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Liking it...........a lot. Its like you two picked up the dusty, slightly rusty, dingy vintage car that everyone else overlooked and now you are giving it the TLC (and blood, sweat, and tears) necessary to bring her back to her old glory. You guys see the potential!! Thanks for taking us along on your adventure!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Great project. Find anything interesting in all that old stuff?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great project. Find anything interesting in all that old stuff? </div></div>

Yes we did, mostly buried large format fasteners and hardware from the original valve shop. Nothing of value just archaeologically significant to the building's history. Some of it we kept and will find a way to display in the finished product.

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Very cool that you're maintaining some of the building's history.

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Thanks for jumping in Lloyd, needless to say neither one of us has spent any time on our cars this summer due to the &quot;project&quot; Sams description of the old building basically described the cars I restore as well.
What evolved over the past 5 months on our various skills was interesting as their was the occasional &quot;good Grief&quot;, &quot;WTF&quot; and &quot;really, are we building for a cat 5 hurricane?&quot;. The results will show.

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More photos of the tear out and completion of the back wall.

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps1xiq6llv.jpg

Framing started for the new rear door. We centered the door in the new back wall to allow for better Hoist and tool box location in the shop as well as even access to the back lot.

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...pslfhw0z0n.jpg

With the new wall assembled on the ground it was time for &quot;tilt up&quot;. The uneven proportions of the 60 year old upper beam caused some challenges in getting the wall securely on place. Having spent much of the Saturday evening using sledge hammers top and bottom to no avail, it was time to get out the heavy metal.
Using a 7000 LB Yukon XL as an anchor point, a 30 foot cargo strap and a ratchet come a long, the wall was eased into place and Lloyd emptied an air nailer magazine (500 nails) to secure the wall forever.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...pssgblj4dx.jpg


a shot from the back of the lot. realizing we had a drainage problem, we opted to install all pressure treated plywood along the bottom row of the back wall. More on drainage later.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...pspsm66ilf.jpg

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for jumping in Lloyd, needless to say neither one of us has spent any time on our cars this summer due to the &quot;project&quot; Sams description of the old building basically described the cars I restore as well.
What evolved over the past 5 months on our various skills was interesting as their was the occasional &quot;good Grief&quot;, &quot;WTF&quot; and &quot;really, are we building for a cat 5 hurricane?&quot;. The results will show. </div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold">Project Musings 1.0 </span>
- 8 layer walls
- Nothing plum, square or straight
- Alice in Wonderland Room
- Slatwall or Slotwall?
- Knotweed Nemesis
- 1 Panel per Day Quota
- Nail Gun &quot;Rent not to Own&quot;
- If 3 are good 4 nails are better
- Horsetails
- Asphalt Phil
- CB
- Demo Man
- Drainage
- Titanic 2.0
- Greg BFF
- Wine Powered Forklift
- Sawdust
- Electrical Quote Surprise
- Cedar Twist
- Tree Trimming - Bby FU
- Orange Cones and Hilti Fasteners
- Hitchcock Seagulls
- &quot;Repairs&quot;
- Ladder Legs
- Welcome Siren
- Dismantling the Watch
- Country Music and Peter Pan
- Door to Nowhere
- Is the power to the boiler disconnected?
- Windex Clear
- Running Man
- Blinding LEDs
- Urban Hillbilly Metal Men
- Floor Grinding Monster Machine
- Summit Frequent Flyer
- Home Depot Pro Parking
- Grandview BT No Show
- Painter Disappearance
- I hate drywall

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Musings:
Butyl Rubber = Dumdum for buildings!

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i love this thread

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The height (12') and width (~30') of the new 2 x 8 high bay wall framing necessitated 2 sections. As the large timber header beam had a distict &quot;twist&quot; to it, trying to tilt up, fit and align the header plates was...well...difficult hence the GMC Yukon powered solution.

Demo Begins on the High Bay wall:
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...pstmml4sog.jpg

First Sticks of New Framing for the High Bay. Note the exposed vertical timber beam - a thing of the past:
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...psc80kb7p2.jpg

Our Good Friend MEJ Playing Pickup Stix:
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...psnb5pfpvy.jpg

Another View of the First Section of Framing Installed - Exterior View
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...psqpkmp4tu.jpg

Interior View of the First Section of framing with the original Slider Door still in place (blue edge)
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...psurrz5kfc.jpg

Full Back Wall Reframed, Slider Door eliminated and new Overhead Door relocated and roughed in.
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/...psadl53lnq.jpg