Escape From the Prison Planet

[Daca214]

Incremental progress.
Shower done.

Granite and carpet installed.


About half the plumbing done.

I finally finished the library light.


And the excavator came in to prep for the last of the concrete and finish grade prep. No pics because...dirt.

Looks awesome. Love the island
Will those book shelves be full of gbody literature??

 

[DRIVEN]

That's a rock chuck.

Whatever he goes by, he was not happy about the dog and wouldn't shut up about it.

 

[DRIVEN]

Looks awesome. Love the island
Will those book shelves be full of gbody literature??

Haha, not likely. I own maybe 3-4 books. My wife is the reader. She's got stacks of boxes of books. Probably in the thousands. Nerd.

 

[DRIVEN]

Rainbro Warrior update: Road trip to Portland to bring it home yesterday. Today I spent a couple hours cleaning it up (it was filthy) along with some maintenance and upgrades. It already had bar risers, I added larger pegs. I removed the bark busters because I probably won't need them in my area. Also adjusted the chain and all the cables, lubed everything, replaced the air filter and changed the oil.
It looks better in the photo than it actually is in person. I'm going to attempt to refinish the plastics, replace the seat cover, and look into having the rack powder coated.
My plan is to keep this one as a spare/loaner for when friends come in to town to visit. My '96 is still too nice to share.

All of the maintenance was pretty badly needed. The air filter is the dry style that someone had heavily coated in Uni oil then RTVd it to the housing. Dumb.

I had ordered up a set of bar risers not realizing a set had already been installed. These are the style that can be pivoted to move forward and back also. The set I ordered are just spacers to raise them.

And if you were wondering why I've repeatedly mentioned pegs as an upgrade, just look how dinky the stock one is compared to the replacement.

 

[DRIVEN]

Boring update...
Pantry door, cabinet glass, and some of the backsplash stuff got installed.



Doors and hardware got installed. Front door is the wrong one. I offered to accept it if they sold it to me at cost but they didn't want to bargain so now I get to wait for the right one. Theirs will be beat to sh*t and unuseable when they get it back.

The deck handrails got installed.

And when the 2nd trim-out guy showed up he couldn't locate the house numbers to put up. I told him not to worry and I'd get something for the end of the driveway down by the road. Guess what I just noticed? Idiots.

I pressure washed the garage floor this morning and let it dry for a few hours. Started stacking boxes in there this evening.



I'll be in St. Thomas for work next week. If things go as planned we can start moving in the week after when I'm home. ****ing finally!

 

[DRIVEN]

Double post, sorry.

 

[TURNA]

Man thats awesome

 

[DRIVEN]

I relisted Zero last night. It'd be nice to find it a new home. I'm trying the brutal honesty approach.
https://boise.craigslist.org/mcy/d/are-you-cool-enough/6619185702.html

 

[pagrunt]

I relisted Zero last night. It'd be nice to find it a new home. I'm trying the brutal honesty approach.
https://boise.craigslist.org/mcy/d/are-you-cool-enough/6619185702.html

You forgot the disclaimer new owner will be responsible to deal with jealous guys, pissed off fathers, worked up ladies that won't go away, damp back section of seat from said ladies, unexpected gifts nine months later, a tired/sore "friend". 😆

 

[ck80]

I relisted Zero last night. It'd be nice to find it a new home. I'm trying the brutal honesty approach.
https://boise.craigslist.org/mcy/d/are-you-cool-enough/6619185702.html

You left something out of your trades section.

With the house where it is you need excavation, foundation pouring, and framing on a minimum 4000 sq ft workshop with full pit and lift setup. Can bury it it the hillside to keep the tax collector at bay....

OH, yeah, it's a four (mumble) square foot shed....