Buffy’s Shop and Bar and Grill build

[Buffy]

Fair question, I guess my thinking was stick building would be more expensive per square ft than the prefab route. Not sure if that will be the case by the time I’m done.

 

[ghost]

With all the framing you've done, why didn't you just stick build from the start?

Fair question, I guess my thinking was stick building would be more expensive per square ft than the prefab route. Not sure if that will be the case by the time I’m done.

I know I will likely do my shop/office build in stages to attempt to save some coin. I would think stick built the whole thing would have been a lot more.

 

[Buffy]

I had my lifts moved to my new shop today. Decided I wanted them in place when my final electrical connections are made.

 

[Buffy]

Little more progress. The drywall is up and we are working on getting everything mudded and sanded.

 

[Buffy]

Due to family health issues I lost my drywall guy. We could not get anyone to come finish the rooms for us so we decided to put out big boy and girl pants on a for it ourselves. On thing I can say is the guy was not shy when it came to applying the mud. We sanded every night after work this pas week and all day yesterday!! Today we got all the dust cleaned up, of as best as we could and put a heavy coat of primer on everything. It doesn’t look like it but the purple drywall does not cover wells.

 

[Buffy]

The wife and I have finally made some more progress with the drywall. We have the ceilings painted and finished. We started getting color on the walls today. Had to make some patches after the paint dried but very minor. We will get the final coat on tomorrow, I hope. My plan is to set the exterior doors on Sunday.

 

[Buffy]

Got our shop side doors installed. Up next is flooring for the rooms and trim.

 

[Buffy]

This week’s accomplishments is we got the flooring laid in both the rooms. Next milestone is getting the trim down. Once we get the trim done we can call in the plumber and electrician and get our finals done!!

 

[Buffy]

We wrapped up our final to do before the trades show up this week. Got the base boards down and installed the wife’s glass organizer. Really looking forward to having power and functional bathroom!

 

[ghost]

The cube cabinet, was it bought or built?

 

[Buffy]

The cube cabinet, was it bought or built?

It was custom built. The wife uses it to store/organize her glass sheets.

 

[Buffy]

Shameless plug of the wife’s talents

 

[ghost]

Those are cool.

 

[Buffy]

Electricians started trimming out the building today. Should finish up tomorrow. Just need the lifts and cameras connected.

 

[Buffy]

Well, shop is pretty much done. Plumbers finished up today and electrical yesterday. Look for a shop moving sale soon!

 

[Buffy]

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve had an update. We finally got past all Alamance county inspections. Crazy wait until I could get someone to backfill around the building. Got power turned on and it’s been wonderful! Those LED lights put out the light, you just about don’t cast a shadow. We are getting stuff moved over which has been exhausting. But I did manage to customize the rooms. The wife is very happy! she won’t give me the pass code or secret handshake to gain access to her side , which sucks because the bathroom is on her side.

 

[Buffy]

I’ve got the back wall insulated and plywood in place. I used R15 Rockwool and 3/4 inch plywood. I even got fancy and worked the seams with drywall mud.

 

[Buffy]

I’ve finished with my interior walls for now and have started moving the big stuff in the shop. Sucker filled up quick. Still have my welding machines, plasma cutter, oxyacetylene rig and miscellaneous bottles of gas left.

 

[Buffy]

Finally got around to hanging some manly decorations.