Awake: 5:18am Temp 51 Sleep 6+40 partly sunny Overnight@
Nicktown
Check in @ the Foote house @ 8:02am for more Space Pak adventures. This
morning’s target: get (3) supply air tubes run through the skinny knee
wall area street side. One cannot climb, crawl or slither through this
approx 20 ft long area. When we shine our bright halogen light thru this
passageway, it looks like the smallest restrictive area would allow (3) 3”
tubes to be pulled thru from one side to the other. Luckily, Eric the
electrician left a pull wire for us to start with. Kevin gives me this job
while he shops for more needed tools in prep for our next challenge.
My 1st idea was to find a plastic soda bottle to use as a small projectile
& affix the supply hose behind it. The joists are running 90 degrees to
the pull direction & I am sure each joist 2X6 will snag on something
bigger. Downstairs, I ask the girls & Kevin before he leaves…..none found
in the house.
Ok, so to begin, a 50 ft length of rope is pulled thru to get rid of the
stiff wire & then I crudely construct a bullet nose out of cardboard &
tape the supply tube behind it. Sure enough, nearly every joist possible
snags on my “not so streamlined” bullet. Numerous trips from one side of
the room into the knee wall to free it up by whipping the rope or
reposition the bullet, than back to the other knee wall side to continue
the pull. It was frustrating, tiring & by 9:30am, I was nearly worn out.
Finally, about a long hr + later, the 1st tube was thru the passageway.
Kevin returned shortly thereafter with some good news: among other needed
tools, he had found a plastic water bottle just the right size. Kevin cut
the bottom off & drilled a hole thru the lid. Next we ran the rope thru
the bottle with the knot inside the bottle & the supply hose # 2 stuck
inside & taped. With Kevin on one side of the knee wall & me on the other,
we ran that # 2 supply hose thru in less than 5 min. Anytime the new
bullet even considered snagging, we would taunt the line & on it would go.
# 3 supply hose took maybe 2 min & with such exuberance, we even tried &
successfully ran a # 4 supply hose thru the narrow passageway.
Unbelievable! It made our day. Now we have 4 supply hoses that have not
been cut from each of the 4 boxes of 100 ft each. Needless to say, both
knee wall entry areas are getting crowded. Before calling it quits today,
each remaining 40 to 60 ft of hose left over was curled into its shipping
box for now & moved aside for a wider path.
8.0 hrs on Space Pac today…..no lunch.
Shower for me before the 7:00pm dinner: Crab cakes, tuna & noodle
casserole, salad & toast.
Evening movie: “Uncle Buck” with John Candy & Amy Madigan. Very
entertaining with a good message thrown in……we both liked it.
High temp=? Lights out: 10:17pm
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