I put in a full day working on our garage project while Linda put in a full day working on this and that.  She baked vegan muffins, made vegan rice pudding, worked at her computer on bills, banking, and RV club financial records, and helped me in the garage with drywall installation.

My first task was sanding down drywall compound from yesterday and then adding more in certain places.  I then measured, marked, and cut the drywall for the inside of the new utility closet.  Linda helped me install it.  We had to cut one piece in half lengthwise in order to get it into position.  I also had to drill a hole for the garage furnace thermostat cable and push it out through the utility closet wall.  Once all of the pieces were secured with drywall screws I applied self-adhesive fiberglass tape to the seams and then applied drywall compound to the seams and screw dimples.

Jasper doing his cat thing.

Since I could not sand, prime, or paint until the drywall compound was dry I worked on some loose electrical ends.  I installed a saddle connector in the side of the library HVAC for the armored AC power cable and a cable strain relief for the thermostat cable and A-C compressor control wires.  Darryll had already installed these cables through the gas pipe hole, so I made a diagram of how they were connected, uninstalled them, re-routed them through the strain relief, and reconnected them.  I prepped the AC power cable, partially installed the switch in the surface mount electrical box, and connected the armored cable to the saddle connector.  The final AC power connections for the library HVAC unit will have to wait until the drywall is finished and the surface mount junction/switch box is installed.

I mounted the library thermostat on the wall above the air return but did not connect the wires.  The color coding of the wires in the thermostat cable does not exactly match the labeling of the terminals and the instructions were less than clear, so I thought it best to leave this for Darryll.  I removed the side panel from the Reznor garage furnace and made the AC power connections.  I did not, however, connect the thermostat wires and I left the documentation packet inside the unit.

After dinner I checked e-mail and edited a half dozen blog pages before turning in for the night.