Thanks for spying on me guys. Good thing my location is slightly off ! Haha

I had my first big rainstorm tonight on the building since I put the roof on. The hail was in sane, so much hail that it looks like snow ... this was at Walmart about 2 miles from my house ...

One edge on the building is not windproof and is allowing moisture to come up into the first lap on the edge of the roof, no big deal I just need to seal it up and it will stop the leak, nothing damaged thank goodness. The rest of the roof and the screws are holding up like a champ

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Oh yeah, super strong. I’ll ask the wind rating tomorrow when I talk to my metal guy, but I think it’s 120mph

Ive lived in this area most of my life, the worst Ive seen here was 90mph winds, which is considered F1... I believe youre correct on the F2...

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html

Wow! Thank you

I’ll figure out the name soon, I’ve been working on some trim work that needed to be redone, I also went through the adventure of spray foaming the roof... more on this later

Yes, big mess, definitely a learning experience

I’ll post some pics soon... I’ll preface this by saying it’s been 80 plus degrees here for a week and the kit sat in a warm area for the weekend... I have 600sqft to cover, so I bought a ‘touch n seal’ 600 kit... it covers 600sqft at 1” or greater. It’s 2 boxes, each box has a tank the size of a propane tank you typically use for a bbq pit. But they’re super heavy, I was a little concerned getting them up the ladder because of their weight.

I read all of the instructions and watched the dvd that came with, and it all seems straight forward... So I put on a tyvek suit, respirator, head cover and goggles and got after it...

Discoveries;
There are not enough nozzles supplied with the kit. I ran out of fan nozzles and the spray nozzles are meh, after spraying about 75sqft the nozzle crud’s up and you must replace it. Fine, except nowhere in the instructions or video is this explained.

You need a spotter if you’re doing a ceiling.
I missed a few places and got too thin and if I had a spotter helping me, I could have fixed the issues.

Work fast!!!!!!!! You have to be quick, no obstacles in the way, have a plan. Have a spotter!

The diy kit ran out of one chemical and continued spraying, I had no idea I was out because there was no indication... the foam kept spraying as usual. 10 minutes later the last 50sqft of foam started turning into syrup.

Oh yeah... the foam turns into snow when the nozzles start to have issues... there’s spray foam droplets every where... about half way through my goggles were so bad I had to rely on instinct and periferial vision. I even kept checking everything to be sure and I was doing everything correctly.

I called a DoW rep and he said my chemicals were too cold, that I needed them in a bathroom with a space heater on them for 3 days. The instructions don’t say that, they just say they need to be in a 70 degree environment for a few days..

I don’t have a pic yet, but I went back and spray painted red all of the low spots, there’s some areas that look great, and others like in the pics that are not so great (too thin)

I’m buying a 200sqft kit to get everything to the 2” recommended for my area, it should be enough. And after I purchase the kit, I will be at the dollar amount quoted to me by 3 pros. Lesson learned... a 2.5 hour + learning experience I could do with out. Maybe this helps you guys in your future endeavors

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Thanks guys , i’m ready to play some freaking pinball

The red marks are the low spots

Also, normally the entire Purlin Would get surrounded in foam, but I need them to be clear of foam so I can attach drywall.

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Ultimately
I’m going to build a drywall ceiling in the 2nd floor, texture and paint it

The ceiling in the first floor will be sprayed black as is

More spray foam! The 2nd kit came in last week , I’ve been heating it up for the weekend in my bathroom with a space heater. Wife was happy about that, the bathroom was really warm for 2 days.

Still not perfect , but 10-15 degrees cooler in the 2nd floor than in the sun. I still have a few thin places, but there’s smaller cans of spray that can take care of that little stuff.

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Had to take a breat to catch the view.. this mesquite bush haven here sure is drab, but the sunsets are a contender with the best.

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LIONMANE!

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I’ve experienced that, it’s working quite well!

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Edit: why on earth is pinside posting this pic again... I swear it’s not me

Lights installed and wired in

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Electrical inspection passed!

Also, I needed to start building guard railing and after looking through out the Internetverse I found nothing that I like, except wire railing. So after checking prices, I decided to build my own. I went to my neighboring city, and they have a steel Company. I purchased 2 in.² tubing and 1 in.² tubing, and built my own. The wire railing that will be installed comes in this week. Built to code Time to call the framing inspector

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Surprises will alter your mind... hint: no window, but closed off to the world

Foundation, electrical, framing, done !

On the road to final... Then after what would a pinball room be without mods, yes some mods are tasteful, And expensive, in this case all of the above could be true

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