Thursday, May 6, 2010
And then we insulated
Zach found a fantastic deal on some 2" thick insulation that was being sold privately by someone who had over-purchased for a construction job. We insulated the floor, the sides of the bus, and even the ceiling. Sadly, we are missing several essential photos of this process because Zach would not allow me to photograph this part of construction. He was not amused, at the time, by the pile of insulation that we strapped to the roof of my 99 Rav 4. The pile was easily the same height as my vehicle, and then we had to drive home along the lake. Zach drove with his hand out the window to hold down the insulation, worried that the rope alone wouldn't hold against the wind. My job was to say "it's going to be fine," every 1/2 mile. There is also no photo documentation of installing the insulation into the ceiling and then putting the metal ceiling panels back up. We decided to reuse the original metal ceiling because the curve allows us the maximum height that we want. However, a large metal ceiling panel is heavy, and because I was not strong enough to drive a screw into the metal crossbars, I was assigned to "holding up the panel" duty. As it turns out, I have no upper body strength. But we did it. Using my arms, head, and, on occasion, a leg (the Rockettes have nothing on me), Zach and I insulated and reattached all four panels.
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