S T U D I O C O N S T R U C T I O N D I A R Y
dedicated and in memory of my dad Cliff Nelson, and my grandpa Carl Nelson
heres a list of people that helped me and i really appreciate it: jaspen nelson, clyphe nelson, selena nelson, nate dawson, tim dawson, theron debusk (framing), dick craker (consulting), don bennet (consulting), chris corwin (everything), doug berry (block work), sergio lepore (clouds), tim barnette (plumbing and etc.), wes (electrical pipe), doug edge (sand), john (sand), john sandstrom (consulting), hugo (leftover block work), andrew (plumbing), kieth (plumbing), joe seevers (contracting), marvin and jeremy mccardle (framing and electric), kyle smith (intern- insulation, drywall, cable and phone), chris stauber (drywall), daryl scariot (painting), brandon (drywall), matt higuera (drywall) , pat higuera (desk), shallowpoint (drywall, window, and trim), ben, john, bernie (doors), jeremy (painting), taylor and anne (painting), saro (flooring), otis francis (studio wiring), joe (soffit), jon (electrical), brice (flooring)
this is how it looked
day 1- excavation
plumbing
morning before slab is layed their were all kinds of quails basking in the dirt
laying the slab
day 1 of block laying (it took 4 weeks)
we had to cut alot of the rebar to place it in the correct place i dont know whta those slab guys were thinking
five layers high
what good helpers
me and tim filling all the cells with sand
on top of the world
filling the bond beams with concrete
whoa! huge!
chris corwin hard at work (thanks chris)
wooden ac returns
chris with the first piece of drywall
and me
using the drywall lift
chris corwin at work
matika with chris in the background (shot from control room into live room)
kyle hard at work
matt higuera helping out
chris kicking butt
taylor, kyle, and john
more butt kickin
moving sheets
brandon at work
shallowpoint monkeys (andy, nick, josh, mike, and bud)
mike putting up paper to protect wall from texture
andy laying the first layer of mud
bud churning the mud
nick sanding
josh and "the hopper"
jon hanging the first light (woohoo!)
chris painting the mural
chris and owen
selena painting
making baffles
saro putting the first piece of wood flooring down
live rooms done!
me taking a break
me and chris
control rooms done!
control room windows in
new desk me and pat built (thanks pat)
after a year, tada!
iso booth 8/16/06 (just couple more days and itll be done)
thanks odie!
thanks for your patience selena