Thought I might as well let y'all see what I'm gona be starting with. My own little bunker!! bunkr ROFL ROFL Still have a wife, so it won't be entirely mine! hdslp
That'll do it. Stay warm down there....Tom
Gettin in some firewood now, but stayin cool is usually the problem here. Ref. the large A C unit!! We have 99/99 days in summer. :qz:
Thats 99% humidity (you can breathe it or drink it) and 99 degrees. bs The horses just stand in the shade and sweat. Me I just hunker in the bunker. Can't take that heat any more. srndr
sweed
HOT ? best--or worst I've seen in Las Vegas 121 deg. F in August, 21 deg. F in January--quite a swing. But almost zero humidity, ....Tom
Here in Central Washington I've seen 114 and -48, but no humidity. What is this HUMIDITY you speak of?
Quote from: sweed on January 23, 2014
Thought I might as well let y'all see what I'm gona be starting with. My own little bunker!! bunkr ROFL ROFL Still have a wife, so it won't be entirely mine! hdslp
I want that! I assume the gun room will include a comfy couch in case the boss/wife confines you to "your" bunker, lol! cuch
Wow! You don't even have to ever leave.
I can't open the file, does he have a Kegerator?
No kegerator! (susp) Just an apartment kitchen/bath arrangement with AC heat pump. One door leads to metal shop, one to the wood shop.
sweed
Finaly got it started!! flwa pnic
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Breakin ground
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concrete
Building ordered. 3 weeks wait!
Sweet! I love it when a project comes together.
Been busy lately! Havent posted much so here is an update! "One piece at a time!!"
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I cant take selfees while doing this. All the boys I had lined up to help suddenly had "Other things" to do, or their car was broke, Their cell phone was out of minutes..... wtt duh! I was going to pay.
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This is all that showed up. She's on the landscapeing crew. ROFL ROFL
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Six more roof perlins to bolt up. Walk door, then the skin. I built one of these compleetly by my self about 12 years ago, with 14' wall on top of a 2' block wall. hdslp hdslp Every screw, Every bolt! Did I mention that was 12 years back? Are years gettin longer??? Any way the contractor throwed down about twice what I figured to be fair to skin the thing , so here we go again. pnic Hopefully there will be enough left of me to build something, when I get it finished! Big project for an old man, but like daddy always said, "Ah! No hill for a stepper!" [hmm] GET ER DONE!!!
;D Man that makes my back hurt just looking at it !! Nice a Angus lawnmoooer ya got there Swede.. ;D
Nice shop/cave going up....same age and ache just watching, but wish I were building one too...
Doug
The lawnmower is a Dexter. Small breed from Ireland. Bull comes in around 900lb. Gentle, but fiestie breed. Saw the whole heard, 1 bull (looks like a Spanish fighting bull) 5 cows and 3 calves, chasing a pnic stray dog out of their pasture yesterday. No longer worried about coyotes !!!! thmbsup Had my reservations bout them, but seem to be workin out!
UPDATE: Got up all the framing, starting the siding!
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Crane and Operator! First sheet up! We set the starter sheet and quit for the day. I'm back on my own now, she works durin the week, and I cant work by the weekend! srndr
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Another view of the crane. I Rigged it so I could move it for the next sheed with ropes from the ground. Ladders really hurt my feet.
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Starting the center bay insulation. Yea!!! Insulation and wind and no help! pnic
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One down, Three to go!
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Turnin the corner on #3!
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WHooHooo!!!! Schools out. Young Americans, flwa Redblooded and ready to work and learn. [hmm] I can handle that! thmbsup
I'll get some more up when we start the roof. The kids are dreading that,! Me too!!
Later
sweed
Just wonderin bout your project, lookin good. What's that silver stuff, a vopor barrior/insulation ? Looks good....Tom
That silver stuff looks like the insulation we use on heating and cooling ducts. Silver on both sides that sandwich bubble wrap.
Pilgrims got it right. All the above. I didnt want any of that plastic coated stuff for the bugs to live in. Its just in the center bay. Its allso a Radiant barrier. Supposed to reflect the radiant heat back. There will be 3 1/2" glass ins. inside those walls also. Center bay will be air conditioned.
When you build a shop--you don't fool around !!!
This is working up to being one of the sweetest shop/man-caves I have seen. You of course are going to have an open house with plenty of refreshments, right? (I'll even tell you where Red Badger hides his jugs.)
I've worked in horse barns with rainwater washin manure under my back. :qz: Ive worked under shade trees. bs Ive changed transmissions with the pickup astradle a ditch. hdslp All the time Ive tol myself S O M E D A Y ! ! ! [conf] Ill have a decent shop. flwa I laid thisun out and wife said Where the shower? Said they wont be none. She said Yes a shower, yakyak and a kitchenett, yakyak in the A C area. We might need to stay there in a storm! (susp) (susp) (susp) I said Y E S S S S! D E A R !!!!!!
Really buildin it for my son to enjoy when he retires from the Army. But I hope to get a few projects thru it for I turn-in.
No pic today, yall got the idea. Just an up date. Got all the siding on, and about 1/4 of the roof. Boys are in summer school, and only work about 2 1/2 to 3 hrs day. Kant wait to get thru!!
Nice shop sweed!! You could get some stuff taken care of.
Thanks all for the encoragement! Just got tired of makin do. This is my last goround, got a little $$, so I decided to do it right at least once! thmbsup
Oh! Did I mention, Im a little proud of it too!
thmbsup I'm impressed!
Locked up the shop 10jul14. Yippie!!!!!!! Here is some finals.
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Now I have to install 14 windows, and start on the interior framing. See yall latter!!!
Your just so energetic and thats such a nice lookin building.... why not just load up your tools and head this way - I could use a new shop! and I will share the jug with you! :mini-devil-28492:
Time I get thru w/ this I wont have nuthin left. Its just about whipped me!!! This is definatly the last goround!!!