1st Floor vs 2nd Floor

A lot of people have been asking: “When will there be a new floor in the Sawtooth building?” Here’s the answer: “Very soon! Just a few more steps before that can happen.” You see, there’s quite a bit going on underneath the new floor. First there’s the electrical conduit and plumbing (which is done), then a venting system, and then radiant heating. After the radiant comes the cement for the new floor.

The materials for the venting system arrived early last week, and the United Construction team got right into the installation process. The ventilation system is required because the Sawtooth building is a brownfield site. It has since been fully cleaned up, but we still need to have something under the floor that is capable of exhausting any old, nasty residue in the soil – in the rare case that some pops up.

 

Right: rolls of tubing for the ventilation system. Center: connectors for the tubing. Left: grid layout of the venting system.

 

While the venting is being installed on the first floor, the second floor mezzanine is taking shape. While most of the MakerSpace will be a single floor, there will be a few second floor areas above the computer lab, as well as the kitchenette/cafe area.

 

In other news, our electric service box now has guts! Soon the Claremont MakerSpace will have power!

 

Once the new floor is poured, two things will happen:

1) The Pre-Opening Membership discount will be reduced. So sign up… now! Here: https://claremontmakerspace.org/membership-pre-order/

2) We’ll start organizing volunteers to help build and paint furnishings for the CMS – ie. work tables, partitions, chairs, etc. If you want to help us build these things, grab a paint brush, learn to use a CNC machine and other woodworking tools in the process, and hang out with other makers, then let us know! Email us at [email protected], with “Volunteering” in the subject line.

Make it a great week!