Shed Build

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It wasn’t originally planned this way but I got to a point with my Shop progress where I had the realization that our riding lawn mower, shovels, rakes, other yard tools and all saw dust making tools were not going to be able to call the shop home. They’d inevitably ruin the printers I have. So what to do? Well, build a dedicated space for them.

As with most things, the progress thus far has taken me longer than expected due to so many unexpected things… you know, life! Nonetheless, progress has been made. So far I’ve managed to frame the walls and trusses myself but it won’t be long and I’ll have to call on some help.

If you look closely you may see some loft trusses just above the walls – where there will be a fair amount of storage space!

It’s mid-December now and I’m currently on a work trip. Looking forward to getting back home, being with family and getting back to work on this build!

UPDATE: 15 SEP 2025

I had a relatively well written update about a week ago and attempted to include some pictures but got errors when trying to update / publish the post. I’ll make another post about that later.

As life goes, I could make a million reasons (excuses) as to why I haven’t updated. One of them is actually related to the errors mentioned above and not being able to publish mobile updates which discouraged me from updating. I could have done it from the computer I sit at every day… but I digress.

What I can share is that since I made the original post above I’ve been able to get all of the wall and roof sheathing on, shingled the roof, installed windows, metal fascia & soffit, and started vinyl siding. I’m making good progress and the HOT summer heat is starting to relax just enough that I’m starting to really enjoy being out there again. Here are a couple of updated pictures of the shed as it sits now.

I almost finished this short side but ran out of daylight and was having a hard time seeing marks on the vinyl to cut. I’ll get it done soon!

Water Filtration

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Water makes up about 60% of our bodies and helps to regulate our body temperature, lubricates and provide cushion for joints, and aids in many other bodily functions as well. Yet there are so many who have limited access to water globally and even fewer that have access to clean water. We’re blessed in the US to have access to so many resources yet, water treatment induces many chemicals into the water supply in order to clean the water… unfortunately those chemicals may not be the best things for our bodies.

With all that said, I decided to do a little research and purchased and install a 6-stage water filtration system including a reverse osmosis filter. This is the one I purchased: https://amzn.to/3lZX89Y

I was able to get it installed a few days ago…

6-Stage Water Filtration w/ Reverse Osmosis
Full Filtration System Installation
6-Stage Water Filtration Overview

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Home Project || Amazon Echo Show 15

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Nothing too crazy here but today’s project was wall mounting this Echo Show 15. It was very easy to install and I think it looks great!

Let’s see if we can be better organized in 2023! We’ll at least be able to get rid of that calendar on the fridge now.
Hey Alexa, can you add milk to the shopping list?
© 2022 Marvin Peardon

Home Project || Media Center – Part 2

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I played around and got our surround sound temporarily wired… I’ll re-do it and clean up the wiring later but it’s nice finally getting to enjoy the in-wall and in-ceiling speakers again.

I’ve also been balancing customer orders but working on getting back to trimming out the network wiring too… after having to retrace where a lot of these were initially run.

I temporarily wired in the AVR and sub amp and have plans to add a second sub and amp later.
Slowly getting there… I need to terminate these and get the second patch panel mounted.
This view shows the in-ceiling speakers in the tray. They are currently wired as rear surrounds but I might transfer these to Dolby Atmos speakers later.
This view shows the in-ceiling 10-inch subwoofer (top left)… with plans to add another above the tree, centered between the vents… Move that tree! 🙂