The process of remodeling the building that will house the Agatelady Rock Shop began a year ago when I had new windows installed. Last fall I had the new parking lot installed and began clearing out the rock shop building. It was full of some of my things, but also wood and other items left by the previous home owner. Two Suburban loads were taken to recycling/landfill last fall, and one more load this spring. During the last two days, I moved the rest of the usable wood to my wood shed and some furniture (some of which will be used in the new rock shop) to my garage. Then I had to remove the rest of the old and critter-impacted insulation and sweep. It was a huge effort!
As you can see from the photos below, other than one piece of furniture and structure for stacking wood (left over from the previous owner), everything is ready for remodeling. The main people door shown in the first image below will be removed, framed in, and a new people door will be built on the north wall. Also, the large slider will be removed, the opening will be framed in, and a 32" x 64" area of glass bricks will be installed as well as a small viewing window I can use to see when cars drive up my driveway. We are installing a drop ceiling, insulation, and interior walls. Because critters have chewed on the wiring, we decided to completely rewire the building and add new light fixtures. For the floor we are using garage floor epoxy with colored grit that we will spread to resemble agates. I had to clean out the building this week since all the remodeling materials are being delivered on Monday.
Two small additions are also being added. One will be built off the southeast corner of the building in which cases of books will be stored. The home-made people door shown in the center of the image below will be replaced.
My sales counter will sit in front of the horizontal windows shown on the left side of the image below.
When I removed all the wood that was sitting on the platform which was located in the southwest corner of the building, I found a huge pile of scat. A weasel was lived in the building for at least a few years. It was impossible to keep critters out of the building since the home-made doors had gaps (especially the sliding barn door). I saw the weasel a few times. He had a very cute face! Once the wood was removed, I moved the structure to the middle of the floor so the new interior wall boards can be stored when it is delivered on Monday. The really gross scat pile is shown below.
On your mark, get so go!
Then to celebrate getting the building cleared out, I went hiking with friends in the Grand Sable Dunes last evening.
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