Jeesh, we're on the cusp of 500,000 views on this thread. You guys gotta git yourselves a life (or maybe I do...?) Tunza thanks for the interest and all the support. - We've had some committments that kept us home. This, combined with a recent weekend that got hammered with snow, and we have been hit and miss on getting to the gar/apt project. I am pleased to report that the living quarters in the shop area is a notable success and life in the cold midwest is no issue thanks to a pair of 1500 watt baseboard heaters. The electric bill is tolerable, but only because it is used during the weekends. The real downside to this plan is arriving to a thermostat ambiant room temp that reads 34 degrees when we flip on the power. Dski has it down to a science of survival; she immediately cranks up the electric blanket on the bed to high and then crawls under her electric throw blanket on the couch until the bed is smokin'. Admittedly, I am all good with the plan. - So, living downstairs in the shop area works as planned as we make the mess upstairs in the main focus of this project; the living area. We are faced with surpassing a major milestone; insulating and drywall. It's bitter-sweet in that we are anxious to fly by this milestone, but cautious and hesitant because it means that we must feel 100% confident that we have all the stuff in the exterior walls and attic area that we will need to make this place tick the way we want it to. I sit at home some nights and it hits me like a brick when I suddenly think of some other little thing that I forgot. Then, another trip to Menards for stuff and it makes the trip for installation that weekend. I am having far fewer last minute epiphanies, so we have stocked up with a strong inventory of fiberglass insulation. Like all my projects, we only use unfaced fiberglass, meticulously fluffed and placed, and then covered with plastic vapor barrier. Although we have quite a way to go, and the progress continues slowly, I felt compelled to add this pre-500K post. So, a couple of shots of yellow walls. - - - - - - A little more wall stuffing, and we are very close to starting with the ceilings. This part will suck a bit more simply because of the height logistics, particularly at the center.
