Sunday, November 14, 2010

The elusive garage

Most of Nathan's time at home is spent in the garage working on the boat. One coat of epoxy may take a day or more to set depending on the temperature (warmer is better) so to speed up the process the garage is made as warm as possible.

How does he do it?



Initially he purchased two space heaters but plugging both of them in blows the breaker. They also do not run on extension cords so he could only use one in the garage and that has not proved powerful enough to battle the dropping temperatures from outside.

The solution he found is two heat lamps at either end of the garage shinning onto the boat in addition to the space heater. Now the garage is the warmest place in the house and his epoxy dries fast enough that he can get a coat down and have it sanded before the weekend is over.

With all of this going on he was running out of plugs in the garage so he has one extension cord running back into the house from the garage through a cat door our landlord had previously installed.


This way the garage door can stay closed, containing as much heat as possible. Of course, this means that there is now an extension cord running through the door to the garage and into my kitchen. This is something new and interesting for the dogs and upon investigation they have discovered that...

there is a cat door going into the garage.




When Nate is in the garage the dogs lay crowded around the door waiting and listening to all of the noises coming from the other side of the door. Normally Nate would have a dog or two outside with him but the boat involves too much epoxy and it wouldn't be safe.


The solution?



Goose is the first dog I saw to figure out that the cat door was a little window into Nathan's world and the garage. She lays down and snuggles up to the door, pushes her head through and watches Nate work.

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Not to be outdone, Stoli took it a step further....




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