5/13/19
Building Summary: Today I was only able to work on Jacobhouse in the morning. However, during that time, I began putting together the shower stall. So far, about half of the front curved wall is up, and both back walls are in place.
I also ordered a portable dual-hose air conditioner last night from Sylvane. This one. However, before heading out this morning, I found an even better deal for the same unit on Amazon. I cancelled the midnight order, and was just about to procure the bargain when I began reading more reviews. To say the least, my ‘midnight goggles’ are much more forgiving than my morning pair. So, I dropped the idea of the first device entirely and instead went with this one from Compact Appliance. Though a little bit more expensive, it seems like a much more solid choice and also comes with supplemental heat.
On the note of ordering another portable air-conditioner, I am doing so because the one presently in Jacobhouse is of a single-hose variety. It intakes the air from inside my abode, cools half of it and jets the other half as heated exhaust to the outdoors. Due to the container being quite airtight, this system causes significant negative air pressure, and the other day (the same day I decided my current A/C would not work), there was such a vacuum that my ears popped when opening the front door.
Conversely, dual hose portable air conditioners intake air from outside to evaporate the moisture from the coolant coils and then jet that air back outside – all while another fan circulates interior air over a separate portion of the cooling coils and returns that air back to the interior (thus maintaining neutral air pressure and not siphoning in warmth from outdoors).
Commentary: It was a grey, humid day outside of Jacobhouse, and for a great portion of the morning, there was rain, flashes of lightning, and peals of thunder. Though the atmospheric conditions made it quite dark in the container home, they also provided me with pleasant ambience while putting together the AH Furnico shower stall.
As for the assembly’s progress, it has been easy thus far with the most tentative portion being at the beginning when constructing the front curved panel. This consisted of attaching two lengthy and narrow (5′ by ~7″) glass panes to a rounded track, and I must say, even though I handled those panes with extreme care, it felt like they could break at any moment*. Thankfully, they really sturdied up when attached completely to their track, and even moreso when the two back panels of black tempered glass were added to the whole.
In all, I’m quite happy with how the shower stall assembly is going thus far.*
Final Note: Tomorrow, I intend to complete the shower stall assembly. If there is time afterward, I will likely work on hole #4 for Madre’s container office.
*Especially when the thunder got to rattling them in their frame.
**This was particularly true when I set the stall ‘lid’ on top and stood inside the shower with shoes off. There was still a good 2 inches of space above my head! That’s almost as good as my current shower where sometimes the nozzle loosens up and commences to crash against my skull.