Yet more room construction photo's

With the outside complete I turned my attention to the interior. Photo below shows insulation in place on the outside wall and furing strips being place on the far wall. At this point I was still using the original fluorescent's lighting.

I placed 2x3's to be used as furring strips against the west facing concrete wall. Once mounted, they became the support for dry wall.

 Once this was done I turned my attention to the ceiling. I knew I was taking a risk here. Remember that the ceiling to the Placerville Branch is simply the underside of my porch. On the other hand I had never seen a water problem - even so much as a drop of water come through topside.  I insulated the ceiling with 1" insulating panels, cut to fit the roof supports.

 The photo below shows the start of a series of 2 rows of working lights being installed, a box (upper middle) built around a cable that keeps the porch in tension. Hey I didn't build it! But someone must have thought that it was a good idea in 67. I built the box to hide the 1/4' steel cable and assorted hardware and it turned out to be a good place to hide my overhead lighting wiring as well.

 From this you can see the ceiling is complete and work is beginning on installing the lighting strips. I decided on T8 lighting which is bright enough to work under and provided adequate layout lighting later on. The lights are 6' double T8's with Philips daylight bulbs. You can read a ton of stuff about layout lighting on the web. Everyone has done lots of research on this subject. I wanted to have a bright light for my aging eyes is all. My choice gives me that. Later I moved both series of lights closer to their respective walls and centered them over the layout. Lastly I've started my wiring for outlets around the room. I'll write more about that in my next segment.

 I'll have one more round of room construction photos, then this section will be complete.
Stay tuned.