Another Milestone!

I can't believe it!  Another milestone has snuck up on us.  We finished the drywall installation.  Go figure. 


So on Saturday, we did some errand running, and then started drywall on the east wall--the drywall on either side of the big garage door and above it.  That sure looks good.




Then on Sunday, after coffee and breakfast and reading the Globe, out we headed again.  Gee, this is so automatic, yet drudgery at the same time.  We tackled the west wall, so sheets around the window and around all the switches and alarms and openers.




So at 5:45 p.m., the final drywall screw went in.  And then we put all the stuff back.  Looks sharp!  Now we just need to find a mudder-taper-painter to finish it up.    Gee, what will we do next weekend!

What is this vision I see before me?

Could it be... could it... it is... it is the final building permit sign-off.  We have closed the building permit.  This marks the official end of Monster Garage. 


But... and that's a big but... we still have to close-off the electrical permit.  And then finish the drywall installation.  And then hire someone to tape, mud and paint it.  And then we have to move all the stuff into it.


But for now, I'm going to enjoy the moment.  The work we finished up on Saturday lead to this closure, but it feels so anticlimactic.  Like the end snuck up on us after so many endless weekend of work.  It will be nice to be like other couples and not have to do construction chores every weekend.  Oh, to lie on the couch and read a book. 


Now that's a vision!!!

The Last Spike!

This weekend was full of excitement! This was the weekend that we would finish the exterior siding... I could feel it.   But let me back up.








Last week, we had the electrical inspector (Joey) out to inspect our wiring.  I met him on site, and then we called Rob in Regina a few times to clarify things. Overall, Joey was satisfied with what we had done... but there were a few deficiencies we had to clear up, and then he would close off the permit.  The issues--need to install a bushing grommet in the wire coming into the breaker box, strip off the insulation on the wire in the box, cover the wires below the box, and put insulation putty in and outside the conduit.












So we set aside Saturday to work on the exterior--finishing one board on the east face and six rows on the west face, in order to get that done and then have the building inspector out to close off that permit.  So Saturday was a beautiful fall day, and Rob finally nailed the final spike... I mean nail on the east face!!!










Then we moved to the west face.  The six rows took about 3 hours.  Ta dah!  A garage finally with real siding instead of Tyvec siding!.














Then on Sunday, Rob addressed the deficiencies, and I did insulation on the final wall we had left.


Now we just have to find a drywaller to mud and tape and paint the inside.  Then... we move all the stuff in--hope it all fits!


(photos to come once Blogger gets working again)

The electrical is done! The electrical is done!

Are you sitting down?  Brace yourself... today we finished the electrical wiring of the garage!!!!  Yay team!  Rob finished up with the breaker box--look how shiny and nicely labelled it is (I did the labelling).

And the special welder and heater plugs:

 

One of the outside plugs:

 

 

 

Rob finishing up another plug:

 



 



And finally, the light switches, thermostat, garage door opener, and alarm panel:

So now we will call the electrical inspector, who will come out, and hopefully close the electrical permit on Monster Garage.  Which means...we only have to finish up the six remaining rows of siding, and then we can close off the building permit. (we still have about three sheets of drywall to put up inside, and then have someone else mud and tape it--and then... then.... Monster Garage is officially done!!). I can't believe it...