2/24/19:
Building Summary: Today I revised my strategy for straightening up the closet-wall. It is still very close to the same plan, except I took out the 36″ side-boards from the mini-frame. I did this because I need a place for two electrical boxes on that wall, and the 36″ board would have blocked at least one of them.
It should also be noted that I hooked up the air-conditioning today, using the adapter Padre provided me with yesterday.
Commentary: Today began with more Wagyu shenanigans down at Jacobhouse, but I won’t go into detail for fear of making the novelty into something less. I’ll just say that in place of the large geranium plant by my porch, there was little brown calf laying atop a bed of ‘trampled’ verdurous leaves.
Other than that, there were a couple little highlights. The first was the plan modification mentioned above. I did not like the idea of taking apart the nicely aligned frame I made yesterday, but I did it anyway, and now I’m glad for having done so. The new plan will work just as well as the old one, and it shall provide me with enough space for both a bedroom light and light-switch.
The third highlight was of the most interest and concerns the portable air-conditioning unit. We presently have it hooked to the sewer line, using a 4″ to 3″ adapter* (currently the easiest way to get the hot-air exhaust out of Jacobhouse). Saying this, I ran into a little bit of trouble at first because the hot air seemed to want to rise back in through the hole where the sewerline makes its exit. To fix it, I ended up laying some plastic bagging and boards around the outlet.
What I did not know, however, was that the hot air was not so much rising back into Jacobhouse as it was being sucked back into Jacobhouse. It turns out the container home is quite air tight, so while it was breathing out the exhaust air, it was simultaneously pulling that same air right back in around the exhaust pipe. Padre and I found this out when he came to visit me and he had slight trouble getting the front door open. The whole entry was ‘vacuumed’ shut.
*We do plan on using the utility hole as an outlet for the A/C’s exhaust line, but we will not be using the sewer line as the final outlet.