{"id":10,"date":"2017-03-30T16:33:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatejollis.net\/datashed\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2017-03-30T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T20:01:04","slug":"the-building","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/datashed.tech\/index.php\/the-building\/","title":{"rendered":"The Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

The datashed started off as a completely unfinished, dilapidated, sixty-year-old storage shed in my back yard. When I moved into my home, the building had some rickety built-in shelving, some very weak lighting, a few power outlets, a lot of grass growing into the building through holes in the walls, some mice, and lots and lots of spiders:<\/p>\n

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All of the asphalt shingles had blown off the roof, and the plywood beneath was in really bad shape. It leaked like a sieve:<\/p>\n

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My plan was always to turn this into a miniature data center, but it obviously needed\u00a0a massive amount of work in order to serve that purpose.<\/p>\n

My friend Joel came to town for a visit in 2013, and I roped him into helping me refurbish the roof. We decided to completely replace all of the plywood:<\/p>\n

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Some rafters\u00a0had dry rot, and the ends had to be cut off and replaced:<\/p>\n

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Here it is with all the plywood replaced:<\/p>\n

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Next, we sealed it with a fibrous rubber material:<\/p>\n

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Then, roofing paper:<\/p>\n

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Then, we prepared it for new metal roofing:<\/p>\n

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Here’s Joel screwing in one of the metal panels:<\/p>\n

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The roof completed:<\/p>\n

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Next, I knew I wanted to get rid of the window, for security reasons:<\/p>\n

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Did some framing here for a window A\/C (which wasn’t nearly enough; but I’ll get to that later):<\/p>\n

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Next came some wiring work and insulation, as well as adding more ceiling joists to support the drywall:<\/p>\n

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Then, drywall. My friend Anthony and my beautiful wife Miriam got roped in for help on this:<\/p>\n

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I built this rig to help me hang ceiling drywall on my own:<\/p>\n

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Drywall, mostly done:<\/p>\n

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Then came painting:<\/p>\n

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I had originally planned on vinyl tile, but I would have needed to re-float the entire floor, which was beyond my budget. So, I went with garage floor epoxy:<\/p>\n

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Next, I trenched the yard to bring ethernet, phone, and T1\u00a0cabling into the building:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the conduit coming up:<\/p>\n

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And the same at the back of the house (this has since been greatly tidied up):<\/p>\n

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The wiring on the inside of the building:<\/p>\n

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After this, equipment got moved in, and I realized that the old barn door was allowing massive amounts of dust to get in, so my friend Anthony installed a proper steel door:<\/p>\n

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At this point,\u00a0it was becoming painfully obvious\u00a0that the building had neither the power nor cooling capacity to support all the equipment. So, I hired an electrician to both upgrade the electrical service on the main house and add a dedicated 200A panel on the datashed:<\/p>\n

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The electrician also added a dedicated circuit for the core switch and two 240VAC circuits for the big PDUs that run Cabinet 3.<\/p>\n

Next, I hired an HVAC contractor to install a 3-ton split unit to the building, which will freeze the place out even in the hottest part of the summer (100 degrees Fahrenheit and above is not uncommon here):<\/p>\n

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This brings us to the current state of the building. I need to have the electrician re-locate some outlets, and possibly add two more 240VAC circuits, but overall, the interior of the building works very well. I put in the highest R-value of insulation that would fit in both the walls and ceiling, and sealed every gap I could find, so the air conditioner barely has to work to maintain 75 degrees, and dust is minimal.<\/p>\n

I will eventually have the exterior siding replaced and have the building stuccoed to match the house, but that’s a ways down the road at this point.<\/p>\n

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