One of the things I had time to do was to build a workshop bench which will be used for many things. I had some of the lumber that wasn't used in the house and had nail holes so the lumber company wouldn't take it back....so build a bench. These are the basic components...some 2x4 but mainly 2x6 which is going to make the bench heavy.
The front and back sections.
Looks like a cockroach with its feet in the air but now the sides are on and I put the rollers on the legs as well.
Top is on and the supports for the shelf underneath. Works well and I got rid of some of the exterior plywood as well.
This is some left over drywall I have been trying to sell on Craig's list...really heavy since it is 5/8 inch thick and 4x12 ft. and I have over 5 sheets of it right in the middle of the garage. You can also see I have left over mortar mix (11 bags) that each weigh 70 lbs. It is a problem to me to figure out how to move this stuff out of the garage since I will be doing some staining and need storage space pretty soon for the cabinets for the house.
Another project that has been going on is the County is cutting a new road through my land and the utilities are being moved. This is the trenching for the Verizon phone/internet line. They ended up cutting the water line so much equipment showed up as they fixed the problem. The white dirt is actually solid limestone they had to trench through to put the line down about 3 ft.
Very strong and scary heavy machinery.
View in front of the machine with the trench and the line that they were burying.
This ground isn't normally wet like this but it became a mush when they broke through the water line.
One major accomplishment in June was to have the gutter portion of the Rainwater Collection installed. The gutter material is painted aluminum that is formed as units.
The 6 inch size and shape are important to be able to catch as much rain as possible so it can be diverted to the 3 inch downspouts then to the 4 inch collection pipes covered with dirt that run around the perimeter of the house.
This is the continuous run for the 50 ft across the East side of the house. It is also bent to divert water to the front and back of the house where the downspouts are. There are 7 downspouts around the house.
Close of the the opening to the downspouts which will then be connected to 3 inch PVC Sch 40 pipe down the side of the house. I was pleased that they were able to match exactly the color of my hardie board trim.
It was interesting to see that where you would think is the logical place to put the downspout--the valley-- they said it was better to split the flow of water to the two downspouts. Otherwise, the water would just jump the gutter---we'll see!
The pipe coming out of the rock wall is the inlet for fresh air for the Energy Recovery System. It will eventually have a vent cover to keep critters out.
Another picture of the split and downspout location.
This location at the back had a couple of valleys coming together and proved to be a major water collector so we probably will change out the 3 inch downspout for a 4 inch. Fine tuning seems to be the rule of the day with this rainwater collection system. You would think we haven't been using rainwater forever.
I also finalized the orders for the appliances, cabinets, tile and the tank and pumps for the rainwater collection. I also contracted for trim work which includes a lot such as the wood on the ceiling the Great Room, doors (13), install cabinets (due July 6), trim out the pop-ups, baseboards, crown molding and all trim for windows and doors.
Things are beginning to pile up in the garage waiting to be installed.
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