Thanks for all the lighting info Sleepy. I hadn't given any thought to how many lights the RV bay door would block when it's opened. The gods must be on my side though, because it looks like the door will only block two fixtures. Maybe I should just make those two fixtures double-tube instead of four-tube. Also, the retaining wall between the upper and lower bay gives me the possibilities for lower hanging task lights either off the wall face, or from the underside of cabinets.
The apron slabs have finally been poured, and the painting is well under way.
Part of pouring the apron slab in front of the upper bay was pouring this curb wall at the same time. The curb wall will have a metal railing set in it just like the one inside the garage, so getting the pipe sockets inserted in the concrete while it was still wet was critical. (CRITICAL!)
I helped the concrete guy build the forms for the curb wall, marked the top of the forms where the sockets needed to be set, and set the sockets right next the the form. The plan initially was to pour one slab last Thursday, and the other on Friday. Because of scheduling conflicts at the concrete plant, we could only get the trucks on Friday, so we were going to have to pour both slabs at once.
I was hoping to take Friday off to lend a hand, but work commitments got in the way of that. He had helpers though, so I wasn't leaving him short-handed. I left the house just as the first truck showed up. The last thing I told the concrete guy was "Don't forget the sockets!"
I didn't make it back home till that evening. The slabs looked good, but as I approached the curb wall I could tell the concrete guy was nervous. He tells me just as I'm seeing for myself: "I forgot the sockets". My reaction was similar to this
Jack Bauer 24 video, but it went on longer. WAY longer. :E Jeez, I couldn't believe he let that happen! :M
I think I scared him, because he picked up his sledge hammer and busted the curb wall out before it cured any longer. He then came back on Saturday and rebuilt the form, and re-poured the wall using bags of Quick-Crete. He brought his wife and two little boys with him, and I couldn't help but get a kick out of watching his kids playing around while their Dad worked. I helped entertain them and fed them some ice cream, and by the time he was finished I was in a good mood again.
I called the welder this morning and told him what happened, and that he could come out and take his measurements today. He said "I wish you would have called me cause I just bought a set of core-drills. I could have drilled the holes we needed". AUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!
The installers for the RV bay garage door came out yesterday, but we had to back out and reschedule because the self-propelled scissor-lift they brought couldn't make it through the loose gravel at the end of the asphalt driveway.
Or jump the 5" tall edge of the apron slab.
So they left the door panels in the garage and they'll come back after the asphalt is fixed next week.
The painting is coming along nicely, though. They might be done on Friday.
Remember my magnet-on-a-rope nail getter? I've kept that thing busy picking up all the tire-poppers that the builders have dropped over the past few months. This is what I've collected. Amazing.
And this is my burn-pile of "ugly wood". A lot of burnable waste is generated from a project like this. I'm waiting for a rainy weekend to burn this. The pile to the left of the burn pile is all scrap metal. That's the only thing I'm going to have to haul to a landfill. I had the excavator dig me a deep hole to push all the concrete/asphalt/cinder-block rubble into. Dirt and rock will all be reused around the property.
We've been letting the apron slabs cure several days before driving on them, but I'm planning to put the cars in the garage for the first time tomorrow night. I told the boss she could be the first one to drive into the upper bay. The lower bay slab won't be driven on until after the asphalt is fixed.
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