1/6/2019:
Today I went down to Jacobhouse and started off by fixing the door. It had been catching a little bit on the top left corner (looking from the outside), so to fix it, I started off by taking out a little bit of the weather stripping near that part of the frame and putting in a screw behind it like I was originally supposed to. This rectified it only slightly, so I next looked for any other potential causes for the catch. It ended up being the screws that attach the top hinge to the doorframe. I tightened them up, and now the door swings open and closed in a fashion that can only be described as silky smooth. Satisfying.
This was followed by retrieving the skillsaw from the barn, helping Padre with a few cows, and then returning to Jacob house to begin measuring and cutting the 2x4s that I will be using for the south wall of the bathroom. This consisted of the top and bottom (106″ long), the end boards for both sides (94 3/4” long), a vertical 2×4 for the right and left sides of the rough opening (again, 94 3/4“), a vertical 2×4 for between the left side of rough opening and the wall’s leftmost board (94 3/4“), and two more 2x4s for the bottom and top of the rough opening to place between the vertical rough opening boards (74” each). I will end up cutting some blocking to support the space between the top rough opening 2×4 and the frames topmost 2×4, as well as some blocking to attach the frame on the bottom to the bathroom’s base boards.
I got some of the cutting done in the morning, but I will be finishing a bit more of it this afternoon – at least the vertical 2×4 portions. In regard to building the wall frame, I plan on doing it on the porch again. Then, when it comes time to bring it inside, me, Padre, and Wag will bring it in through the container’s postern (originally front) doors.
*More notes: I found a dent/hole in the side of Jacobhouse today. It was not very large, but it went deep enough to show the insulation beneath. To fix this, I got a piece of JB Weld Steelstik, squeezed it up a bit, and flattened it across the hole. The patch was in full sun, so it hardened up straight away, and now there’s no chance of water getting inside the container wall. Simple fix.
