Post #784147 by kahalakruzer on Tue, Feb 20, 2018 7:24 AM

Thanks guys for all of the compliments. This whole project couldn't have been done without the wealth of knowledge everyone's freely bestowed for all of these years on Tiki Central.

So, finally came the day where I was actually able to start installing the bar. I had 3 days to get it done before the store opening, and when I showed up, there was still half a wall of wood missing. Needless to say, the construction crew helped out by furring out some plywood on the back wall so I had a giant mounting surface instead of trying to get everything attached to the concrete. With the amount of stuff going up on the back wall, that turned out to be one of my best ideas yet. Sometimes, even the sun shines on a dog's ass I guess.



So here was the bare canvas. All that ply was mounted 3/4" off of the wall to give the screws some leeway once they went through the 3/4" plywood.




After a long day of cutting and pushing stuff around to accommodate the rest of the construction going on in the store, I finally got all of the matting on the walls.



Here are a few detail shots at the end of day one. I looked down and realized it was 10:00 at night and I was still running an air compressor and nailing up bamboo and trim. The city of Laguna Beach can get a little huffy over stuff like that, so I decided to call it a night.