Archive for January, 2009

Woodshop progress: insulation and drywall

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

My shop is too big! OK. That’s the last time you’ll hear that. Though the work continues it seems slow! There’s just a lot to do. I had the week off from work. It has been nice. Most of the insulation is done on the lower level. For now, I’ve just sealed off the attic room. I love insulation! Though temperatures have been in the 20’s and 30’s a very small fire in the woodstove keeps the place nice and comfy. Sheetrock is installed on 90% of the shop ceiling. The storage ceiling is yet to be done. Most of the ceiling was a two-person effort, with the help of Terri or Erin. (That’s the way to do it!) But I did about 5 panels on my own. The drywall lift I rented made the job pretty easy. I don’t know how else I could have managed to install drywall on an 11-foot ceiling. Cool stuff. I hope the engineer had an equity position. The Telpro panel lift is a great tool!

Drywall lift

Shop Ceiling

Barn at Sunrise

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

December 31, 2008 – Plain City, Utah
Plain City UT Barn at Sunrise
This photograph was a “team effort”. I was the driver. My daughter, Erin, was the photographer. In my youth, I enjoyed photography, and apparently the genes have successfully transferred. Erin visited for the holiday week, and brought her new high-end digital SLR camera. It was my suggestion that we go out to photograph some of Utah’s vanishing agricultural landscape. I’ve had the project in mind for some time. We had a great time and took lots of pictures. The photo above is the masterpiece of the week. We visited the site first on Tuesday, then decided to return Wednesday at sunrise for this shot.

Vanishing landscape? This particular barn is across the street from a new subdivision.