While we await some magical creations from the carpentry shop, the masons and the concrete crew have center stage. Here’s a view of the almost-completed North Patio:
Here’s a little more detail about this weeks work…
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Week 133 (Annex Windows)
This week I’m choosing to highlight the progress we’re making on the Annex. Six months ago, the north face of the main studio was transformed as five 500-lb windows were carefully installed into the masonry voids. This week a much lighter task awaited, as four lithe double-casement windows slipped effortlessly into place:
While the physical installation is now complete, they are not yet trimmed or finished. When that’s done they will look very much like they match the Cypress of the soffits.
Here’s a view of the operable windows from the inside:
Week 132 (North Patio, Part 1)
The North Patio is something very special to me. It was not part of the initial drawings, but was an element of the design that grew organically as the studio took shape. By opening up some space beyond the booth windows, it helps to balance the scale of the nature that surrounds the building with the rooms that can look out into it. Moreover, it provides an excellent place to enjoy the beautiful north elevation of the studio, which is not so easy to appreciate when you are knee-deep in meadow.
The construction of the North Patio is relatively straightforward, except for the fact that in addition to the 1000+ sq ft of water run-off that it creates itself, it catches an additional 3000+ sq ft of water run-off from the north-facing roof facets. All of this had led to some extensive drainage planning and implementation, most of which was completed (for the patio) last week. This week, then, is the small matter of just preparing the forms into which the concrete will be poured, and then pouring and working the actual slab. Here’s where we started the week:
And here is where we finished:
Naturally, there’s much more to this story, and the many other tasks that were completed this week…
Week 131 (Panels Energized)
We have power!
The green sticker on the box feeding the meter means we passed the inspection, and the handle in the up position on the switch panel means current can flow from our local transformer into the facility. With much power comes much responsibility…
Week 130 (QR Wires Dressed, Part 1)
For several weeks the QR has been knee-deep in one sort of wire or another, like a meadow that’s grown well past the capabilities of the average lawnmower. Here’s where we were three weeks ago, with about half of the wiring pulled:
And here’s where we are this week, with a good bit of the wires were dressed and the floor swept clean:
And I do mean clean:
Week 129 (Panel Installs, Part 2)
The 800A Main Distribution Panel that was sitting on its pallet last week was installed this week:
The 8″ CMU blocks tell you it’s nearly 80″ tall! Let’s have a look inside…
Week 128 (Panel Installs, Part 1)
This week and next we’re installing electrical panels…and lots of them. The Main Distribution Panel (MDP) is for 800A service, and it’s about as tall as I am:
But there are many panels in many places now being installed…
Week 127 (RPG Soundwalls)
Last week we got enough good weather to make a start on the masonry walls that will ultimately separate our air conditioning condenser units from the rest of the studio environment. By making the blocks that face the units out of RPG DiffusorBlox, we can dramatically reduce the noise pollution of the condenser units, bringing greater peace both our neighbors and our own environment:
Week 126 (Framing the Annex)
Three weeks ago we started putting down wall plates, and now the Annex is mostly framed! Here’s a view from inside the Annex Control Room showing that not only are our framing members all up, but we’ve also got the IsoMax clips installed into all the rafters for the resilient channel:
Also of note are the two layers of sheetrock we’ve installed on the back side of the western half of the rear wall. If you have been following the blog closely, you may have noticed that unlike virtually all of the walls in the Main building, which have resilient channels on at least one side of the framing or another, we are not doing this in the Annex: we don’t need to. Continue reading “Week 126 (Framing the Annex)”
Week 125 (Loggia Slab, Part 2)
At long last, the main building is edging toward completion. The Loggia had long been the unfinished piece: last to get a roof and last to get a slab. But now that work is done, and it is gorgeous:
Here’s another perspective:
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