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TV47 roadmap

Attic gym

  • Create space in attic for gym floor:
    • Clean out used building materials, fiberglass insulation, polystyrene boards, bricks, packaging, etc.
    • Disassemble, decommission, and dispose of insulation box of fiberglass batts around old hot water tank
    • Sort Dominik and Župančičeva stuff; dump/keep as appropriate
    • Move Župančičeva boxes from pile in center of attic to a stack around the perimeter in unused area under sloping roof
    • Process Dominik stuff into keep and dump; dispose of dump stuff, find space for keep stuff
  • Install 5m x 5m floating sleeper floor (dimensions matched to standard modular dimensions of OSB panels) to elevate gym floor above concrete and create springiness in floor, shimming as needed to create a level surface
  • Purchase OSB panels to use as subfloor
  • Install OSB panels on sleepers
  • Find and purchase rubber flooring; transport to TV47
  • Install rubber flooring onto OSB subfloor
  • Move exercise equipment into gym
  • Prototype use of "pohištveno železo" as pull-up bar material
  • Equipment:
    • Squat rack
    • Exercise balls
    • Pull-up bar
    • TRX cables
    • Foam roller(s)
    • Kneeling psoas strech + quad stretch setup
    • Dumbbells
    • Makeshift gymnastics mat with e.g. mattress springs sandwiched between OSB panels
    • Hip-height hurdles for hurdle combo
    • Shin-height hurdles for footwork
    • Battle ropes or equivalent
    • Lateral balance board to use for balance board combo
    • Rolling balance board to use for balance board combo
    • Extra Bosu
    • Weight rack for plates
    • Dumbbell rack

Kurilnica

  • Remove and decomission old electrical wires
  • Trace plumbing/heating pipes and identify role of each pipe, pump, valve, etc.
  • Clean out old furnace room waste, ash, dust, wood, etc.
  • Demolish old styrofoam doors; pack into backs and dispose
  • Drain hot water reservoirs and furnace
  • Remove plumbing lines and accessories
  • Disconnect hot water reservoirs from plumbing; remove and sell
  • Disconnect furnace from hot water plumbing; remove and sell

Attic electrical

  • ~~Replace east wall plastered-on doza with outlets for gym iPad ~~
  • Plan circuit map for wiring
  • Purchase materials
  • Install conduit, fixtures, etc.
  • Install panel
  • Install lights at ridge beam for even light distribution
  • Contact Dušan to verify before going live

Attic remodel

  • Discuss and decide on scope of remodel with family: rough square footage; rooms to include; utilities to include; etc.
  • Empty attic of all residual furniture, beds and matresses, Dominik-era stuck stuff, Župančičeva-era stuck stuff, construction waste, pack all loose "to stay" materials in uniform modular cardboard moving boxes
  • Decide utilities layout for bathroom
  • CAD plans for bathroom, focusing on utilities
  • CAD plans for remaining floor plan

Miscellaneous

  • Learn wall parging with Zvone; PoC example in pekarna wall
  • Laying CMU brick with Zvone; plan for skedenj wall; build wall with Zvone

Ideas

  • Learn to sharpen: chainsaw chains, kitchen knives, scythes, sickles, brush cutter blades, chisels, axes, krčun.
  • Krušna peč usable
  • Pekarna slab
  • Wood-burning stove: get to a point where you can use existing wood-burning stove to heat the house if heat pump goes down.
  • Make a gym equipped for Ricky MTWT workouts
  • In TV47 attic make some exercise toys for climbing around along the beams, e.g. to hand-over-hand like when Randall and I were framing Evelyn powder room.
  • Make a platform-framed drying rack to replace rickety attic drying rack and learn platform framing.
  • Husqvarna 560 up and running
  • Generator: get to a point where if power goes out you know you can frictionlessly restore power to e.g. a few computer outlets, lights, and freezers via generator.
  • Tractor up and running
  • Learn welding
  • Make a wood-framed greenhouse on a pier foundation as an exercise.