Finally Building a New Office
Added 2024-04-14 00:20:27 +0000 UTCChanneling my questionable carpentry skills.
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What kind of conduit? Plastic or metal? Plastic is ok In a protected application, metal is required where it is exposed (hanging on the wall.) If you're going to put it in a wall and still want the impact protection, then BX (armored cable) is NEC code. Your area may have a different requirement.
John Lottes
2024-04-21 20:35:02 +0000 UTCDid you get the palm nailer, Wes? Let me know if you have the same reaction to it I did.
Marc Lippmann
2024-04-20 01:58:44 +0000 UTCOption: Using surface mount power (all switches and outlets connected with conduit) for shop and workshop offices, offers flexibility in the future (e.g. move/add outlet). It also makes insulating, vapour barrier and drywalling much better and faster.
Marshall
2024-04-16 21:53:25 +0000 UTCLove your videos. Keep them coming.
Jay Geist
2024-04-16 14:55:50 +0000 UTCLooks awesome Wes! Nicely done on the safety factor calcs!
Matt Londergan
2024-04-15 12:46:08 +0000 UTCI know you've already bought the drywall, but I personally don't like it in garage and spaces like yours. I think (even for your office) nice plywood or OSB (painted of course) holds up way better in the long run. There's really no benefit to the smoother surface that drywall provides in your application. Your framing looks good though!
Nicholas Hansford
2024-04-15 11:49:38 +0000 UTCI too was a little concerned about Mrs Wes if that piece of sheeting she was working on with her foot unexpectedly let go... I was afraid she would of went down with it and took one for the team!
Greg G.
2024-04-15 11:19:12 +0000 UTCI would gladly let you borrow my framing nailer even shipped it up to you
sean
2024-04-15 05:40:59 +0000 UTCplease (please) do yourself the favor and hire out the drywall work. it's something that is done so well by people who do it well, and horribly botched by the rest of us.
Bill
2024-04-15 01:15:56 +0000 UTCI thought Mrs Wes was going to go for a fall there a couple times. Where was OSHA during this project? LOL
Curtis Roberts
2024-04-14 20:38:04 +0000 UTCYeah, if I had known before I started I might not have started! Once I had the wall down and put the beam in it's place, I was in it for the long run, like it or not. Threw a quick image up on imgur if you're so inclined: https://imgur.com/a/dZzK4PD
Keith Mezzina
2024-04-14 20:04:41 +0000 UTCAs a carpenter myself I have to say that went pretty well. Also like the windows, I would like to have an overview over my shop when sitting in the office.
thedeafguitarist
2024-04-14 19:57:58 +0000 UTCTell us about the finger injury.
Bill Scott
2024-04-14 18:59:05 +0000 UTCLooks good so far. As far as estimating how long things take, think of number... you know how it goes, This is much more accurate than any other method I've found. You never know what the building is going to demand until you try something. Then you find that won't work 'cos that won't fit in with the pipes etc, and so on. We've all been there and got several t-shirts to prove it. Just do what you think you want and be happy with what you get. From UK.
Ian McKay
2024-04-14 17:53:04 +0000 UTCWes, I think you give a lot of us hope ... Eric O.. "if I can do it, you can do it" (no, I can't Eric) Yours is the opposite "if it can be done, then I can do it, thanks for watching" (a window to the outside (along the outside wall) might be nice just for natural light - you can probably add that later)
Stephen
2024-04-14 17:18:28 +0000 UTCAndrew would have welded the whole thing out of steel :-) And, put out a three-hour marathon video at 0200 months and months after the fact. :-)
CapnMac82
2024-04-14 17:16:46 +0000 UTCEstimating how long projects will take is hard. I've only been doing that for 40 years, and I'm no expert. Now, had you asked, I would have told you to, on the next trip "to the City," to go scrounge the pawn shops for a Senco air nailer, since you already have air available in the shop. Screws are IBC ok with TJI, if "iffy" under IRC--Canadian rules would have likely insisted on Simpson brackets, though. You are going to really, really want a right-angle head for a drill motor when it comes time to run wiring (you may also want a box of 5-10 hole saws around 1" and/or 1.5" diameter--you want the box, as they go dull in a heartbeat wearing through TJI).
CapnMac82
2024-04-14 17:15:35 +0000 UTCLooks great! Kinda silly but I have that same Vaughn fiberglass hammer. I canโt hit a nail straight to save my life but I love that hammer.
Don Delagrange
2024-04-14 16:45:44 +0000 UTCAyy up Wes and family,looking good Wes,cannot wait for the next instalment
craig orford
2024-04-14 16:22:57 +0000 UTCI just found Trusscore Wall & Ceiling board instead of drywall. I am going to use in my garage. It can even come with slots for hooks.
