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No More Egress

Needed to get the basement doors finally boarded up.  These were the old egress from the basement into the carport, but since it's a garage now it's not a valid egress so they had to be removed.  Here is the before:  And here is the after According to code the entire wall between the house and garage must have drywall on it, so I'll probably do that pretty soon.  This is a long time in coming, as the old double doors never closed right and leaked air like a sieve.  This will also be the first wiring drop for the garage wiring, so getting this done now allows me to wire the garage properly. The original cover I had over the stairs was really hard to get up, more than I planned, as each section was just too big.  So I'll have to redesign that a little bit.

Pretty Much Done

About 99% done with the shelving.  Just a little fine-tuning to do.  Had the last minute idea to store the ladder in there, but it didn't fit so I'll have to tweek that section a little to make room for it, then I want to add one or two more cross slats and it should be done.

More Shelving

Getting closer with the garage shelving.  Will need to get some more wood to finish it.  Will likely add one more column towards the back of the unit.

Garage Shelving

Had to start pulling off the siding inside the garage so that I could wire it properly, but after I moved stuff I reorganized a little then got the itch to start on the shelving.  This should help keep stuff out of the way as I'm working in there.  Just getting started now, will take a few days to get it done.

Masonry Skim Coat

Now that we have some decent weather, I got the skip coat of concrete put on the cinder block.  Here is the before and the after I didn't worry too much about making it perfect, as most of this will be under dirt anyway, but wanted it to blend in a little better than the raw cinder block, and have a little better water barrier than just cinder block alone.  Came out better than I expected.  Once it dries I'll put some tar sealant on the lower part, paint the upper to match the rest of the foundation, and then get to work on redoing the window well.