boxkita Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have a couple of power tools that have 15A (peak) and one with 18A (peak), all with a standard plug. Wanted to be sure they didnt cause an overload. Every circuit in garage is on a 20A circuit breaker. Hottub is on 50A panel. Think we used 8 gauge for that run. The most of the house is wired at 12 gauge. Our wiring story follows the adage "a fool and his money are soon parted". Then again, the wiring was done when copper was cheap. If I had to do it today, the spec would be vastly different. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have a couple of power tools that have 15A (peak) and one with 18A (peak), all with a standard plug. Wanted to be sure they didnt cause an overload. Every circuit in garage is on a 20A circuit breaker. Hottub is on 50A panel. Think we used 8 gauge for that run. The most of the house is wired at 12 gauge. Our wiring story follows the adage "a fool and his money are soon parted". Then again, the wiring was done when copper was cheap. If I had to do it today, the spec would be vastly different. All of our house is in 12 gauge with the exception of the hot water heater and stove iirc. Guessing 12 woulda worked fine for your power tools with no issue.... But overkill can't hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 My electrician was mouthing off one day about running all the wire and it not having enough oomph for 20A. He said 8 would work better. After some experimentation, we discovered making up a 4 GFCI outlet box with 8 gauge was impossible. It was sort of possible with 10. So there are 4 "power" plugs (1 on each wall) now. A pretty cheap upgrade for a 6 pack. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have been doing lots an lots on my house. I got this house for practically nothing but i have run into nothing but problems with it. Its a tiny place but with the deal I got on it, I should be able to sell it in a couple years and make a decent little profit on it, then move on to the next house. Here are a few things I have done to it in the past year and a half. Replaced a bunch of rotten trim Built a small deck: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-05-20_15-37-34_300.jpg Replaced the old Crappy Exterior Doors Before: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2354_zps67ea75e5.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2359_zpsd5e972df.jpg After: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-09-03_12-56-49_734.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-09-03_17-16-16_69.jpg Replaced old flooring and window/door/baseboard trim. As well as the interior doors Before: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-11-23_09-49-12_667.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130526_122816_253_zpsd1c12c71.jpg After Some of these picture are before completion and I dont have any updated ones: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-11-26_06-58-15_281.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2012-11-26_06-57-56_884.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130527_150358_681_zps52863f5e.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130902_134336_145_zps042babac.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130902_134350_706_zpsfdb23f4f.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 This was the biggest undertaking Complete Kitchen Gut and Remodel Old Kitchen with W/D in the kitchen and chimney: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2491_zpsa110d61d.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2493_zpsbf48b1ff.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2467_zps3131c2f7.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2465_zps45341ac7.jpg Chimney Removal http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2479_zpscac8ff24.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_2487_zpsc922202a.jpg Kitchen gut with partial wall removal between kitchen and living room http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2013-02-24_13-27-27_701_zpsfaff8291.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2013-02-17_12-19-55_477_zps687841b0.jpg New Wiring/ Drywall insulation etc.. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2013-02-24_13-27-17_912_zps5ed4a9c4.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2013-03-10_17-15-31_550_zpsda5a79bc.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/facebook_51567305jpg_zps2109782a.jpg Closet for the W/D http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/2013-03-09_18-59-20_175_zps7d3c0a73.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130828_193148_141_zps0a2aebb6.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130413_192059_447_zpsccdb43e7.jpg Complete minus a little bit of trim work which is done now. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130413_192144_667_zps309277ba.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/diggerdan11/House%20Remodel/IMG_20130413_192122_344_zpsdb57b238.jpg I dont have any updated pictures with all the finish trim and paint, but at least you get an idea. Next up is a complete gut and remodel of the bathroom, then the interior will be 100% done. Then we are going to remove the old asbestos siding and put new siding up, paint it and we will be done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Looks great man! nice work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 FWIW I run cat5 on top of 00 power cables at work almost every week and haven't noticed any issues with interference. "Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Bill Shakespeare - car modder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnJack Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Finished up the outside. Still not sold on the color, but doesn't matter since I'm selling it in three months. The next person can paint it any color they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 ^^^ looking good Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I love the landscaping with the Flag... Perfect touch. Those flag system are $$. I looked into one for our front 'landscaped mound'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 FWIW I run cat5 on top of 00 power cables at work almost every week and haven't noticed any issues with interference. yeah, its an inevitability at my work that you have cat5e in the same gutter as 120/240v. even the engineers that designed it all didnt care enough to separate it. city of Phoenix is the only city in the valley that requires separation for different power