Robert
2024-04-14 16:10:22 +0000 UTCYikes, 10 months of hand digging!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 14:57:05 +0000 UTCLong story short, either zero vapor barriers (so walls can breathe) or barriers on both the inside and outside of the walls so their fully protected. Adding a barrier to only one side is what gets you into trouble
Chris Freemesser
2024-04-14 14:42:27 +0000 UTCThe new office/storage loft looks good, Wes! Projects always take longer than expected. I dug out part of my crawlspace (My garage is under house) to give myself a 'workshop'. Retired, so I had time and was kind of tired of not having dedicated shop space that wasn't right next to my car. Didn't think it would take too long. Once I opened up the wall into the crawlspace and started digging, that changed pretty rapidly. The soil in that space is very clay heavy, and when I took a pick to it, the pick almost bounced off. Then I decided to do the math on how much dirt was actually there, it came out to be a bit over 18 yards of dirt. Ended up having to borrow a demolition hammer with a spade bit, and chisel out cubes of the clay. Which I removed. By hand, with one of those gorilla carts. It took 10 months to dig out all the soil. Another two months for concrete work, framing up a new partition wall between the shop and the rest of the crawlspace, plumbing, and electrical. It was a pretty immense amount of work, but now I have a shop space with a sink and a floor drain, which is key for the days I brew beer. It's well lit and houses most of my tools and I can now work on projects without having to pull my car out of the garage.
Keith Mezzina
2024-04-14 14:19:04 +0000 UTCMy thoughts are it makes the space feel less like a cave, and lets you keep an eye on the shop when in the office.
Keith Mezzina
2024-04-14 14:06:30 +0000 UTCYes, much. No taping or mudding, and it is waterproof and washable. It is kind of like an interior vinyl siding, but flat like a wall. I believe it also comes in a slatboard style for hanging things. Some building supply places have it (not big box). Clarno Lumber in Clarno, WI carries it. But maybe someplace closer to you has it also. You can see details about it at trusscore.com.
centauri61032
2024-04-14 13:55:42 +0000 UTCBeen there done that!! Always longer than I thought!! Did all the wiring, lighting, in a two story 30 x 40 building for my retirement hobbies. Hired upstairs dry wall done, downstairs trimmed out the dry wall with wood used to brace floor joists, Upstairs is my theater and electronics workshop, downstairs is my welding, wood shop, car storage. It has worked well for 23 years so far.
StarWatcher
2024-04-14 13:49:57 +0000 UTCAre you sure, I will be driving by you anyway.
Arnold Boyd
2024-04-14 13:09:45 +0000 UTCThe only reason you would want the VB would be for air tightness to make the AC more efficient. For such a small space it with be pointless. Even a window shaker will over come the leaks and it will translate into pennies a day.
K H
2024-04-14 12:40:34 +0000 UTCThere is a certain comfort in watching others board the struggle bus in much the way that many of us have in our youth that makes you think, yep, least I'm not the only one.
K H
2024-04-14 12:38:01 +0000 UTCDefinitely looking forward to part 2, and 3, and 4....
Zach Frjelich
2024-04-14 12:31:35 +0000 UTCYeah I know!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 12:28:18 +0000 UTCI just like lots of windows.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 12:28:06 +0000 UTC"I'm not a carpenter" but you sure do swing a framing hammer better than the "carpenters" building new houses in the tract next to me !!! Overall think you are doing a good job.
Gary Kaiser
2024-04-14 12:02:01 +0000 UTCI would love to see the first video shot here be the electric truck video remade by collaborating with Edison Motors. Lots of fun politics up here in BC. The hornets nest in Victoria has been kicked. The corruption and controversy is thick in the air.
Terry Lawrence
2024-04-14 11:48:46 +0000 UTCDon't throw that trim away ! you bought any of that stuff lately !??
Maurice Johnson
2024-04-14 09:55:23 +0000 UTCWhy the windows in the lower room? Lights are needed anyway, and wall space is rare in any workshop. So why make windows? Or just go with a door with a window, in case you want to have some kind of view.
adorfer
2024-04-14 07:09:00 +0000 UTCWatching the โassistantsโ is terrifying me ๐ซฃ
Tom Rolfe
2024-04-14 06:04:18 +0000 UTCI looked at it previously. Bonkers price for fancy dairy board. They're in a marketing spending boom it seems cause their product != Cost. $322 for 85 SW ft of board.. They market it as 8ft boards, but they're only 16 inches wide..... Unless I'm an ass, feel free to smoke me on this. Dairy board is really not that bad when not full farm hand installed. I don't know what drywallers get these days, but $125 a 4x8 sheet, hung and mudded, seems like plenty of margin....
mrklean
2024-04-14 03:40:59 +0000 UTCI thought about that. I guess I still could.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:36:09 +0000 UTCOnly once...
