Watcha doing?

[Cloudwalker]

The people in Central Florida are preparing for another hurricane. This one looks to be a repeat of Charlie.  Making landfall in Tampa on Wednesday as a category 3.

[tango]

Fun With Soundproofing.

I hauled two more rolls of soundproofing from the garage up into my workroom. I wasn't sure whether a third roll was needed but since two rolls combined weigh almost as much as I do I decided to stick at two, and haul the third if I found I needed it.

Fitting the material at ground level is easy, I can more or less stand up a roll and unroll it, screwing it to the wall studs as I go. The next level up is trickier because it's heavy material and has to be held in a fairly precise location so I can screw it into place, but I can't let go of it or the weight will pull it off the screws. So I rigged up a bit of a botch on one of my ladders to hold it at the right height, and then my wife steadies the roll so it doesn't fall off the ladder while I climb the ladder and screw it into place.

It makes an enormous difference having her help me, even if all she is doing is steadying the material. In the course of a couple of hours we pretty much finished the workroom's soundproofing and got a chunk of the adjacent room done too. I have a few strips to fill in (the material is 48" wide and the ceiling varies from about 97" - 99"), and aside from that this room is all but ready for drywalling.

In other rooms I have a little more electrical work to do that I can press on with now, and I need to frame a section of wall and have a couple of windows replaced. But the way thing are going we might just have a chunk of space finished before the end of the year. That will be nice.

[Cloudwalker]

At my sister's waiting for the hurricane to come through. 

[tango]

At my sister's waiting for the hurricane to come through.

Hoping you're safe from it. Please let us know.

[Cloudwalker]

We're fine.  We didn't even loose power.  Had something pull down the box and meter off the wall but no other damage.  Lots of branches down.