6/18/19
(Above: An image taken as we were pulling out of Home Depot with a van full of cargo.)
Building Summary: Today I started off by venturing down to Jacobhouse, tidying up the place, filling in the ditch I dug for the electrical intake cable, and compiling a list of supplies that I needed in addition to sheet metal wall paneling, flooring, and extra PVC conduit parts*.
After that, I returned to oldhouse and from there went on a grocery / supply run into Ocala with Madre. There, we procured the abovementioned items and looked at some countertops. In regard to the latter, I think I’ll probably end up making my own counter. Too many of the surfaces that Home Depot displayed were underlaid with a foundation of particle board. It was not low quality, but I simply feel I could make something better. Perhaps using a method akin to this.
Commentary: The most eventful part of this day came near the end of our time at Home Depot. For much of the morning, the sky had been looking more than a tad imposing with it’s low-flying bands of grey and the dark – almost black – regions of rain in the distance. It was as Madre and I were attempting to load the 14 sheets of exceptionally sharp** galvalume roofing metal into the back of the van that one of those clouds decided to ‘make good’ on their threat.
The rain arrived first as a few pelting pellets, and then as a deluge, giving Madre and I both a fairly thorough soak and causing us first to hasten and then to retreat back toward the store when we couldn’t fit all the metal into the van quickly enough. Fortunately, the rain did not remain strong for long, and Madre was able to park the van underneath the lumber dock. There, we finished loading everything in: lumber, metal, mini-fridge***, and all.
Madre, myself, and the metal got plenty wet, but that’s a joke on the rain. We humans dried out eventually, and in regard to the metal, it’s meant for rain. I suppose that’s a benefit of using roofing material for wall paneling. On even more positive note, though, we were able to stop by Publix on the way home and procure some fresh sushi and salad fixings.
Final Note: Tomorrow morning (or later today), I intend to get all of today’s supplies out of the van, and then I will likely set about getting the meter-to-panel box conduit (and internal heavy gauge cables) to hitch into the in house panel box. If I still have time after that, I will begin planning the closet-wall’s inner workings, for now I have all the required materials to build the slide-out wardrobe’s frame.
(6:24 PM Update) It turned out being the ‘later today’.
*These extra supplies included some corner trim and some form of fasteners for the sheet metal. I didn’t get either, though, because I could not find the appropriate trim. In regard to the fasteners, I thought I would be able to use a combination of self-tapping screws and ‘liquid nails’. Before I could commit to a purchase, though, I had to research at home to see if liquid nails works on metal. (Turns out it does not, but this silicone based adhesive does.)
** Whilst placing it in the van, a slight ‘brush’ of the metal against the back door’s rubber weather strip gave it a deep slice. The same occurred for the plastic on the back of the drivers seat when we accidentally pushed it in a tad too far. Needless to say, I’m glad Madre and I purchased some gloves to handle the material.
***For the farm.