Since the workshop is such a major, pervasive event in our lives right now I thought it would be a good idea to highlight what has happened so far and where we are today.
(These pics and more can be found here: Building Album.)
We started the project in late November, sometime after Thanksgiving. The plan was for a 22′x30′ outbuilding to house our budding business. The 22′ was somewhat arbitrary since I chose it only because it was the same width as the garage. Thirty feet long was about as far as I felt we could go and still maneuver around the yard.
We figured that since it was technically a shed, in unincorporated county land, with simple construction, we would just blaze away without permit or other troublesome details.
This was the floor joists after a day or two of work.
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| From Building |
It was really gangbusters from there, remarkable progress daily with the building taking shape by the 5th or 6th day.
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| From Building |
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| From Building |
And then, on December 5th, we got red tagged.
For those who always do things right the first time around and don’t know what that means, allow me to explain. A red tag is what the Permit and Inspection folks slap on your ass being in violation of code. Also known as a work-stoppage or giant suck-fest.
Work stopped for over 2 months. I’ll fill you all in soon on what it took to get us back on track.
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