Just recently had enough warm weather to fire up our A/C unit, and began to notice a stale wet, and moldy smell in the workshop. It was weak at first and I could only smell it when I first opened up the room in the evening. In a few days it was a very noticeable smell. I bent over and pressed down on the carpet.
squish squish. :-[
A little more looking revealed a wet ceiling(in a closet, so I didn't see it for about two weeks). Further inspection in the attic showed the water had followed a twoxfour along an eight foot section of wall. The entire wall of sheet rock.
#$^$#@m!!m, 3%!$F1$!!!!!! :-X
First step is to clean out everything and rip up the carpet. Which I wanted to get out of the workshop anyway. That's one positive. The wife and I had discussed doing away with the carpet in all the bedrooms and hallway and laying down wood composite floors. So looks like we can do that now.
I had a strong desire to upgrade the electrical wiring from our meter panel to the shop to support some 110V 20 amp circuits and add 220V outlet. Looks like that will be easy to do now. Everything up to the panel that is. The last few inches of connection/upgrade, will cost me some buck$.
Another plus would be building in the storage units as a part of the wall and being able to create a custom workspace.
Drat$ and double drat$, :'(
Kermit-Sheetrocking and floorlaying, plus oddjobs and plumbing. All done for free! You can call and try to make and appointment, but I assure you we are booked up well into the new year.
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