Mine is starting to come together. For the longest time, my basement has been plagued by the fact that I live on a hill and water runoff is a contant issue. I seem to have a sump pump failure every time I go on a business trip and my GF is left dealing with the problem. Not to mention the face that the walls and floor are always seemingly damp from the high water table pushing through. If I loose power for more than a couple hours, I will have a foot of water build up in my basement. Not the ideal place to keep anything of value, let alone set up shop.
Well in the past couple months, I have had a friend helping me out doing work in exchange for rent. The entire basement has been sealed with Drylock to keep the water from seeping throught the cinderblock walls, epoxied the floors for a durable floor covering, added a second sump pump as a backup in case the main pump should fail, placed my water alarm that is part of my security system in the second sump bucket (that means I get a warning phone call that my water alarm has gone off and I know I am using the backup pump), I am orginizing the existing shelving all to the outter walls to gain maximum floor space, and I have started my workshop.
I also hard wired a generator outlet outside for power failures so if I loose power, I have a power source to power the heat, hot water, fridge, and 3/4 of the house.
Basicly I have prepared my man cave for ongoing usage.
Now on to the good stuff. I made a deal with the gorlfriend, she gets her own space for laundry/crafts table in exchange with the understanding that NO ONE touches or expects use of my workbench but me. That means I have my OWN SPACE to do with as I please. Fair enough I thought.
So, I spent all day yesterday cutting, building and finishing the tabletops of our new workspaces. I WAY over engeneered the tables so that there is never a worry. I know I spent more than probably nessessary, but I wanted to be happy with the results and do this ONCE!
I used the 2x4 Basics kits I found when looking for a bench setup for my work. That got me the bench and shelving kits. Found a great deal on Amizon for them. Then with the 2x4's and a sheet of standard 3/4" plywood and one cabinet grade oak plywood sheet I was off and running. Three coats of shallac later and the tabletops were done!
A friend had a couple boxes of carpet squares he got from a jobsite he worked on a while back he gave me for free. So I plopped them down on the floor in front of each bench.
Tomorrow I plan to go out and get the rest of the lumber to build the shelves and I can begin moving in! Until then here is how they look.
Her new spot
My future man space
The beautiful tabletop finish
and for S&G's here is the sump pump upgrade we did. Had to break throught the floor and dig a second hole almost a foot deeper than the first. (The one on the left)
