Warehouse Re-Vamp

Started by Graham Lee, March 18, 2017, 03:54:55 PM

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Graham Lee

#75
There is a greenhouse heater and a few other odds and ends.
15 metres of 6mm cooker cable.
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#76
Started to take the old cupboards out this afternoon.
At the back I found my very first advertising board form over 12 years ago,
plus what looks like some pdf instructions from Thelma.

This all pulls on my heart strings, my memories.
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#77
Trying some variations on the picking boxes to see what will work best.
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#78
I fitted all the new insulation today behind the cupboards and on the floor.
Also worked out the best way to configure all the new boxes.
I think we can add another 70 now the cupboards have gone.
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#79
Took the whole of the back wall picking boxes out today so
that we could move them right up into the corner where the corner cupboard used to sit.

As I was taking them down I heard a pop, it was the insulation coming away from the wall.
I'm guessing that I fitted the insulation on a cooler day and it has expanded so with the
boxes away from holding this back to the wall it all popped forward.

I had to cut off 10mm from one of the rows so it would all sit back snugly.
Now wondering if when it cools down we might have a few gaps appearing
between each joint as it shrinks?
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Graham Lee

#80
If we had left the boxes where they were we could only fit in three extra vertical rows.
Which would have been 27 boxes but by moving them right into the corner we got an extra
9 boxes giving us 36 extra on the lower back wall. We can get an extra 12 sitting above as well.

Starting to put them back in and they fit 100% perfect from wall to wall.
No judgement there just luck. There is no room for the electric cable to sit
between the boxes and wall so I will have to cut a gap in the insulation
so that we can move the electrical intake box away form the corner so the last
line of boxes fits snugly against both walls.

I have purchased the insulation at three different times and each time the compressed
particles have been different colours so it looks like a rainbow effect.
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#81
The boxes sitting where the corner unit used to be. Off to get some wood to sit on top of the boxes
tomorrow and then purchase another 75 picking boxes that I expect might come before next weekend.

Perhaps we could have another official opening once these modifications have been made to the warehouse.
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#82
I moved the electricity intake box today so that another
row of picking boxes would fit along the back wall.
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#83
The new picking boxes turned up today, one slight problem the small boxes
they sent were the wrong ones. They sent midi instead of midi XL,
never mind I still have plenty to do and I'm sure they will be here
by the middle of next week.

Fitting them in to place.
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#84
And putting all the stock in the cardboard boxes on the centre Isle into them.

Adding the shelf, the space on the right is for the 12 boxes that were sent wrong.

Will be adding the larger boxes to the other side of the warehouse tomorrow,
it's all go today and I went and voted as well.

It's nice to have the centre Isle free again.
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#85
Plodding along on Fridays and Sat and the warehouse is taking shape.
Sorting out the side where the corner floor unit used to sit.
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#86
Getting that side all installed.
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#87
The view from all around, we do have a few spare picking boxes available for other products.

Just got to number up the extra picking boxes.
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#88
As we added another 75 boxes we had to re-number the picking boxes.
This made the product numbers on the website wrong so we had
to update the website with the correct product/picking box number.
We have done about three quarters with just the centre Isle to adjust on the website.

It all talks time but is nearly there now.
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#89
AND................................it's finished.

All the picking boxes are in and numbered and all numbered correctly on the website.
We even have about 30 spare picking boxes now for even more product in the future.
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