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the keys, we dove straight into work!
Even though our overall sales have
been great, all of our smaller, local
projects did dry up, which actually
worked out fine for us, as we transformed our not-so-busy sign employees
into building renovators.
Once we saw the building completely
empty, we realized it definitely
needed some TLC. The 30,000-sq.-ft.
structure on 2.5 acres is only 18 years
old, but the previous owners had 80
people working here, so the bathrooms were disgusting. We have two,
single-stall office bathrooms; two
multi-stall warehouse bathrooms
and one bathroom in my office -
woo-hoo! We wanted all new toilets,
sinks, partitions, etc., but once we
started to demo, we realized that black
mold and 18 years of funk festered
much deeper. This prompted us to
gut each bathroom down to the studs,
then rebuild from ground up. We used
Dibond paneling for the bathroom
walls, covered with printed 3M matte
graphics, and also replaced every
fixture in every bathroom. We hadn't
counted on completely remodeling
those, but wow, what a change.
Next we painted ... and we painted
a lot. Exterior canopy and stripe,
seven roll-up doors, 10 personnel
doors, all offices, baseboards, doors,
etc., and then we painted all warehouse walls and the entire ceiling.
50,000 sq. ft. of paint just in the warehouse. Being OCD, we also painted
the five warehouse AC units, replaced

all the outlet covers and even installed
printed Dibond panels on the warehouse-to-office doors.
EVERYTHING BUT THE...
With all this work underway, we still
had to move everything from the old
space to the new building. Our wrap
guys took the lead, and with a 26-ft.
rented box truck, they made a total
of 37 trips between the shops. Whew.
The weekend of April 17, we moved
the entire wrap department: all printers,
the wrap booth, vinyl, all of it. The
following weekend, we moved the
rest of the shop. We had pros move
the office essentials, while all 30 of
us concentrated on the rest. We had
oversize forklifts (lulls) at both
locations to handle the 6,000-lb.

router table, brake and all large
equipment.
By Monday, everything was ready
except our spray booth. That was
the trick, the one thing that slowed
our production down. In the end, we
sold that old booth and upgraded
to an 11 x 35-ft. booth from Standard
Tools and Equipment. And though
the new warehouse is fully air conditioned, we won't suck all the cool
air out as with a typical booth. This
one is pressurized, meaning it has
two roof stacks: one for intake, one
for exhaust.
Next, we move into remodeling all
of the offices. If you want to watch
all of this unfold, subscribe or check
us out on our YouTube channel at
"Media 1 Wrap This."
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