7/9/19
(Above: The hall’s left [north] side is now clad entirely in galvalume paneling.)
Building Summary: Today I began by using yesterday’s notes to mark/cut a piece of metal for the east side of the bathroom’s entry. This was followed by my fastening that sheet up with rivets and then by my taking yesterday’s ”oops” piece and lining it up with the freshly attached panel so I could see where I needed to make cuts. Fortunately, both cuts were to occur along natural grooves, so I did not even have to draw any lines.
Thus, I set about nibbling that piece down to size, and after I had done so, brought it in to check the dimensions. The sheet fit quite well, so I proceeded to do with it what I had with the prior panel; that is, fasten it in place.
With Wall #2’s exterior fully paneled, my next activity was to collect measurements for and cut a piece of metal for the westernmost wall of the bathroom’s interior. This consisted not only of knocking a large section out for the cupboard/shelving area but also a piece for the exhaust vent’s cover*. After all this was done, and after I had brought the piece of metal inside, I decided it was time to go to oldhouse and make lunch.
Commentary: It was a morning of constant motion at Jacobhouse, and as usually occurs on such mornings, much progress was made. The primary highlight to note for today was another lesson learnt in the ways of the nibbler. I was having slight difficulty cutting ‘across the grain’ (requires a large range of vertical motion from the drill – motion I did not have available at the time because I was cutting a rectangle out of the center of a galvalume sheet). So, what I did was drill an access hole to either side of each ridge; that way, when I got to a point where I could no longer push the nibbler forward, I only needed to pull the apparatus free and start at the next hole – this, rather than fetching and utilizing the jigsaw or hacksaw, both of which are notorious for bending edges and leaving jagged lines.
Final Note: Tomorrow, I will begin by making slight modifications to the last bit of paneling I was working on today. I need to trim away a couple little ridges so it can fit between the toilet’s pedestal and bathroom’s westernmost wall. After that’s done, I should be able to continue paneling the remainder of the bathroom’s interior. I’ll be interested to see how the curved corners turn out.
* To cut this hole, I ended up using the exhaust vent cover itself as a stencil.