CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0

[GM50 4164]

In that case, you can't have my roundhouse!

LOL

[mu26aeh]

Today was final inspection day on the addition and it passed.  I'm just waiting for zoning officer to stop by with the occupancy permit and it's official

Once that arrives, it's game on for CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0 ! 

Stay tuned 

[davefoxx]

Today was final inspection day on the addition and it passed.  I'm just waiting for zoning officer to stop by with the occupancy permit and it's official

Once that arrives, it's game on for CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0 ! 

Stay tuned 

Woo hoo!  Congratulations!

DFF

[basementcalling]

Today was final inspection day on the addition and it passed.  I'm just waiting for zoning officer to stop by with the occupancy permit and it's official

Once that arrives, it's game on for CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0 ! 

Stay tuned 

No need to let a little thing like a permit stop you from laying tracks.

[mu26aeh]

No but my permit was up this weekend, so it was full bore on addition work.  Now that that's taken care of, things can shift focus to the layout

[Bendtracker1]

I too echo DFF's comment!  That's great news Adam!

[Bob]

Congratulations on completing the addition!  Really looking forward to seeing your progress!

[mu26aeh]

Occ permit in hand, and project officially complete !  Now full attention can be put towards the basement and the layout !

[davefoxx]

Woo hoo!  Fire it up!

DFF

[mu26aeh]

Before any layout construction can start, have to work on ceiling first.  Before ceiling can go in, need to close in the ductwork.  Got a good start on it today before work.



Using material I had sitting around, it's constructed from 2x3.  We could probably use it as an engine hoist.  At one point, we were both hanging off of it, probably a combined 400+ lbs

[mu26aeh]

I finished up building bulkhead around the hvac ductwork this evening.  Some drywall and we're ready for drop ceiling.



While my friend was here helping last weekend, he looks at me and says " You're going to hate me.......... You're going to hate me.......... What if you take the wall out that the TV is hanging on, rebuild the wall coming across, move your hot water heater to beside the furnace, and then enclose everything into a mechanical room ? "

Please excuse the mess !  Still a disaster area....



The HWH is just out of view to the right on back wall of house, to the left of that is pressure tank and water softener.  If we were to do all this, the wall you see with TV would basically pivot 90* to close off the opening to it's left, move HWH to beside furnace and enclose it all.  Workbench is going to be moving to the garage and I'll have a smaller desk to work from for working on models.  This is all still very fluid and nothing decided yes or no.

[Specter3]

This is the stage to do it. And now that the possibility has been seen, if you don’t, you will probably regret it. My wife will tell you all the scope creep stories of my old and new house, but in the end each change made it a significantly better project and we were always happy with the results.

[LKOrailroad]

Our home when built was deliberately designed with all the mechanicals in a separate room. At the time not specifically because of trains but because it made the rest of the basement wide open clear space so we could do anything we wanted with it. We even went a little extreme by positioning the mechanicals room at the far end of a long rectangular shaped basement.

After living here for almost 20 years I can honestly say it was a great decision. No odd restrictions to work around building my layout and an overall increased utility of the entire basement for "basementy" stuff.

[jon612]

You can save space and eliminate the hot water heater. If the water is already hot, you don't need to heat it.

[mu26aeh]

Slowly getting there...