A better use for a garage

[Trithor]

Well progress has been made, not with disco ball, comfy slippers or a lab assistant, but with the actual construction. Today I carried on with the porcelain floor tiles. They are now complete and looking almost perfect. I will clean and grout the floor tomorrow. We have a public holiday tomorrow (see thread in 'talk about it') which has a knock on effect to Monday. So on Tuesday I will set out the internal walls. I have opted to go for 3 rooms. A ante-room for prep and cleaning, a flasking room, and a room for culture.
My laminar flow is due to arrive on Tuesday, and hopefully other equipment ordered will arrive during the week. I have ordered a whole assortment of glass ware, culture tubs, a magnetic stirer, small autoclave, small RO system, a deioniser, a distillation apparatus, and wait for it,.... a beer fridge!
I will post an updated picture tomorrow and again when the equipment starts to arrive. I love hobbies!!!!

 

[SlipperKing]

Apparently, you've done some flasking in the past hey?

 

[The Mutant]

If you're going to have a flat screen TV, a PS3, an XBOX 360, and a Wii, is a must.

 

[abax]

You are amazing and going full tilt boogie! I hope you're younger than I
am...I can't imagine crawling around on tile on MY gimpy knees. Can't
wait for the photos.

 

[Trithor]

Apparently, you've done some flasking in the past hey?

Yup, During my student years I paid a lot of my varsity bills by taking trips to the East to collect from the wild and/or buy plants at local village markets for resale to Europe and USA. One of the things that I collected was seed whenever possible. I did quite a bit of flasking (with mixed results as can be expected from the source of seed) I stopped both plant collecting and flasking when time became very short duing my intern and specialising years

 

[Ozpaph]

Yes, keeping the slippers cumfy will ensure rapid growth.

LOL!!!:rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy:

 

[Ozpaph]

Well progress has been made, not with disco ball, comfy slippers or a lab assistant, but with the actual construction. Today I carried on with the porcelain floor tiles. They are now complete and looking almost perfect. I will clean and grout the floor tomorrow. We have a public holiday tomorrow (see thread in 'talk about it') which has a knock on effect to Monday. So on Tuesday I will set out the internal walls. I have opted to go for 3 rooms. A ante-room for prep and cleaning, a flasking room, and a room for culture.
My laminar flow is due to arrive on Tuesday, and hopefully other equipment ordered will arrive during the week. I have ordered a whole assortment of glass ware, culture tubs, a magnetic stirer, small autoclave, small RO system, a deioniser, a distillation apparatus, and wait for it,.... a beer fridge!
I will post an updated picture tomorrow and again when the equipment starts to arrive. I love hobbies!!!!

You ARE the man!!!!

 

[TyroneGenade]

PS. I can send you pods

My experience with seed received from overseas is very poor. Only a 3 times have I ever had germination and then only a handful of seed. I don't have a single plant to show for the scores of different seed sent to me. I don't know what the postal service does but it seems very effective at killing seed (though not the fungus that travels with it).

It is best working with fresh pods.

 

[Trithor]

Rick, I would still look forward to receiving seed if you have any to spare when I am up and running! Thank you for the offer

 

[Trithor]

Well a bit of an update, as you can see from the first pic till this one, that a bit of progress has been made. The floor is tiled, the flush plaster ceiling is in, the wall infront of the garage door is in, the wiring for power points is nearly done and the grid to partition off the space has been started.


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And as of this afternoon, I have started to partition off the various spaces. The back coner (furthest from the entrance door will house th laminar flow, the area to the right will house the growing racks and the area to the left will be the prep area.


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[eggshells]

Great progress.

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks good. But in three days, it will be too small. :evil:

 

[eteson]

wow!
Are you working with assistants?
Great Job!

 

[SlipperKing]

Where's the shipping department??

 

[abax]

Hey SK, I was going to ask that! Very neatly done, trithor.

 

[chrismende]

This is AMAzing work in such short order! What I love most is that you are such a renaissance man! Many talents and the time and means apparently to pursue them.
Did you lose interest in greenhouse expansion?


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[Trithor]

Looks good. But in three days, it will be too small. :evil:

I was worried about that as well, I dont know where I am going to fit the TV and easy chair!

wow!
Are you working with assistants?
Great Job!

Lab assistants?:rollhappy:
Yes I have a 'fetch-n-carry' man, but unfortunately he is capable of little else, but he does try hard.

Where's the shipping department??

My wife refused to allow me that luxury, but after careful consideration, with a beer fridge and TV with comfy slippers, I am more likely to need 'goods recieving' and a refuse service

This is AMAzing work in such short order! What I love most is that you are such a renaissance man! Many talents and the time and means apparently to pursue them.
Did you lose interest in greenhouse expansion?


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It is mid-winter here now, so I cant take the roof off the greenhouse to extend it, but come summer that will give me another 'pet project' I dont have time or the means to pursue my million and one projects (unfortunately, or else I would have bought the property next door to continue expanding my collection of 'out-buildings')

 

[chrismende]

So I'm curious - and ignorant. How cold does winter get there?


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[Trithor]

Chris, our winter is not very long, generaly only about 3 months. Night temp goes to below zero about 50% of the nights over this period, but the midday temps rise to arround 17 to 22 degree C. Quite a big swing in the day/night temps. The temp drops very rapidly as the sun sets. Another feature is the very low humidity. Our altitude is arround 1450m above sea level, but we are about 550km from the sea, sepparated from it by a mountain range. This makes for a climate which is semi-desert in winter, but pleasantly sub-tropical in summer. Winter is not the time to be pulling the roof off the greenhouse! (and besides my birds will escape)

 

[NYEric]

Night temp goes to below zero about 50% of the nights over this period,