Came home from climbing yesterday and had a big lunch and thought to myself “just how much stuff is on those wooden racks in the garage?”, and then proceeded to empty them onto a table in the middle of my garage. By the time I had all of the items down I saw just how janky the rack really was and then started to tear it down. Yeah, started and then completed the tear down. I now have no racks, and a big mess to vaccuum up, and I need those metal racks in order to make the space useable once more. I’m fully invested in this process now. Ha. Nothing like starting a dream project to bring it into sharp relief, and make it a reality.
Over did the physicality of it yesterday. My back is really unhappy with all that extra lifting, and hammer swinging, sawing, and wrenching of boards. It very much so was a safety hazard. I never would have put so much weight on it if I had known it wasn’t secured to the wall, or even fully attached to itself with more than just sixteen nails. If that had of come down on me or my kids they’d have been crushed to death, especially when I had them in there with me when they were little-little. Oh my, glad that never happened.
Next steps are cleaning, and then buying the racks I’m after, building them in place, securing the uprights to the concrete pad, and then sorting my bits onto the five shelves, and the extra unused space off to the sides. I could kill a whole day in there no problem now that I have to do a big sort! I do now have far more pieces to send north to the cottage to burn though. Like, a lot more. I might finally have to figure out where the dump is around here and take a load, or two, there for disposal.
Otherwise we have enough cut up scraps for a massive outdoor inferno in the fire pit at the cottage. Looks like alot in my garage, but out in the open pit it’ll look puny, and not at all like the space jogging inconvenience it really is. Perspective!
Is does look as though I will regain a couple of square feet worth of floor space, and height now that the looming rack structure has been taken down. I hope to move my wood pile to be against the back wall, and make my automotive section all one spot on the new rack, rather than spread out all over the garage a willy-nilly. I’m a tad concerned that a five shelf 90″ by 90″ rack might not cut it for all that I have, but then again a purge of useless crap is where it’s at. I love paring down what I’ve got to just the essentials that I need. I am so close to having the shop space of my dreams! I’m excited to see this come together between now and spring time.
Other good news, after days of wiping off all of the car sensors, and taking the vehicle through the car wash the AEB finally clicked off the warning, and is back to working again. I fear this new car may have a few too many sensors on it, but it’s just an inkling that I have. We’ll see.
Another side note, I was moving sheet goods around yesterday and decided to through a half sheet of three eights ply wood directly onto one toe. Luckily the opposite toe to the one I dropped a table on in September. I’m still watching the black bruise grow out of that toe nail all these months later. Now I might get to do the same with my other foot! Oh joy! I was not happy with myself for doing that. After that point I pulled out my reciprocating saw and cut the rack to bits, rather than knock it down bit by bit. I had lost my patience once that happened. I also realized the futon I’ve been holding onto since 2001 is a ruined, rotten mess, and will need to be thrown away, along with three doors, and all the smashed up rack bits. I made a mess. A considerable amount of dust too. Gotta clean all that up at some point soon. I’d take some photos, but it really is a gross mess.
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