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August 03, 2006
Haulin'! Bug Style
I decided to have some people over last Friday for some climbing (bouldering) & drinking. Unfortunately, it had been in the high 90's all week and was threatening to be in the 100's when woke up on Friday. The thought of 105ºF heat, plus climbing, mixed with a lil bit of drinking was heartbreaking. Drastic times call for drastic measures! I decided I need to some how cool off my garage. Easiest choice? Pump in the AC from the house. Not a bad idea until you consider the 7.5' tall by 16' wide metal garage door. With it being 100º on the outside, that door would suck the coolness out the air I pumped into the garage. Remedy: a lil bit of insulation.
Insulation? No prob. Just run down to Home Depot and pick some up, right? Exactly! Finding and buying the poly insulation was no problem. In and out in a jiffy. Now I was standing in the Home Depot parking lot, in the 100ºF heat with 60% humidity, with four (4) sheets of 4'x8'x1.5" poly insulation. Needless to say, the VW Bug I arrived in instantly seemed about the size of a matchbox car.
I thought to myself, "No problem, I've transport other sheets of 4'x8' material in the bug before by cutting them into 2'x8' sections." Of course those were thinner sheets along the lines of 1/2" thick. I went through the motions of pulling out the bottom cushion of the back seat and the head headrests. Next I pulled the back seat down and dialed the front seat back as flat as it would go. The Bug was now looking a little more spacious; about the size of a Tonka trunk...
I pulled the first sheet off the cart, scored and separated it down the middle, length-wise, and stacked the 2'x8' sections from the floor in back to the dash in front. "Fits like a glove," I thought, impressed with myself. Cutting and sliding in the second sheet started to get me a little worried; the stack was quickly nearing the roof since each sheet ended up 3" high. The third sheet got split and put in. "Wow, not much room left. Nothing to do but try the last sheet," I thought. With the last sheet cut, I slid in the first half. It didn't look like anymore would fit: "Well shit on me". I slid in the last half, keeping my toes and fingers crossed. "Perfect!" The stack came right up to the bottom of the rearview mirror. I quickly cut a couple of small pieces off of the corners in the back and I was good to close the hatch and take off. Needless to say I got a few odd looks while driving down the road with the bright pink poly insulation as my passenger.
With some pleading, Bensbane helped me cut and install the insulation. We opened the door between the house and garage and fanned in cool air. Ahhh, the comforts of AC. The garage cooled and much bouldering was done.
Mission: Success!
Posted by aeon3 at 12:14 AM | Comments (2)