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:35:37 +0000 UTCYes. It's awful. I did a whole ceiling in a shop once and vowed never again.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:35:25 +0000 UTCNot yet.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:34:42 +0000 UTCYeah I don't know what would be needed on an insulated interior space. For every article you read, you can find two that disagree.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:34:25 +0000 UTCI thought about it. It's not even much more cost. Next time.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:33:28 +0000 UTCYeah, there's only so much shimming my soul can stand.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:32:35 +0000 UTCYeah he did a nice job on his shop.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:31:56 +0000 UTCI'll be looking for it!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:31:42 +0000 UTCThat sounds right!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:31:26 +0000 UTCThat would be ideal.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:31:07 +0000 UTCI think for the sake of sanity I should sub it out.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:30:48 +0000 UTCThanks!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:30:27 +0000 UTCI dunno about that.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:30:17 +0000 UTCIt would be a good use for an old radial arm saw, but those have pretty much all vanished.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:29:50 +0000 UTCI think the secret is to not look too close. Just pound the nails and look away.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:29:20 +0000 UTCNever heard of it. Is it easier?
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:28:38 +0000 UTCI'd probably hurt myself with it.
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:28:14 +0000 UTCThat's the hope!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 03:27:44 +0000 UTCArnold, please do that for him. Watching him pound nails like that was painful.
John Lottes
2024-04-14 02:57:00 +0000 UTCRough framing, plumbing, HVAC, rough electrical, insulation, windows, doors, drywall, finish electrical, trim, paint. DAMHIKT. I would've taken the glass to an auto tint shop and had them match it to the tinted. Reframing is more work and I'm lazy.
John Lottes
2024-04-14 02:52:50 +0000 UTCDid the hammer find your finger?
Michael Wright
2024-04-14 02:50:44 +0000 UTCI hate doing drywall
Brandon Bradley
2024-04-14 02:09:29 +0000 UTCIts taking shape Wes. Nice customer car. Did you get the tool changer working on the hurco?
Darran
2024-04-14 02:09:01 +0000 UTCWood ๐ฑ
James Riordan
2024-04-14 01:43:09 +0000 UTCIf the office eventually gets AC while the shop does not, there's going to be some amount of condensation happening there. I'd say vapor barrier on both the inside and outside of the walls
Chris Freemesser
2024-04-14 01:36:28 +0000 UTCVapor barrier or no vapor barrier, for the heated space? Seems like if there's any aspect of standard home construction that involves opinion, that's it. I had a DIY basement bath flunked for failure to install vapor barrier where I was sure I wasn't supposed to have it. And the inspector was sure i was.
Christopher Hogan
2024-04-14 01:21:32 +0000 UTCAlso I like 2x6 walls for extra insulation.
Sean Durgin
2024-04-14 01:01:08 +0000 UTCGreat work Wes, way too hard on yourself . Break down and buy air nailers. Even the cheap harbor freight stuff will work or something on marketplace. An HF air stapler is really cheap. But I am guessing you might be done before getting this. Having tools makes a great difference as you are well aware. I think you donโt love carpentry is because the materials are inexact and it makes the engineer in you crazy.
Tom Hollowell
2024-04-14 01:00:52 +0000 UTCI like how Steve summers took the glass from a slider and put them sideways for his shop windows. Allowed a lot of outside light above his workbenches.
Sean Durgin
2024-04-14 01:00:44 +0000 UTCAwesome it is turning out pretty nice. All this time I thought those stairs were access into your house. BTW I I am having something sent to you again.
Eric Corse
2024-04-14 01:00:15 +0000 UTCMy brother, a carpenter, used to call me a "wood butcher"
Bill Rutherford
2024-04-14 00:59:55 +0000 UTCDon't give her ideas!
Watch Wes Work
2024-04-14 00:59:55 +0000 UTCIt came to mind that the main floor should be the Man Cave and that the second level should be the She Shed. Demolition is tough and takes longer than expected! Construction looks awesome. ๐จ๐๐ฅ
Marshall
2024-04-14 00:58:51 +0000 UTCnice work . looks like a mister cool unit is needed for that office
gregory mais
2024-04-14 00:58:50 +0000 UTCAs a fellow can but should not drywall guy, I salute you no mater your decision
Greg
2024-04-14 00:58:05 +0000 UTCNice work especially for self proclaimed non-carpenter!
Peter Church
2024-04-14 00:53:59 +0000 UTCYou're a much better carpenter than I am.
Dennis Lesh
2024-04-14 00:53:02 +0000 UTCLDL beams scream chain saw to me haha
mrklean
2024-04-14 00:49:38 +0000 UTCYou did way better than I ever could have. I'm pretty good with plumbing, electrical, engine work, etc. But if you give me six pieces of wood that are already cut and pre-drilled, and I can't make a box. Something about carpentry has always escaped me.
South Street Barbecue
2024-04-14 00:48:11 +0000 UTCProbably too late to suggest now. But you may want to look into a product called Trusscore instead of drywall. Also, I'm surprised you didn't go to HFT and get a nail gun. They're really not that expensive, and well worth the lack of aggravation.
centauri61032
2024-04-14 00:47:01 +0000 UTCIf you still want to use an air nailer, I could drop one off to you Monday.
Arnold Boyd
2024-04-14 00:41:43 +0000 UTCLooks great ! I hope there will be a bit of a Studio where you can do some eduvacational videos from.
Terry Lawrence
2024-04-14 00:23:43 +0000 UTC
