Ok, so I have a lot of 'stuff', and what that means is, that 'stuff' is all over the shop, on shelves, in totes, stacked on the floor, under workbenches, stacked next to shelves and workbenches, etc. Why does that matter you ask? Well, I didn't think it did either, UNTIL I started building these rooms, and as the pictures show, my 'stuff' is completely in the way of everything. We can't even continue with the rooms because the porting bench, workbench, engine room countertops/workbenches, engine room cabinets, transmission bench, etc, are all put 'out of the way', yeah, up until the point we started building these rooms. So now, to get that out of the area that is going to be the restroom and office spaces, I have to move a shelf full of 'stuff' and maybe, just maybe, have enough space to get all this crap through the narrow gap between the other shelves of 'stuff'. I need to sell all this crap that I'm not using, but it's time consuming at minimum, along with having to deal with idiots, which makes it just something I keep procrastinating doing. Once completed, the countertop workbenches will be along the perimeter of the engine room, the porting bench and transmission bench(used to call it trans bench, but it's really happy just staying a transmission bench) will be on the west outside wall of the engine room, and the other large workbench will be across the shop on the corner of the east and southward facing walls. Then all the shelves of 'stuff' will be up on the second floor and out of the way! But that doesn't help me much now. The stacks of totes will be unpacked and put in the cabinets that go above the countertops on the north wall of the engine room. I am stoked that we have started on this. It is a dream coming to fruition for me, and I can't thank my friend Neil and my other friends that lend a hand when asked. So, for now, we continue to play this sick game of stuff tetris, moving crap around from one spot to another so we gain a place to work. It sucks, but it's an inconvenience rather than a game ender. We got the front wall up and next up was getting the ceiling joists up. Now we are putting stringers(sp) in between the ceiling joists to straighten them and also add rigidity. Next will be doing the same on the south wall, where the doors are going, to make that a little more rigid. I will start putting up insulation on the outside wall, and running wiring for outlets and lighting. I have made accomodations for the HVAC ductwork into the ceiling. Getting excited.
