all for whatever?
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Old 04-03-12, 09:15 AM   #164
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Thanks, yes we used it all winter. While it was colder than I wanted to be out there, we had our two riding mowers and tiller out there, as well as a variety of other stuff stored in it. It took us a full day to empty and clean it the weekend before we had the insulation sprayed.

I have also gone under my house and made a tee using 3 3/4" PVC ball valves, a tee fitting and a couple short pieces of pipe to connect the garage to the house water supply. The three valves stop water (1) before the tee in case I want to stop water to the house and garage, (2) to the garage, and (3) to prevent backflow from the house. Perhaps overkill, but if it makes life easier someday down the road.... I also put a ball valve in the restroom where the water comes into the garage.

Progress is slow, but I figure I have more time than money.
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Old 05-08-12, 06:56 PM   #165
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About those holes in the studs for wiring, don't worry about them being straight- I just drill every second stud from, say, the left, then come back and drill the others from the right, thus making a serpentine route for the wiring to pull the wires in easier, no right angle drill required, though RA drills are nice for taming torque!
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Old 05-09-12, 07:17 AM   #166
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Actually, I made a template from a piece of thin panelling and drilled each wall stud before I framed the walls. I didn't want the aggravation of trying to drill them later.

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