8/25/19
(Above: This is the beginning of the frame that I will use to close in the westernmost portion of the soffit.)
Building Summary: Today I began the morning by cleaning up the various equipment / form boards utilized in creating both concrete countertops. This was followed by my driving the big white pickup out to Jacobhouse and dropping off some 2x4s and plywood for the soffit-task I mentioned yesterday. The soffit-tasks for today included: measuring / marking / cutting an angle board*, fastening some support 2x4s to that board, and then placing / fastening the assembled frame in place.** To finish off the morning, I removed all refuse from Jacobhouse with Padre’s help: toilet box, window air-conditioner box, red tub of piece/parts/blocking, and a certain portable A/C.
(7:48 PM Update): Padre and I visited Jacobhouse this afternoon and thought up a plan for closing in the utility hole area. I’m going to make a little frame and attach it to the sub-counter frame that is already in place, and onto it, I will be able to slide a piece of plywood (and thus provide myself with a nice shelving area). Meanwhile, there will be a couple other pieces of plywood fastened both to the front and the sides that will completely enclose the sewer clean-out / piping. It is difficult to describe all this in words, but I believe the coming results shall show what I’m writing about soon enough.
TIL: Two nights in a row while I have been cooking in the evening, I’ve learned some interesting physics / chemistry facts:
- The speed of light and the speed of gravity are identical. (I.e. if the sun were to suddenly disappear, Earth would continue on its present orbit for 8 minutes and 20 seconds and it would continue to receive light for the same length of time. However, after those 8 minutes and 20 seconds are passed, darkness would arrive and the planet would go hurtling off its course.)
- Microwaves cannot melt an ice-cube on their own. There must first be some form of water – liquid water – source upon which the microwaves can act. Thus, if one puts an ice-cube into their microwave oven and starts it up, the cube will not melt until room-temperature (or the substrate upon which the ice cube is suspended) begins to heat up and melt the ice.
And from my brother, I learned that internet companies sell their internet at Megabits per second. Not megabytes. One megabit is 12.5% of a megabyte. For reference, that means our 8 megabit per second internet is actually 1 megabyte per second. That’s a shenanigan.
Commentary: It was an incredibly toasty outside today. As a matter of fact, I would state that when the sun was out, it was as if I was working in a broiler. No one – including the cows – enjoyed that weather, but within Jacobhouse there existed an ‘island’ of respite. The window air-conditioner along with 3-4″ thick reefer-container insulation are performing their tasks with exceptional efficiency, and I believe I must agree with Padre when he said that his visits to Jacobhouse were the coolest / most refreshing points of his day.
Here’s a bonus video I captured right before leaving the farm for the afternoon:
Final Note: Tomorrow I intend to cut and paint some pieces of plywood that I will end up closing the soffit with. I will also begin work on closing up the sub-subcounter area.
*I’ve watched multiple videos on how to use a speed-square to detect angles, but I’m still learning. Thus, this was the most frustrating task; it included my venturing in and out of Jacobhouse many times and trimming down the angles to size.
**Turned out quite nicely despite the earlier difficulties – a perfect frame for fastening plywood to.