| Phase | Completed | Remaining |
| Assess | Stu Anderson, Steve Bartram chat.
Cleared with Emily of Sandy Hill. |
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| Plan | Consolidate, dispose, consume. | |
| Design | Workbench drawers. | |
| Execute | Indoors: identify, catalog, donate or dispose
Buy storage bins & containers. Clean, sort & organize inside. Reinforce shelves. Drawers for workbench. |
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| Followup | Outdoors: identify, catalog, donate or dispose
Store building materials on table Remove rodent nest under building Paint the shed. |
The tool shed, just west of the office is in a state of chaos. The shed itself is in fair shape, though it could use a coat of paint. The contents are disorganized. Shelves overflow with the remnants of a dozen projects past. Tools, paint cans and miscellany cover the floor. Ambulation is impeded within the confines of the building. Outside, leftover building materials lean against the shed or sit in piles. Rays of rising sun reincarnate the irrefutable aroma of rotting rodent.
The shed stores tools and materials for Buildings & Grounds projects. This function is distinct from that of the mopwell-equipped closet under the Palmer Library used by the professional cleaning staff. The shed is bereft of running water or electrical power.
There have been calls to expand the shed. Steve Bartram and Stu Anderson suspect that organizing, disposing of and using up what is here may obviate that need. It is certainly a cheap, easy way to start.
Stu noted that the existing shelves are quite sturdy and perfectly sized to accomodate standard 12 gallon flip-top storage containers. This is a system he uses successfully in his own garage. So he spent $100 for 16 such containers from Home Depot at the going rate of $6 each. The smaller items on the shelves will be sorted into labeled bins.
Much of the shelf space was taken up by paint cans. Pitch a lot of these in accordance with appropriate waste disposal requirements. Catalog the ones to keep. And henceforth: USE EXISTING PAINT BEFORE BUYING NEW!!!!
Outside there is a lot of junk to be thrown away. The rest needs to be stored off the ground so rodents will not nest in it. Some long skinny inorganic items (PVC pipe, galvanized trim) seem OK tucked under the floor of the shed.
Need drawers and tool storage under the workbench. Pegboards suck (in Stu's humble opinion). The workbench is built onto the wall, so these need to be built-in under it.
Place the 8' long table displaced by UUBG-005 Project: Umbrella Chest outside along the north wall as a shelf for items that don't need shelter per-se yet shouldn't sit on the ground.
| Job | Person | Responsibilities |
| Organizer | Stu | Dictator of all that is right and true in the shop |
| Paint Meister | Lou Guttierez | identify, catalog?, donate or dispose all cans of paint. |
| Who | Task Description | Hours |
| Item | Source | Material Description | Qty & Units | Cost |
| 1 | Home Depot | 12 gal flip-top containers | 16 @ $6 | $100 |
| 2 | Target | Sterilite containers & labels | 12 | (donated) |
| ---- | Buyer: | BUYER_NAME | BOM Total: | $SUM |
Do these now or just declare victory???
- TOOLS: Test weedwacker.
- PAINTS: Enter paint log. Dispose of 2nd batch.
- JUNK: Lou G. will haul trash w/ his trailer.
- Lou G. will donate a toolbox
- Clean up outside
- Put stuff on table
- Arrange shade cloth over
- Repaint the shed
- Get rid of termites in door and elsewhere
| Item | Done | Description | Who | When |
| 1 | DESCRIPTION | BY | DUE |