firefighterjake - 22 October 2009 07:24 AM

It’s tough to get work done in the evenings this time of year . . . it gets dark so soon . . . it seemed like only two or three weeks ago I could at least work until 7 p.m. or so before it got too dark to see . . . now I have to pack it up by 6:15 p.m.

Yeah, and we have the time change coming up too… so it’ll be dark before most folks even get home.  I wish they kept it DST year round.

m0jumb0 - 22 October 2009 08:23 AM

I wish they kept it DST year round.

That would make for some very dark mornings. The sun wouldn’t be up until well after 8 in December!

Flatbedford - 22 October 2009 12:11 PM

m0jumb0 - 22 October 2009 08:23 AM

I wish they kept it DST year round.

That would make for some very dark mornings. The sun wouldn’t be up until well after 8 in December!

that’s ok… I’d rather be going to work in the dark than coming home.  obviously that wouldn’t work for everyone, but I can dream can’t I?

In the winter I drive to and from work in the dark.

Flatbedford - 22 October 2009 01:56 PM

In the winter I drive to and from work in the dark.

Same here . . . a bit depressing . . . and it makes it hard to get any outdoor work done around the house.

a little update, got the sheeting and electrical done last weekend.. went ahead and installed some floodlights for the back of the house too.  we were seriously lacking in lighting for the back of the house.  this weekend so far we’ve caulked everything and insulated.  and we have paneling up on the back wall and ceiling.  I think we’ll be trimming stuff out and ready to paint next weekend… *fingers crossed*

10 years ago I was able to add onto my house and not have to follow codes. A few ago they made it where the entire county now has to follow building codes. I’d love to be able to add onto my house “My way” again.. Good luck and looking forward to seeing more photos.

got most of the paneling up and the opening cut to the rest of the house.  this week i’m working on putting up some furring strips on the wall of the old house and getting the door in.  all that’s left is to frame the closet in and put up trim and paint.

Cool old planks on the origional part of the house. Don’t paint those bad boys they look too good as is.

this evening I finished the paneling on the last wall and tacked up the door.  will get started on the closets thursday and hopefully trim and paint this weekend

finished up the closet, put up bifolds, installed crown, and trimmed in most other stuff.  next are the strips over the paneling joints, then prime, caulk, paint

got the other side of the door casing up… have some oak glued and clamped up ready to go in for a threshold

window trim and crown molding

baseboard too

his and hers closets… probably mostly hers

and a storage area above the closets

ok, got all the painting done this weekend and shelves in the closets

trim’s done

ceiling painted

all the paint’s done, view from my office

can you spot the mistake?

Light switch on the wrong side of the door? Looks good to me.

geardoc - 15 November 2009 09:45 PM

Light switch on the wrong side of the door? Looks good to me.

you win the prize!  I can’t believe I did that… I’m going to re-hang the door to open the other way some time later after I’m sufficiently annoyed with having to reach behind the door the turn the lights on

No occupancy permit for you. 

Looking good.