Was almost 50 degrees after work, so I got a first coat of siding & trim color up

Wired the overhead LED for the new space

Added a GFCI receptacle & switch for the light. The other receptacles will be fed from this one

Wired the outside receptacles

Added a shelf here - I'm going to use the right side for my laptop

removed the 4x8 sheet of plywood behind the press  - cut in half, I'll be adding pegboard above. I'll have to address this mess from the outside, so I won't screw the plywood back in place for now

 

found this above the door when I removed the plywood to run conduit for an outside light fixture above the doorway

I like these push-lok connectors - so much easier to confirm connection than the old twist nuts

 

I've never gotten to where I like those electrical connectors. I still think a wire nut is a better joint. They are fast though.

Those paper wasps would have been fun if it had been warm!!

18 hours ago, Patcon said:

I've never gotten to where I like those electrical connectors. I still think a wire nut is a better joint. They are fast though.

Those paper wasps would have been fun if it had been warm!!

This is the first time I've tried them. I've never had an issue with the twist nuts, and I have plenty of them, so I will likely continue to use them.

Yeah, I'm glad I didn't realize they were there in the warm weather.

Since rain is in the forecast, I decided to dig off the south side of the garage, where I had just removed that plywood. So that I could figure out how bad it is.

 

This is as far as I got before my back said that was enough.

We have a high water table - I have a sump pump in the basement that operates much of the year, just less in the July/August time frame. That was the one that died just before we went to Baltimore & partially flooded the basement main area. I'm going to have to figure out what to do about the drainage behind the garage, however I don't want to get sidetracked on that right now, so I'm going to deal with the sill repair & siding, and leave the drainage until later on.

Rained all day - so I got the receptacles wired (GFCI at the start of the run, shown earlier) & added a waterproof housing & switch for the new exterior door lighting

 

Cover didn't arrive in time for me to add it before this pic

This sucka is bright!

 

Edited March 3, 20241 yr by HusseinHolland

Parked next to a Wildcat after the Dr's yesterday

 

Still plugging away on the inside sheathing/insulation/shelving - I cut the 4x8's in half so I can put the top back together, and deal with the sill plate later. I've got too much stuff under my feet right now 😞. Added 3' of pegboard (H) and 10' wide

Putting a 10' shelf up high

There is a gap at the base of this 4' section (2nd in from the right/west end) where the clapboard rotted away from soil/moisture, I stuffed foam in it for now, just to try & deter critters. Raining steadily for the last couple of days, and in fact there is not a lot of water on the south side of the garage, I did add a drainage gutter just before the rains came.. I think I can get away with just putting a gravel bed to keep soil & water away from the foundation.

 

Edited March 7, 20241 yr by HusseinHolland

They sell a product called mold control at home depot. You could spray that area before you cover it up to try to prevent mold growth. Limiting moisture will help a lot too.

21 hours ago, Patcon said:

They sell a product called mold control at home depot. You could spray that area before you cover it up to try to prevent mold growth. Limiting moisture will help a lot too.

Hey - the two lower siding runs I'm going to replace, and cut out the sill plate as needed, then I'm going to pour a concrete foot(ing?) and put a new sill on top. Outside, I'm going to keep the gravel level below the sill so rain etc can't creep up/in to the siding 

Got some primer on the upper sheathing and top shelf, I spent the day in the city at the Whitney Museum with fellow Art educators, so that was all the time I had to spend on the garage.

Light rain (mostly) much of the day - even so I spent most of it outside, moving stuff around behind the garage. Just needed to make it a little more orderly than it has been the past couple months.

Had to cut a bunch of 25'-30' bamboo in the far left corner, so I could relocate the truck bed liner & other bulky items out of sight. One of my neighbors likes to use the bamboo poles for his veggie garden, so I cut some down to about 10'

After that I got some top coat on the shelving and upper sheathing

Still had a little time, so I cleared the top shelf on the left & removed it, so I can move forwards

 

Edited March 10, 20241 yr by HusseinHolland

Continued with the clearing of the shelves on the south wall, which also meant I had to make some shallow shelves on the left of the back wall to store more chemicals

Put stuff up on the right, so slowly making way

also added a 7" deep x 12' strip of pegboard on the backside of the LVL beam, to store rolls of hose that were also taking up shelf space. Much more accessible this way - and harder for me to forget I already have

 

Edited March 11, 20241 yr by HusseinHolland

Do We dare ask what Treasure’s you have upstairs? 😊