Back to work on the fish room..
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aaparkr
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Tell me that isn't galvanized pipe with a brass right angle valve on it! What is on the other end of the pipe? Just about anything should be better than galvanized (eg, copper or pvc). Not trying to be an alarmist, but I was a plumber for 11 years. Teflon tape is not a dielectric insulator.
Tony
Tony
Prater
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OK, I have shuffled a bunch of things around to get started on the west wall. I was also able to get most of the insulation installed in the ceiling. Tomorrow will be the day of sheetrocking the ceiling. It is going a bit faster than I anticipated. Once the walls and ceiling are done I have to find a new storage area...FUN
Prater
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OK, the walls and ceiling are up as much as possible. I still have a few more panels but electrical work has to be finished first. The only problem was one 12' sheetrock split down the center as we were installing it. Three people were really not enough for the job...I will be installing tile over it anyway so it was not that big of a deal.
Prater
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It will be something like these from Amstrong...
http://www.armstrong.com/resclgam/na/ceilings/en/us/browse.asp?type=type&shapeId=2
http://www.armstrong.com/resclgam/na/ceilings/en/us/browse.asp?type=type&shapeId=2
aaparkr
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I started to say something because I always think of floor tiles and ceramic tiles, but then I put ceiling and tiles together and realized there is such a thing and it is quite common.
Are those accoustic tiles? I'm guessing you are going to get something that will handle the higher humidity.
I'd be happy to help if can. I work for Bell, - no I mean SBC, no its the new at&t anyway, I work a lot of hours.
I was a plumber a long time ago and I played (guitar) in New Orleans for a few years, so if you need plumbing or entertainment, I'm your man.
Tony
Are those accoustic tiles? I'm guessing you are going to get something that will handle the higher humidity.
I'd be happy to help if can. I work for Bell, - no I mean SBC, no its the new at&t anyway, I work a lot of hours.
I was a plumber a long time ago and I played (guitar) in New Orleans for a few years, so if you need plumbing or entertainment, I'm your man.
Tony
Prater
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Tony,
Entertainment is always good, father, brother, and me were quite entertaining to the wife as we yelled our frustrations about getting those 12 foot peices of sheetrock above our heads...LOL
Only thing I was able to do today was get a couple of lights up and wired into the old light switch. They are temporary and the switch will be moved over as soon as I get the breaker box live from the main.
Entertainment is always good, father, brother, and me were quite entertaining to the wife as we yelled our frustrations about getting those 12 foot peices of sheetrock above our heads...LOL
Only thing I was able to do today was get a couple of lights up and wired into the old light switch. They are temporary and the switch will be moved over as soon as I get the breaker box live from the main.
Prater
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Once the room is ready, here are my rough plans for the tanks and viewing area. Its not set in stone, but this has been my vision for a few years. The tank will be behind a wall with a viewing area. the entrance behind the tank will be hidden with the bookshelf and false wall. After all that is done I may even install doors that close to hide the tank. I can then have a projection screen that rolls down in front of the tank with a high definition projector. Thats pretty far off though...
Cool!
I'd love to see this when you're done. Sounds like your going pretty high tech.
My tank is too far from the garage to have done anything fancy as far as plumbing & having a large sump refugium. Your going to be in the same league as Paul Whitby, Pam & Phil, & others with their large systems. My 180 is starting to feel rather smallish.
Ray
I'd love to see this when you're done. Sounds like your going pretty high tech.
My tank is too far from the garage to have done anything fancy as far as plumbing & having a large sump refugium. Your going to be in the same league as Paul Whitby, Pam & Phil, & others with their large systems. My 180 is starting to feel rather smallish.
Ray
Prater
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I actaully built this room on the back of the house. It used to be an enclosed patio about 5 years ago. The sewer line collapsed under it so I had to remove the old slab and walls. I left the roof intact and removed everything else. I replaced the sewer line with 4" PVC. I had a new slab poured with stemwalls and 6" concreet with double rebar to hold weight. I also had a new patio poured just outside this slab. I have been slowly working on this for a lot of years. Generally when I have the extra money and time. I really hope to get it completed this year. My next big budget item is a good set of quality french doors leading out to the patio. I have doen everything myself except for the slab. I may have to dig up a few old pics with me running the trac-ho digging up old line...that was a blast.
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The door to the kitchen will be removed and widened to a 4 foot entrance. I also will be bringing an air duct from the central unit into the room through the ceiling. the walls are 6" constructed with offset 2X4 studs on 24" centers. Two batts of R-13 insulation are installed, one on the outside and one on the inside. The outside will also have R3 panels and then sided. The inside walls will be 7/16 exterior grade chipboard, that was also installed on the outside surface of the walls. That should help with any moisture in the room. The weak area right now is the ceiling, its just decking on top of 2x6 rafters. I installed R-19 and then sheetrocked. The other loss of cold or heat will be the 6 foot French door to the outside patio. I will be looking at options and picking a manufacturer with a good R value. If the ceiling looses too much heat or cold I will address that last with a second outside surface creating an attic space above.
Thats a lot of work...
Thats a lot of work...
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aaparkr
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Sounds like you've considered the variables. I was told my home hvac wouldn't handle my room (16 x 24) adequately, so I factored in the cost of a separate unit. Other than some problems with the unit itself, we have been pretty happy with it. It is now a rent house and the residents seem happy with it (we did have to replace the outside unit for the main system, but it was over 20 years old).
Tony
Tony