types (24v and 120/240v). they also require separate comms runs as well. and dont get me started on their 17260 requirements. makes their jobs take twice as long just in the blueprints stage. only thing we really see interfering with cat5 cabling is if its inside metal conduits. thats a no-no too. i do try to use the direct bury cat5e if at all possible tho, very hard to interfere with that. lately everything is cat6 anyway, shielded and grounds nicely. kind of expensive for the high end stuff tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodik Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Well at the begining of the year me and my wife bought a really beat up coop apartment, being in architecture I could totally see potential in it but at the same time my hick side new the amount of work needed to be done to make it happen. This is what I started with Small bedroom (to be removed) http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/kazantip/Kvartira/IMG_0361.jpg Bathroom (to be enlarged) http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/kazantip/Kvartira/IMG_0364.jpg Living Room (to become master bedroom) http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/kazantip/Kvartira/IMG_0362.jpg Kitchen to be combined with dining room http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/kazantip/Kvartira/IMG_0355.jpg Larger bedroom to become kid's room http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/kazantip/Kvartira/IMG_0366.jpg Then the demo started After two days of work we got an early surprise a whole week earlier than expected, his name is Victor and he will be a subaru fan. He was born rather quickly but I can barely remember it all. Everything was just a blur. Demo started on thursday with a buddy helping me out two of us stripped the future kids room, I was exhausted as I haven't work hard in a couple of month. On friday morning I picked up where I left off with couple more friends helping me but my body wasn't there anymore. I got home to my wife late as I had to pick up money from my side bussines friend around 10pm, she tells me she isn't feeling to good. I said give it an hour if nothing changes we'll go to hospital she woke me up at 11pm saying its getting worse. Luckily my parents were staying over and my dad dropped us off at the hospital. Three hours later I was a father. My dad picked me up from hospital around 5am as there no overnight visitors allowed. Was awaken at 8am to prep for the day at the hospital. So after two days of hard work barely any sleep I was a father and although kinda dazed I was happy. Sleep has been a privilege ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodik Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 After his birth I realized I rather spend time with him than in the apartment (like I had a choice) So the contractor was hired to finish the most of it Once the contractor finished drywall and electrical I began to do finishing work Laying down about 800sf of hardwood in two days killed my arm for a week here is suby doing its part in the reno, people looked at me as if i had a coffin on the roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 wow! looking good. I'm glad I never had to work on a lath & plaster house. Thought my demo was hard, that's nutz. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Demoing plaster and lath is brutal. Nice work man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodik Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 yeah i hate plaster, regular dusk masks work for like 5 mins till they are fully clogged 100+ years of dust was just sitting in that floor cavity. Had to buy couple good respirators and lots and lots of water to constantly rinse mouth lol. Although demo was nasty its the finishing touches that drive me nuts. Like doing trim work or the tile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 you'd think the horrible nature of demo would deter anyone from remodeling, however, the sheer fun of deconstruction always pales by the time the finish work is in progress. We've remodeled our house about 5 times, each time doing less work. The last time, we found a designer & general contractor we liked and who understood exactly what we wanted. We left on vacation before they started and came home after they finished. It was the perfect way to do remodeling. :-) Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 We've started to entertain paying people as our time becomes more and more valuable and limited. My current project is our mudroom.... Its a soft buffer between the house and garage (ranch style house). I gutted it down to studs. Replacing a short stairwell, sheetrock, flooring, etc... We removed a low window and put a decorative arched window in, higher up. With the exception of the window, the entire project hasnt really moved since demo. Next weekend may be starting to replace the doors (there are three of them in this small room. Two of them have been sitting in my garage for three months. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've been "building" a removable deck around my sunken hot tub for nearly a year. The engineering challenges were too much for the expert contractor we hired, which we discovered when the hot tub motor failed as we were paying him off. His idea of easy removal was using a sawz-all. We stopped payment on the check. A year later, I've got it mostly worked out, but still finding it challenging to get everything lined up and safe. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
km580 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Finally had my driveway paved!! Fat people are hard to kidnap!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 On or around the 22nd of October I will hopefully be able to share some home improvement photos of my own with all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 That's an expensive driveway! We had ours done last year. Along with some drainage pipe to hide some of our downspout exits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Finally had my driveway paved!! Can you hit 3rd gear on it now? "Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." - Bill Shakespeare - car modder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doccrowley Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 We went from before to after in 4 weeks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Soooooo not much difference. LOL Looks great man!! DIY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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