Welcome to the bulkhead bonanza

It's been all about the bulkheads around here for the past few days. Well, and probably a few days before that, too.

Okay, so I've been working on bulkheads for, like, a week. Fine, I admit it.

But it's done! The framing, except for one stud that I haven't put it because I'm still squeezing through that particular gap to get to the workbench, is finished! Woo!

Which means, of course, that I have to book an appointment with the inspector now. Gulp. While I wrestle with that particular nicety, to which I am most assuredly not looking forward, let us peruse the accomplishments of the past few days.

First up, the final bit of non-bulkhead-related framing: the doorway into the workshop:



That was a little more complicated than the other doorways I've framed in, largely because we're re-using an old door, and not one that comes pre-hung inside a jamb. In other words, there was lots of math involved, and I haven't found out which part of it I did wrong yet. Probably all of it.

Oh, and speaking of my last post, one of the pictures I posted was not the right one. I've since uploaded the correct picture of the detailed framing in the closet. Also, here's our nice new duct, running right off the main trunk of the furnace:



On to the framing!

The first bulkhead I finished (besides the one that will be hidden inside the closet) was the one by the electrical panel. Fortunately, I had only put up the first couple of pieces when the electrician showed up to give us his quote, and he had a few very handy tips. The final result is a little higher, and a little shallower, but I'm a lot less worried about whether all those wires will fit:



As you can see, the whole closet wall is now framed in and ready for the next step:



The next bulkhead I worked on was the long one that runs the length of the support beam. This wasn't very exciting, really; just a lot of short pieces of two-by-two and lots of cursing and swearing - it's damn hard to hold those little pieces in place driving screws through and into the joists:



Not that we needed another reason to take that old crappy duct line out, but the bulkhead works much better without it:




And finally, my favorite bulkhead of all, the little one that covers the vent stack where it emerges from the bathroom wall and immediately turns up into the floor joists. Here's the installation site all prepped and ready:



Here's the bulkhead on top of the jig I used to put it together:



And finally, here it is in place, with a few extra pieces to help fasten the drywall around it:



Phew. That was a lot of pictures. Me go drink beer.