It’s about time! LEDs have finally broken the 100 watt light bulb nostalgia barrier. The lights over the workbench are, quite literally, brighter than the sun. You can see shadows in sunlight coming in the window. I said, “Blinding, brilliant, glossy, high-tech lab white”. Six gallons of Velspar Base 2 later, that has been achieved.Continue reading “No More 100 Watt Nostalgia”
Category Archives: House
Restoration
The garage project was patching the crumbling brick near the floor on one wall. It was half tuck-pointing, half stuccoing. Quickcrete sells (via Knecht Ace [corporate really needs to work on that site]) handy little buckets of mortar. Since I didn’t expect to be mortaring ever again, all my equipment is in the Denver landfill,Continue reading “Restoration”
Unit Alpha – Garage 1
The Laird decided upon the “Unit Alpha” terminology. I agree that it is much superior to “Apt. A” or “Unit A”. Due to the lack of contractor availability, I’m playing contractor, yet again. I decided to start with the garage – how hard can that be, right? Let’s start with the tennis ball. It’s importantContinue reading “Unit Alpha – Garage 1”
Size Matters
With all the useless documents involved in buying and selling real-estate, why isn’t a basic floor plan required? I spent the weekend measuring and drawing. I’ve realized that my orientation is very relative (e.g. left/right) not absolute (e.g. north/south). The lot plan is north-up by accident. I started with the back of the house, whichContinue reading “Size Matters”
Hot Tub Saga Begins
We got a hot tub, sort of. We put down a deposit on a hot tub. We have the size (84×84) so we can get a pad poured. We have the electrical requirements (220×60) so we can get that upgraded. Alek at Splash City (no link because they don’t seem to have a web presence,Continue reading “Hot Tub Saga Begins”
Kitchen Elevations
I drew these at twice (half?) the scale so I could get better precision. It didn’t really help; this is still definitely NOT a blueprint. I’ve reduced them to share here. The shapes are made for floor plans, not elevations; that’s why they look so strange. That and the exhaust fan is actually a CRTContinue reading “Kitchen Elevations”
Kitchen Remodel
A blog is an odd place to keep track of this sort thing, but it needs to be written down somewhere and I can share this for feedback. Here’s what we’re starting with: That is more-or-less to scale with one big diagrams.net (formerly known as drawio) grid squares being a square foot and the resolutionContinue reading “Kitchen Remodel”
Above the Cloud
I’ve got Internet from Space! The Starlink connection is perfectly fine – and I’m switching from 1Gbs fiber so I have high expectations. The setup was confusing. It turns out, the packing insert with three pictures on it is the instructions. I kept looking for a booklet or something. There really are only three stepsContinue reading “Above the Cloud”
Marked Up 