(loud thud)
The wall's gone, and I found out the direct wire
LED replacement tubes in that light way back over there
are horrible for video.
Here, let me speed up some footage
and you'll see what I mean.
(upbeat music)
Luckily, I'll be pulling out that fixture
and moving one of the other ones
with a ballast in its place.
We're on like day 74 now, and construction,
well, it's finally *almost* about to begin.
I had some issues getting to a number
that I was comfortable with,
and we had to come up with a few compromises,
but we're past that.
All the permits are approved,
and I'm finishing up a couple more things
before the carpenters come in.
There's a dumpster out back,
and my nephew and I spent a day
tearing down that old orange wall.
You might wonder why we're tearing down the wall.
After all, the plans still have a wall right there.
Well, the wall was okay,
but it wasn't very good for sound isolation.
And instead of building a second wall inside that wall,
we decided to rip out this wall
and build a new, better one in its place.
We'll be using Resilient Channel,
and it'll have insulation inside too.
Oh, also Redshirt Jeff found out what we were doing
and insisted on helping out in his own way.
(dramatic music) [red shirt jeff blasts through wall]
I've been living my life as a series of time lapses lately.
(upbeat music) [AI is getting really good at these transcriptions]
(upbeat music) [I should see what happens if I play death metal or something]
[Music] [well, maybe AI isn't quite as good... it's the same song!]
[Music] [okay, I guess we're sticking with generic 'music' for good now]
Without the wall, the space actually looks
a little smaller for some reason.
But today's task is to fill in the holes
in the remaining walls and remove the ceiling grid
in the area where the studio will be.
We're building what's called a "hard lid"
and above that we'll have sound insulation.
Then below that I'm gonna install a new ceiling grid
with new lighting and electrical connections.
And there are a million tricks to every step of construction
like knowing when to use spackle, which shrinks,
and when to use nail filler, which doesn't.
But in IT, there's one rule of thumb most of us live by
and that's try the simplest fix first.
Like if you ever ask an IT person how to fix a problem,
the first thing they'll always ask
is whether you tried turning it off and on again.
Or after that, they'll do a little percussive maintenance.
(loud bang) [seriously?]
(loud bang) [at least AI is consistent in identifying a sound]
(loud bang) [technically a PC falling on the ground]
Well, maybe not that hard,
but it's amazing how often a well-placed slap
will fix some intermittent problem.
(loud bang) [okay, I take it back, AI needs to get more creative]
A few months ago Kaleb from The 2nd Empire Strikes Back mentioned his old lift wasn't
working anymore.
[Kaleb] So this is the lift control right here, or the basket lift control, because there's two
controllers.
One here, one on the main body opposite of that area right there.
But this is the one that was having what we thought was a microchip issue.
[Jeff] He's restoring a beautiful old mansion in North St. Louis and to work on the three-story
facade he goes up in a lift.
The basket controller was broken and I told him I'd love to give it a once over.
I took it apart and found the main PCB was a little squished.
Not great, but all the traces seemed to be intact and I couldn't find any fault in the
resettable fuse or any of the other circuits I could reach.
So I spent a few minutes cleaning all the exposed connections with alcohol, took it
apart, put it back together, and gave it back.
And what do you know, the thing works again.
[Kaleb] Now let's get back up high because I finally got that lift working.
shout out to Jeff who had the controller the basket controller for the lift. I've been waiting
for this for a while and I've had it working for two days now I'm so excited.
[Jeff] So, now my friend can get back up to the exterior of his beautiful old home and restore that
woodwork back to the glory it once had.
I told him I thought the problem could maybe be the little microprocessor chip, but I couldn't
find any specs online since his hardware is far from open source. [you gotta fight, for your right, to repair]
But luckily, as often is the case, the problem was fixed by just giving it a little *gentle*
percussive maintenance.
So by this time next week, hopefully the first new walls will be in place.
We'll see.
construction delays are pretty much the name of the game.
Fingers crossed I'll be able to move into this space
before fall, but we'll see.
I'll be working more on that Pi NVR, Pi-hole,
and a few other fun Pi projects here
now that Raspberry Pis are back in stock, so subscribe.
Until next time, I'm Jeff Geerling.
(upbeat music)
[Music]
[Music] [okay seriously... sorry for those who can't hear but apparently AI is not that expressive]
[Music]
(upbeat music) [why suddenly so positive?]
[Music] [back to neutral]
(upbeat music) [positive again...]
[Music] [now you're just playing with me, AI!]
(upbeat music)
(music)
[Music]
[music]
[Music]
(music)
(upbeat music)
[Music]
(bell chimes) [lol where did that come from?!] [thanks for watching!]