I have begun tuck-pointing (or re-pointing) the crawlspace foundation brick. It took about two hours to re-point about ten square feet of wall. I think I can speed up that process by shifting over to using a different tool next time, but it was progress none-the-less. The first portion of the process, cleaning out the […]
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Dirt, Dust and Debris
For the last several days, after work hours, I’ve been prepping the crawl space under the 100+ year old house brick and stone foundation for tuck pointing. Much of the work requires a heavy duty blower to push the dust out of the crawl space. I am wearing a heavy duty full face respirator while […]
Wrapped up tight
The eastern half of the loft is now wrapped in it’s vapor barrier, a 6mil plastic over the fiberglass insulation. I finished up taping the seams and cleaned up the work space and some of the storage before having to call it a night. The next portion of the project will take place in the […]
10 Hours
That’s right, I just finished a ten-hour stream building the art loft again. I now have all of the insulation installed and the vapor barrier in place. I’ll poke at it off-stream just a little on Sunday, but I don’t have a day off for a while and wanted to make the loft heatable. Now, […]
6 Degrees of Seperation
It’s 6 degrees Fahrenheit outside now and my plan to work on the loft on Thursday is starting to look less and less appealing, but I still need to do it. The weather isn’t likely to warm up for a while. I need to get the loft space encapsulated before spring so I can use […]
Sealing up the ceiling
Tonight’s stream on Twitch.tv/xonikz showed a little bit more progress on the art loft, or maker loft. The vision is starting to take shape. Ceiling insulation and vapor barrier were put in place on the western ceiling by the end of the stream with some work done on the half wall that separates the computer […]
Wardrobe Changes Galore
Last night I streamed the entire process of setting up and photographing portraits for a LinkedIn profile pic. The photo session went well enough with a few technical hiccups, mostly due to the extreme cold of the loft right now. Thanks to the handful of chatters that stopped in from all over the globe and […]