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Post #798508 by Sandbartender on Fri, Nov 8, 2019 1:56 PM

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On 2019-11-08 06:07, tikiskip wrote:
"Electrical work Or as much as I can stub out for now"

Put in LOTS of outlets.
Think about where your lights will go and put outlets close to that area, like right by the poles on the bottom as this is where the wires to lights will run.

Also do you have mice or chipmunks?
If you do now is the time to think about them and how they will love to make a nest in the new home you just built for them.

Close all gaps and little holes for them to nest in like right along the bottom.
I wish I had thought about this when we put in our hot tub as the chipmunks love to get in there and dig out the insulation to make a nice home.
And ground hogs under our shed, it is NON stop, a simple layer of sheet metal would have kept them out.

It has been a long battle with them, use wire mesh or even metal flashing whenever you can.

Also if you spread boric acid under places you build and even in the walls of your build this will for a very long time help protect against bugs like ants.

Your bar will have sugar, and water plus shelter, you just built the very best place for bugs to live.

It's not a fun part of the build but you will save many hours of fighting them later if you think about it now.

Good luck!

VERY solid advice. There's not much worse than constantly having to deal with critters.
(he says, once again priming his 5.56 pellet gun)