Filth

Operation FILTH

or, How to inflate our dirty room to 200%

Summary / Outline:

• Removing wall dividing dirty room from adjacent room, creating one larger room;
• Change flooring to laminate for much easier & faster cleaning (sweeping)
• Putting long workbench in, making high work tables in front of dirty room redundant
• Putting in sink to facilitate light chemical/paint/etc work, sparing kitchen sink
• Rethinking layout and tool placement, rectifying mistakes made, etc.

Date / Period:

Unknown, not set yet, to be determined. But starts very soon. Planned is no later than September.
We decided to aim for the weekend of 13+14 September for the wall demolition.

Participants / volunteers:

(if for a specific part, please indicate that behind your name):

• Mr. Ultratux
• Chotee
• Narya - paint walls and benches

Task list / Timeline

Rough task list, to be refined/updated. In this order, generally.

• Disposal method of the debris: Inquire what (if any) possibilities exist at UR Ultratux
• Make appointment with Laurens/UR for the electrical conduit in the wall Ultratux
• Relocate remaining network equipment outside, well shielded from dust(!!) (or far away to the glass room)
  • Contact network team, ask them what they need from us to make that happen (like longer cables, from where to where?)
  • Get list of what sockets are on what VLANS and which cables need POE so we might start rerouting cables to the glass room
• Make a casing around the fusebox to shield it from splashes & vapours from sink below it.
• remove the 19" rack
• remove the red drawer systems
• Take just about everything else out of the rooms, store intelligently. Dustproof the rest.
• Make sure the high tables in front of the window are not blocked by that stuff
• Take out the parts of the ceiling tiles and supports that will interfere with our work
• Take out or protect the air conduits that risk getting pierced/damaged by flying debris.
• Tape dustproof/watertight everything that needs protecting, like the fusebox and...?
• Disconnect the electricity outlet+cable that is inside the wall we're taking down.
• Tape the door+doorframe so dust is contained inside rooms as well as can be
• Arrange for protective wear: dust masks, eyewear, ear protection, builders' helmets...
• Arrange breaking tools; big hammer. maybe pickaxe (many wall, very mine, so d0ge!), maybe hilti's
• Break wall down, while making sure we can also evacuate the rubble. People seem to disagree on the best way to do that.
• Dispose of the debris.
• Plaster/fixup walls where needed. Paint 'em too?
• Clean everything up well
• Where needed, egalize floor so it can support laminate
• Put in laminate floor, wall to wall
• Remove wood from door bottom to accomodate new floor height
• Design/purchase/build a (rubber?) dustproof strip to put on door.
• Rearrange ceiling slats so the ceiling will be seamless
• Cut ceiling tiles to match, where needed
• Block off one door, (possibly using extra insulation?)
• Build and secure the benches using the high tables as frames + Gamma plywood
  • A suggestion was made to close the shelves below the benches with doors against dust (essentially making cabinets) Me, I'm not sold on the idea yet, but...
  • The reason I disagree in part has to do with the storage items below; like, why would you want to shield wood stock from sawdust? etc. Doors make the access hard.
• Paint/varnish the benches (It would be good to try and do parts of this in advance so we don't waste a week to wait for 3 coats to dry...)
• Put some powertools in, where appropriate, like on walls or on dedicated platforms.
• Put sink in, drill through wall to kitchen, arrange water conduits
• Redo/expand/fix electricity. People have expressed desire for emergency cut-off switch. Hard(er) to do if multiple groups...
  • Make a 3-phase outlet, while at the same time discouraging use of high-powered equipment since we have just small fuses, regrettably.
  • Optionally: change the air exhaust fan back to 3-phase, thereby increasing its power by ~50% or so
• Arrange storage space for:
  • Wood; sheets
  • Wood; scrap pieces
  • Wood, metal, plastic; lengthy stuff like rods, pipes, sticks, etc
  • Wood, perhaps metal; large beams
  • Metal; scraps and small sheets
  • Power tool storage off the benches
  • Screws, plugs, bolts; re-hang red drawers etc
  • Hand tools from tool board and/or office drawer block
• Put everything that remains back inside

Optional, perhaps outside of the scope of this project

• Split toolboard up into soldering tools and other, move soldering tools west.
• Create tables or [......] in front of the windows now that that becomes unoccupied
• Reroute/replace UTP to new location of core switch(es) (glass room? or not?)
• Perhaps relocate audio mixer to more central place (if so desired)
• Perhaps create fume hood over/around sink?