I have a Dream 2

[giantkiller]

Well I ran out of time. I wanted to get the all the drywall up, mudded, and painted. On the south side of the shop. So I could get the 3 storage units I'm renting emptied. To save the $180 a month before I got both my knees chopped out. Since I'm going to be off work for a while. I got the drywall up but didn't get it taped or painted. But got 2 of the 10'x20' Storage units empty. And half of the 3rd. But ran out of time. Scheduled surgery for the slow time at work.( November 27 )
All of the ceilings and probably 1/4 of the walls drywalled. Still have 152 sheets to hang. Mostly 12' even 6 14' sheets.

[big r]

Are getting both knees replaced or what? That's going to be a tough haul. I had both mine done in just under a year,last one in July and just getting sort of back to normal now. I wish you luck doing both at once, most Dr., wont do them together because of mobility issues. The final outcome is awesome though,no pain and I can walk more than a half a block now. Been doing a couple kilometers a day now

[giantkiller]

Yes had both done at the same time. My doctor recommended that I do both. First time I saw him. He said he had a scale of 1-4. 1 being some damage. 4 being horrible. He said "both of your knees are way beyond horrible"
After my surgery my wife said he walked into the room shaking his head. And said "who the hell is this guy". He said he couldn't understand how I  could walk at all. Mne were the worst he had ever seen. And that my left shin bone was missing almost an inch. Had worn away. And that he couldn't straighten them out as much as he wanted. I was so bowlegged that the tendons on the inside were too tight and that the outside tendons were too loose.
Had me up a few hours after surgery walking with a walker. Am now a month out and finally able to take a few steps without the walker.
This has been the hardest thing for me. Had over 4' of surgical scars, and 42 pieces of metal in me.(now over 5' and 46 pieces of metal). So I'm used to working through things. But I can't just hammer my way through this. When I do my knees just swell and lock up. Range shortens. I've had to learn not to push it. Very hard for me.

[giantkiller]

Gotta tell ya. Climbing up and down the ladder 42,000 times. Working on the 12' ceiling and walls. Was kinda painful.

[big r]

Know what you mean. My Doc said basically the same thing to me. Wondered how I was still walking. Managed to straighten both legs out and gained about a half inch in height. Yea , don't over do it, I found out the hard way about that.  Got to busy and went to a wedding and a few other things and lost almost half of my motion in one knee. Took almost three weeks to get it back. Good now though. Dr. said to put off buying a new bike until the latter half of 2019. Cant wait going to get a Triumph Thunderbird with a hack so I don't have worry about falling over, can't wait

[Firehawk068]

Dan, you are a Beast!
Awesome progress on the Barn!
Heal up those knees...................
I want to see pictures of the Mini-Truck!

[giantkiller]

Dan, you are a Beast!
Awesome progress on the Barn!
Heal up those knees...................
I want to see pictures of the Mini-Truck!

I never took any pics of the mini semi. Don't know why cuz it's awesome.
I'm going nuts not being able to work on the house. I've ordered the power unit for the central vacuum system. And a few other things small things I need to finish the house. But can't actually work on it

[giantkiller]

The house obviously isn't really sealed up at all. Less than half of the drywall hung. And none of it mudded or painted. Garage doors aren't sealed at the top.(don't have openers up). Scuttle upstairs just has some fiberglass stuffed in it. But super insulation and designing it for efficiency. (As good as a forklift driver could come up with). Allows me to heat it up with this tiny oscillating heater. Temps in the 20s F started @ 34F. An hour and a half later 52F. Heater downstairs and pretty much the same temp upstairs. Oh yeah 3300sq ft.

[ryanschoebel]

T Temps in the 20s F started @ 34F. An hour and a half later 52F. Heater downstairs and pretty much the same temp upstairs. Oh yeah 3300sq ft.

Impressive!

[giantkiller]

Seems impossible even to me. My old shop 22' x 44'. Took a window pellet stove. several hours to get into the 40s . 2x4 walls with fiberglass and 1" pink foam board attached to the bottom of the rafters. Can't wait to work in a warm shop with in floor heat. And air-conditioned during the summer. And have zero bills.

[ribbert]

Dan, I seem to recall you had geothermal heating, if so, are the figures you quote exclusively from that or boosted by some other form of heating. Whatever, it's an impressive performance for an area like that.

Every man's dream, a warm, cosy place to play with his toys when it's foul outside.

Noel

[giantkiller]

No haven't hooked up the Geo yet. Just that tiny oscillating heater. Kinda freaks me out. If I leave It running  set at 68F it actually cycles off. In the 20s outside.

Center shop section will be heated and cooled at all times. Woohoo. And will not have to pay any bills for heating, cooling, cooking, lights, hot water,. nothing. (No more utility bills, from here on out. Won't have to worry about prices going up or down)

[ribbert]

That's truly amazing, we  have nothing like that here.

With that sort of efficiency, a decent heavy breathing session and you'd need to open the windows to cool off mid-Winter!

Noel

[giantkiller]

Yah I figured I could just light a couple of farts every once in a while to heat it up.

[ribbert]