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Let there be light! We have the lights installed. 2 rows of 3 each.

I have 3 lights controlled by each switch. 2 in one row and 1 in the other for each.

Basic Electrical work is done in the shop! Time to start moving in!

We got the shop floor finished. We used 2 of the Epoxy-Coat kits “384-fl oz Interior High-Gloss Garage Floor Light Gray Epoxy-Base Paint and Primer in One”

We swept all the large stuff out and scrapped what we could off the floor. Then we sprayed it out with the hose and cleaned up with a large squeegee.

Then we used a half Muratic acid water mix in a hand sprayer over the whole floor, then rinsed and squeegeed again. The floor is pretty rough to begin with. Let it dry over night and then ran a lightly damp mop over it. When we finished, you could run your hand over the floor and it would be clean.

We made our own measuring stick for double batches. The one that comes with it is not very good, the lines disappear after the first patch. We transferred the lines from the stick to a scrap piece of ½ inch EMT we had, used a pipe cutter to etch in the lines.

We then prepared and applied as instructed in the included video:

Think it came out pretty good!

We need to touch-up the walls a bit, but over all happy with the way it went down. Time will tell.

We have the power! Hooked up and on when needed. The panel is exposed and we turn everything off when not in use.

With the breakers in and a couple hooked-up:

Then we started hooking up the plugs:

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Started on the other side:

We will continue installing the shop plugs and then the lights. We are going to put the caps back on the floor plugs and hook them up after we do the floor. Then we will shift to the back room, we want to get the shop done first so we can start moving stuff in and use it.

What a weekend! The trenching was done Friday after work, went better than expected and we finished the evening ready to lay conduit and 3 strands of 2/0 and one run of #4.

We then dropped it in the trench and buried it up:

We started early and I really thought we would be done in time to go to town for lunch. We finished up around 6 in the evening, learned a lot and had some quality family time.

Started on the electrical. First we ran the cable puller through to make sure everything was clear. Then we put boxes 42 inches up from the floor and ran the plastic conduit:

Next came the breaker box.

Next we ran all the cables. They are all marked, labeled, and color coded, we know what run goes to what. Still need to run the conduit to the breaker box.

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Soon we hope to trench in the 3 strands of 2/0 to the breaker box and get it hooked up and start working on the plugs and lights.

Got the painting done and the interior door installed. Still need to trim everything out and put locks and door knobs on. Kind of hard to see:

Here is the office:

And a couple shots of the shop:

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Got the Ceiling taped and floated:

Everything got a second coat and was then sanded and cleaned up:

Back room has the same treatment and then textured:

It is hard to see, tried to get a shot around the window:

If the weather allows we will install the interior door and paint next week.

Well drywall is geting done this week. That is one thing I just dont have the skill or physical ability to do ourselfs. We had Eduardo Lezama (512-350-8997) and crew hook us up. They did some work for us at our other house, Clean work site, On time, great communication, and reasonably priced.

Here are a couple shots of things getting started:

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Here is the ceiling:

Here is the back room:

And here is a start on the floating and taping:

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