Midimonkey Construction continues

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Thank you, I understand cutting.

I was using a brush to catch edges anyway, I was just taping before rolling to avoid hitting further down the wall or ceiling. Rollers are a larger diameter than my tape is wide, and I didn't want to double and triple tape, considering how expensive blue painter's tape is.

Steel I have boatloads of. Nooooooo problem :) Thanks guys.

Michael - I soooooo understand about the lack of time. My studio should have been done January 1, 2004 according to the project plan I just burned in the fireplace :)

The good news is my pregnant wife is very happy with the two new bathrooms, there are no dead cars in the driveway, the pool has a new liner, and is closed for the winter, and all the gutters are up.

Sometimes one has to weigh what is most important... while my studio is extremely important to me, obviously there were things that were more important over the warmer weather.

And money, in your case, is not something to ignore :)
 
Today has been a good day... they announced "Yet Another Reorg" at work, and I decided that I'm now on sabbitical until the 16th, when they annouce if my team (specifically me) exists.

So, used my time wisely, and painted 85% of the ceiling in my studio so far. Even with a long roller handle, its exhausting, because the ceiling is overhead, but that's okay, went nice and slow and utilized my "Beer Helmut" from my high school days with Dunkin Donuts coffee on either side. My wife think's I'm insane. Maybe I am. But the ceiling is looking nice so far, even though its complex in many ways (angles, curves, bends, etc). Picked up 2 more gallons of the white paint I used, and will finish the rest in a few, then start back in the far corner for coat two.

Once that dries, I'm going to fire up the compressor feed from the garage below that terminates behind the short wall in the studio, and use my paint gun to cover the walls. Painting up at the ceiling makes a huge mess with a sprayer, but the walls will be by far easier, then touch up with a roller or brush, slap in the moulding and paint.

At this rate, I should be done painting by the middle or end of the weekend, and can start construction of the steel table. I've already cut out all the pieces and plotted out the "D" size blueprints. Had to use a green pen because apparently all my other pens of other colors were dried up from baking in the garage. Found the green pen on the floor of the studio underneath some junk. Hey, it works :)

Also, it looks like I'll be remodeling the bathroom that connects my studio to one of the upstairs bedrooms, so when it's time to put down the floor, I'll just keep going right into that bathroom. Since we're building a new bathroom right next to it in "dead space", I'll be comfiscating this "prison bathroom" for my studio and insulate it, drywall, and remove the shower stall and use the shower stall area as a recorder closet, opening into my studio. That allows me to extend the wall inside the bathroom, making a structural wall for the new bathroom on the other side.

Nice when things just work out :) Okay, enough procrastinating, time to paint. I'm still unsure this light, mint green is going to be okay. I like it, yet I hate it. Grrrrrr.
 
Yeah, I'll definately do that next time :)

Painted the walls of the sofa cove, and a few other walls. I'd have continued painting but the paint tray was empty and it was a good time to go to Lowes and buy some additional moulding. Gonna cut and fit the moulding tonight, and paint it before I go to bed so it will dry overnight, so when I'm done painting, I can just nail it up without having to mask or "cut" it. This also allows me not to worry about taping and cutting where the moulding is going. Much easier doing things in the right order. In the vocal booth I put up the moulding first, then primed and painted everything, and had to tape off the moulding, paint the walls and ceiling, then tape off the walls and ceiling, and paint the moulding. What a pita.

Just got home a few minutes ago, and my wife tried out the new bathroom (the shower, specifically) now that the paint in there is dry. It seems I remembered everything - tub, toilet, vanity, painting, moulding, floor and wall tile, wainscoating, etc.

All except for the elbow between the tub drain and the plumbing right under the tub.

dammit.

I have to stop building things at 1, 2, and 3am.
 
All except for the elbow between the tub drain and the plumbing right under the tub.
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:eek: OH NO! I hope you can get to it from undernieth. Good luck with that one frederic. I installed a new tub last year. Job from hell. All the connections were completely corroded. :rolleyes: ARRRRGGGGGGRRRR$#%^&*^*#%$^ You do NOT want to forget this with a concrete slab and tile. :p
fitZ
 
Yeah, I make a hole in the kitchen ceiling, or make a hole at the base off the wall in the hallway, just outside the bathroom. I'll probably make the hole in the kitchen ceiling because its wet anyway and need to be replaced... now :)

No kidding about plumbing and slab.... I'm elated to have none of that!!!
 
Bathrooms - I hate em!!!! Just finished stripping wallpaper and painting my son's bathroom (and, of cource, the wife wanted all new fixtures, switches, towel holders, etc), now this weekend I get to pull out the carpet and replace with ceramic tile in ours (and paint and fix the leaky shower and replace the shower door and and and and.........). All this stuff she wants done before family comes down for Thanksgiving. At least I convinced her to not include re-painting the living room and hallway, pulling the carpet out of the kitchen and dining room and laying wood floor, stripping the wall paper in the kitchen and painting, and getting the painting on the outside of the house finished that I started this summer.

