Idk, I thought maybe you older folks would prefer non-stop episodes of I Love Lucy or someone enthusiastically (but not TOO enthusiastically) explaining the benefits of Medicare Part D supplemental coverage.

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No Intertubes in the garage. :( Don't like to keep wifi turned on and too lazy to run a cable.

Got up early and my buddy cut styrofoam while I crawled around in the attic, took measurements, and installed panels. Got about 30 feet of styrofoam installed (out of about 500 feet needed). It's a start.

How are you coming on this project?
Started to hang OSB over the insulation batts in mine. :tup:

Been on hiatus for a while. I've done a little cleanup/neatening here and there but haven't accomplished much. Was going to put some single-faced fiberglass in the ceiling Tuesday (cool and rainy outside because of Barry) but my helper's truck fried the ignition control module so we ended up working on that (diagnosis took a lot longer than it should have; we're both old-school points kind of shade-tree mechanics). We'll make another stab at the insulation next time we have a good rain.

I like the OSB. :tup:

Edit: We were quite literally shade-tree mechanics when working on his truck; it was sitting under an oak tree. :)

It was cool yesterday morning so I got up in the attic to lay down some fiberglass. Found out that several of the boards that PO had laid down to walk on were too thin to hold my weight so I ended up rearranging boards until it got too hot in the attic. Will make another stab at it tomorrow morning.

:tup:
Amazing how much hotter it gets just a little ways up. I did a little wiring today on the light fixtures and I was sweating up a storm while up there.

My buddy and I got about a third of the ceiling insulated over the weekend. He's on his way over to see if we can get some more done today.

About half-way done with insulating the ceiling. Part of the ceiling had already been done with about 4-5" of what looks like scraps from where they did the living area ceiling. I've run out of fiberglass and plan to take a break from the attic for a while.

Put some of the styrofoam that I installed/removed from the ceiling into the garage door panels. R-19 in the ceiling and about R-5.75 (2 x 2.89) on the door.

Did some general clean-up and rearranging. Sorted my scrap metal into an Al and light gauge steel bin, and a heavier steel bin. Cut some of the boards I took down from the attic and made shelves for the computer cabinet after removing tape sled. Started cleaning up an old shop vac that may or may not still run. Cleaned the filter on my other shop vac (it was embarrassingly dirty). Put an old laser printer on the curb; maybe someone will salvage it before city hauls it away. Will drag the tape sled to the curb when I have more energy.

All in all, I'm quite pleased with the progress we made today. :)

Excellent progress! :rock:

I haven't even broken ground but the Danmar M6 is ordered. My next big purchase/decision is do I get a 1.5 ton split unit air conditioner or just rely on an oscillating 24" high velocity fan.

I do a lot of welding projects and given the climate I live in I'm destined to just sweat to death. Fans will blow away shielding gas and if I run AC I need to sort out some sort of extractor hood so the fumes don't kill me. I may just mount a small 12" fan on the underside of the welding table so at least my torso can soak up some breeze.

Those mini splits are the ****. :tup: The danmar will be a blessing too.

The 5000BTU (~0.4 ton) window unit I have installed makes a noticeable difference in the comfort level of my garage. On a hot day (90-95F/95-100%RH outside), temp in garage will get over 80F (when I set the unmarked thermostat so that the compressor will cycle on and off) but the humidity is knocked down to about 50%. 50% is still a little higher than I would like but MUCH better than 100%. I have some box and radial fans on standby but haven't done enough hard work out there to spin them up so far.

If you're going to be welding, you'll need to keep a close eye on your A/C filter(s).

I'm hoping that when I finish insulating the ceiling the A/C will be able to drop the humidity even more. I also need to install a seal on the bottom of the garage door - bought the seal, just haven't felt like installing it.

Edit: An extractor hood would probably be counterproductive - it would blow your conditioned air outside and suck outside air inside.

nice!!!

I just installed a cheap 9000btu mini split in our guest suite (renting on Airbnb) and I couldn't be more impressed with it. <$600, super effective, and surprisingly quiet.

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Working on my Garage build now,,,16x32x12’ :ugh2:
Started first weekend in November & hopefully be completed by 12/31/19’ :icon14: :excited:

:ugh2:
Exterior is gonna be HD pole barn style :tiphat:

Get that seal installed?

Nope. Might get to it once the weather warms up. Have a few other projects with higher priority. Need to finish insulating the ceiling. Right now, I'm having one of the bathrooms painted.

The expanded workbench has come in handy. Used it to work on some guns (bought some gunsmithing screwdrivers) and several repairs on a buddy's vehicles. Will set up my electroplating project again when warmer weather gets here.

Let's see that workbench!

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The new/old split is where the stool with box is.
Edit: New part is to the left.
http://www.the370z.com/members/south...-workbench.jpg

Very nice! This is my new creation.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c46f41bcdf.jpg

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Wow! Excellent set up. And oh so much cleaner and neater than mine. ;)

Thanks! Its been complete for about 48 hours so we'll see how long it stays neat...

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I'd like to see a pic in 6 months or so. :)

You have plenty of peg board to help keep things neat. Most hardware stores will have a wide selection of "pegs" to fit different kinds of tools. I've found that the pegs with the leg that pokes in the hole below the hook part will stay put much better when you grab a tool.

Finally, I also got to my garage and decided to clean up the tools. But almost immediately I ran into a problem - my toolbar does not open. The top drawer is jammed and I could not solve this problem. finally, I found a solution on the Internet how to do this, I finally understood. And if you have the same problem, the solution is here https://toolboxwiki.com/blog/how-to-...olbox-drawers/