3/22/19:
Building Summary: Today I started off by unpacking the bathroom vent fan from its box to see how I would go about mounting it. Unfortunately, it was the wrong type of fan. It was of the wall-mounted variety, but it was also ‘through-the-wall’, meaning that it was designed specifically to bring air from an inside-room to outdoors with no sort of duct work between*.
This was followed by more productive work. I hung the panel box near the entrance on the north wall of Jacobhouse (a process consisting of measuring, drilling, leveling, and then fastening with self-tapping screws) while Padre and Wag unrolled some Romex wire and fed it down the entire length of the container from back to front.
Commentary: It was a rather long morning at Jacobhouse, but it was certainly productive. There are two highlights I should mention. The first was hanging the panel box. It was not an easy task. With the relatively delicate pipe-works at my feet, the top screws for the panel box being at about eye level, and the available ‘augers’ being quite dull, I didn’t know if it was going to be a successful venture**.
Padre reminded me then of a small box filled with a mishmash of drill bits that have been collected over the years, and in that receptacle, I found one that was just the right size. Where I had been drilling at the stainless steel for a good couple minutes or so (straight) with the prior bit, the new one poked its way through in less than three seconds. From there, it was just a matter of hanging the box and putting in the self-tapping screws.
The second highlight occurred at the same time as the drill difficulty, for it was around then that Padre offered to uncoil some Romex and feed it through the container’s ridged floor from west to east. I gladly accepted the offer, and now, thanks to both his and Wag’s work, Jacobhouse has the beginnings of its ‘neural system’ in place.
Final Note: Tomorrow, I will be drilling some holes to bring the wires that Padre and Wag fed in today to their various ending locations. This will likely be followed by measuring and cutting a support board that the refrigerator line and electrical box can be fastened to.
To add to this (and perhaps something that can be tended to while I’m working on the second task mentioned above), I’ll be fabricating some form of temporary step stool so when we need to access the panel box, the pipes right below it will be protected and our footing shall be secure.
Additional Note: The Small Business Grant Contest is still live. I appreciate any and all votes for Master Blend Cattle Co.
*The fan has a metal weather hood welded onto it. Technically, I could break those welds and still use the fan, but it would probably be much more cost-efficient to just send it back and get a much cheaper fan meant for the intended job.
** Not completely true… I knew it was going to be successful procedure, and I knew it was going to happen this morning, but it really was an exertion utilizing those dreadfully dull drill bits.