2020-12-12

Side room electrical

Because of where the breaker panel is, I had the outlet circuit break off in the two directions to loop around the room.  Because of the added 14/3 wire for the switched outlet and supply for the closet light, I had to order a special extra large single gang box to comply with NEC box fill requirements.

All of the closets have at least 1 outlet, along with a CAT6 jack
Here's the switches, all the bedrooms are basically the same.  Light closest to the door, fan in the middle, and outlet(s) on the right.
Lots of wires going places in these... Each of these light boxes took me about half an hour to terminate.


2020-12-06

Front bedroom electrical

I wanted all the holes in the walls to be at the same height, so I used a harbor freight laser to make all the studs for all the holes and boxes.

Here's the level's I'm putting everything at for this room.  The adjacent rooms will be a bit different to making figuring out what wires will go where easier in the future.

There was this really cool old latch at the front by the one window, it looks like it was actually made by a blacksmith.  I wanted a box there, but I also didn't want to remove the latch, so I made a block to go around it.

Here it is with the 120V and ethernet/coax run in the corner.  Of course I made the ethernet and coax the same colors as romex... They are clearly different in person, but in pictures they're basically the same.  I'll be taking better pictures once I get the drywall on the ceiling and attic insulated so there's less junk laying around to get in the way.



2020-12-05

Hallway electrical and subpanel

I'll be adding pictures of the hallway electrical once there stops being tons of stuff in the way.  I have the subpanel in the hallway and it'll get covered with a cabinet door later.  This picture is after the first part of all the circuits were done, all of the wires are labeled as well as them being labeled on the cover.

Each room as a separate lights and outlets breaker.  The lights power both the room and closet lights/fan, and there's also a switch for switched outlets on the light circuit.  The wire for the switched outlet goes through all the boxes so people can decide later which boxes they want to make switched.  This also allows each room to draw up to 35 amps which is nice.  If I was doing this again, I would just make the switched outlets on the same breaker as the rest of the outlets and use 12/3 instead, although it costs about the same.  For the most part, it is one continuous piece of copper from the breaker all the way to the last outlet on the circuit, which is cool.

2020-12-04

Wrapping up framing

These weren't all done together, but it makes sense to group them all together since it's all framing.  I shrunk the weird closet a bit because the ceiling just got too low for the wall to be useful.

And the wall with the door way.  This door is going to look hilarious.

Front room closet wall, it's going to have 2 narrow doors which swing out

Master bedroom closet, it's a bit bigger than before, but not having the chimney makes it seem much larger on the inside.  I also tried to make it the correct dimensions to fit a washer/dryer for when I move up there.

Of course now that I'm done with this angled wall framing I'm actually getting the hang of it...  It fit perfectly.


And the extra small wall to cover the main plumbing stack.  I really wish that pipe wasn't crooked...



Rubber roofing

Finally time to actually start on the rubber roof.  That plastic I put down held up surprisingly well for how long it was there. Had to put ...