"But Honey, I've got 2 live recording sets and 3 studio songs that I REALLY need to get mixed" just seems to be falling on deaf ears!!

Have fun and get us some pics so we can see how this green stuff looks!!

Cheers,
Darryl.....
 
All this stuff she wants done before family comes down for Thanksgiving. At least I convinced her to not include re-painting the living room and hallway, pulling the carpet out of the kitchen and dining room and laying wood floor, stripping the wall paper in the kitchen and painting, and getting the painting on the outside of the house finished that I started this summer.
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:eek: Ah yes, the "honey do's" strike again. :D I've got my share of em too.
Two bathrooms and a kitchen :rolleyes: Two months ago boards started swelling under the linoleum in the kitchen. Damned if I could figure it out where the water was coming from. Finally, I pulled the dishwasher out, and discovered a pump leak. Too late. NOW, it's pull out ALL the lower cabinetry, sink, dishwasher, stove, linoleum(they installed the cabinets on TOP of the linoleum) and then all the old WARPED Fir flooring boards. :rolleyes: :( :mad:
Of course, since I'm a cabinet builder, wifey wants all new cabinets too. Naturally. Well, there goes my new mixer, AGAIN! :D Oh well, got to make the little ladys happy. Or they can make you Soooooooooo miserable too. :p
Oh, before I start the house stuff, first it's change a clutch in her Dads truck tomorrow. Then build a winter storage enclosure for a TON of EBAY inventory my wife bought yesterday. An old hotel here in Coos Bay cleaned out a huge storage room FULL of 50 years of stuffing things in there from the 40's, 50's, an 60's What a find. $1 per item. HOLY SHIT! Three truck loads of lamps, tables, chairs, knic knacks, doors, restaraunt equipment, and what nots.
Good grief. My shop is full! :( Soooooo....time for work. Well, good luck with your stuff Darryl, and you too frederic. Hope everything works for ya. DON"T forget anything. :D
fitZ
 
Fitz,

I'd really be sunk if my dishwasher started leaking since it is directly above my effects rack!!

Actually, a leaky hot water supply to the kitchen is what got me the authorization to build my control room, so leaks can have benefits (had to tear out everything in that corner of the basement family room and I convinced my wife a control room would cost less than re-carpeting the whole basement)!!!

Have a fun weekend. I got my bathroom carpet torn out during lunch, so now it's down to the real work.

Darryl.....
 
attached the plumbing in the main bathroom, gutted and re sheetrocked the kitchen ceiling, primed, painted four times, added the original popcorn finish, replaced all the original moulding, you pretty much can't tell it got completely soaked. As I was tearing it down, I realized part way through, I really didn't need to... it was wire-mesh supported plaster, and the water just worked its way through a crack and spread all over the ceiling and stained it. But of course I realized this after I removed the plaster/wire mesh with a sledge hammer.

On a more positive note, the studio is just about done, from a painting perspective. Walls are coated thoroughly, I have two very small areas to redo in the little weird peak area by the window where I painted the cross area green instead of white. Oooops. Guess I'm not awake at 2am.

Next is the final coat of super white on the ceiling, then all the moulding I've cut (and marked as to where it goes) gets painted holly green and nailed up. Nailing is going to be fun, while passing through the local Lowes yesterday I spied a large portable shelf unit containing "discount tools". I inquired "why so cheap?" and they said its all new stuff, but was on display, and the boxes, manuals and accessories were lost. So, I bought a $200 porter-cable pneumatic finishing nailer for $45, cash and carry. Got it home, oiled it, and shot a few nails. Very nice. Don't need the manual, and the included tools are to adjust the nail depth, and the tools I have for various other air tools I own fit so its not a problem.

The only serious defect is in the vocal booth. Some how, I forgot to cut the holes for quad electrical box as well as the 24-TRS pair box that terminates in that room. Of course, I don't remember where on the wall the wires hang inside, and behind the sheet rock is plywood, so that's going to be fun to cut out, and feel around searching for the wiring. If thats the only major defect, I can live with it. Just a pain, you know, because its based on stupidity.

Looks like I'll be putting down the floor this week, actually. I'll then move the portable heater down into the garage, and start welding together the console table. I reworked the design a bit so it comes up in five sections. Top left wing, top center, top right wing, the two legs and supports, and the back bracing that ties it all together with 1/4" bolts. This way I can weld it together outside, and not weld-to-fit in the room. And if I ever move, as unlikely as it is, I can spend 3 hours disassembling it for transport. The only decision left for the console table is, do I paint it black, or dark holly green to match the moulding. I'm torn.

And lastly, I decided I need some storage space, so I'm thinking of acquiring over-stove, over-sink kitchen cabinetry and bolting them to the wall and ceiling in the sofa cove area. This way they are out of the way, no one will hit their head, but I can toss spare cables, manuals, media, etc in a place where I can get at it very quickly. Stuff I use less, I'll throw in the closet I made behind the short wall, since one has to crawl into that closet. Its a 13' wide, 6' deep closet, with a 36" high ceiling. :)
 
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