Workshop Construction Update – The Hacker Workshop

Well, the move-out date on my self storage unit is fast approaching, which has had me motivated to finish the shop.

As of tonight, all (well, almost all) of the insulation is up and the workshop is (mostly) ready for drywall. I've had a few contractors out to the house to bid on hanging the drywall. So far, none of the bids have been low enough to convince me outsource this work. (Which is rather disappointing. Cheap labor is not hard to find in the Dallas area.)

Hacker Dad and Hacker Father-in-Law have volunteered to come over on Saturday to hang drywall, provided I have everything ready to go. While I really, really don't want to do this job myself, I can be an inveterate cheapskate and the relative merits of build-vs-buy are favoring a sore body this weekend.

Here are some pics of the current state of the workshop. As always, click for a full size version.

First wall, fully insulated. Framed out for an exterior door with paint on the floor to tell me where to tear out drywall in the future.

Back wall, fully insulated. Location of studs marked in white paint on the concrete lip at the floor.

Third wall, almost fully insulated. That cavity with the plumbing is larger than a 16 inch on center cavity. I quit to come inside and spend time with the kids.

Subpanel will be fed from a 90 amp breaker on the main panel. Many thanks to Hacker Brother, who helped me run that 2-2-2-4 aluminum cable through the attic.

Is 24 hardwired Cat5 runs too many for a 21 x 21 foot workshop? Yeah, that might be overkill. The white cable is Cat5 to the patch panel in the house where the internet connection is. The outlet box is for a network switch and wireless access point.

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