And weโre back! Welcome to Episode THREE of what we have now named The Nightmare on Main St! When we left you last, I alluded to some electrical challenges. Turns out this building was completely rewired about 30 years ago and has been worked on many times since. The other problem was insufficient electric service to do the planned electric heating system. So now we had to make two major decisions. The entire building needed to be completely rewired and we needed to install gas heat rather than electric. I think it was at this point we threw any budget expectations out the window and decided that this was going to be a complete restoration project rather than a simple remodel. So this led us to work with 2 more amazing contractors. Eagle Eye Electric and S&J Heating & Air. James with Eagle Eye assessed the building and came up with a plan to rewire the entire building and get us ready for heat and air. His crew was amazing and meticulous in installing all of the new lighting, switches, and outlets needed for a modern office building. They had us up and running in just a few days. If you are in need of an electrician I highly recommend Eagle Eye. Now we had the electricity under control it was time to address heat and air. When we bought the building the only heat and air was from a window unit. We needed something much more substantial. After consulting with Kyle Jensen of S&J we decided to install a complete central heat and air system in the attic. This also required the installation of a new gas line to the building. Kyle and Mark worked like dogs in the 100-degree temperatures in the attic to get the new system ready, Installing the new air handler, ductwork, and vents. These guys did a wonderful job and I recommend them! It was about this time we started thinking about how to furnish the building if, we ever got it done. Of course, we wanted nothing but the best for our new building but we were so far over budget there was no way we were going to get all the furnishings we really wanted. But then a ray of hope came in the way of an auction! By some luck, I found out about the Chesapeake Energy bankruptcy auction in OKC. They were auctioning off pretty much everything we needed to complete the building. There were complete kitchens and cabinet systems, desks, chairs, meeting room furnishings, and more. The day of the auction came and we purchased everything we needed! The next challenge was we had to remove it from the building and haul it home. Fortunately, I got all the help I needed from our Hennessey high school and college boys. It took us 3 days to disassemble everything, hall it out and bring it home. We got so much stuff it created another problem, where do we put it all? Well, we jumped through a bunch of hoops to get to this point. But there was one more major, nagging problem I had been ignoring. In the next episode, we address one of the biggest challenges yet. Stay Tuned!
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