Wife's Project
 

Took a few months off this winter and finally got back to work on my wife's project. Two walls to go on the outside, but a lot more to go on the inside. See got her new custom kitchen (Lol) this weekend and we worked on the east wall of the house. It's like going camping every time we go down to the house. The wind just blows through it at this time. We are down to one useable room at this point. Best part I get to spend time with my wife.

Is this on the infamous beach home?

I will say that the stove in the work room is unique. lol

It is cool that you said you got to spend time with your wife.

I thought I was going to a car show today, but the wife had other idea's. Spent the last two days at the beach house working on siding and painting. Finally finshed up the back of the house and got most of the west wall finished. Once the west wall is done then on to the front of the house. Weather was perfect down there today. Started this project 2 years ago. Slowly getting it done as money allows.

It is looking great ,I have a few of those projects I need to get done but mine are not quite as serious as yours .

Ray, you are one busy man. House is looking good.

To busy, I want to be out enjoying the summer not working it away.

Nice work Ray, it's looking good. Did the wife request the bottle jack and lawn mower in her custom kitchen or was that just a little bonus you threw in. :D

She always wanted a multi purpose room. Now she has one.

I wouldn't mind that in mine.

Another long weekend at the beach but finally on the home stretch on the outside framing and siding, hope be done by mid October before the rains return. Stained the back shakes, replaced half the front wall and finished the east wall, except for the staining of the shakes. I have 2 front windows to install and the front door before I can siding on the last wall.

Before pictures are in my album on here.

Wow! That's a bunch of work. I love the look of the done walls. Very cool.

Looks very nice .

You can stop by my house when you are done Ray. :)

Took on the second half of the front of the house this weekend.

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Damn Ray, you basically built a new house. Looks great.

I have one wall at a time. I have been wondering if I should have just tore it down and started over.

May finally have one warm room in the house to sleep in. Almost have the laundry room done. Since not much been going on with the Chevelle, been spending a few days trying to complete a few small projects inside the beach house. Still have the front to finish but waiting for warmer weather. The rest of the house is still down to the studs inside and no heat yet.

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Decided after working on the project on the inside that I need a new design for the outside. Something that wasn't going to take years to finish. Much like my car project this is looking like a 7 year project. This might speed it up some and have room for everyone. Flash this project is like your truck. taking way to long to finish.
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Now I do like the redneck condo ,just need a large garage .

Hard to believe it has been almost a year before I have got back to the front of the house. Been pushing to try to get the front finished before winter gets here. Have been working on getting the bathroom and the laundary room done this last winter, but the rest is still down to the studs. Been way to busy this summer to get down there much. Here's a few pics from this weekend. Still need to buiild the front porch. I layed out the way what I think it will look like, needed the wife's approval first.
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Looking good Ray ,keep us posted .

Finally got back to the Beach house project. Been really slow getting it done. Took all winter off and now just getting back to after 6 month. This thing is going to take as long as the Chevelle did. Got porch started and gable end shaked. Wired half the house, and framed in some new doors between the living room and den. Spent 3 days on it this week. Almost ready for electrical inspection so I can insulate.


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Nice work Ray, place looks great.

I agree ,very nice work .

Looking good.

Looks really good Ray. I have a few projects if you have some extra time. lol

I was going to say that, but since he lives on the left coast I thought commute my be a bit much.

Took the day off, so I could get an electrical inspection done and he or she stood me up today. Drove a 100 miles one way to get there. I guess I get to make another trip back down. Hoping to at least get half the house electrical working today so I can tear out the other half and I can start insulation on half the house before winter gets here. Camping out tonight since the house doesn't have heat yet.

Finally able to get the electrical and framing inspections done today. Now have ceiling lights and wall plugs installed in half of the house. Time for insulation and sheet rock in half of the house once I find someone to teach me about installing internet systems. I can now pull out the old wiring and re-wire the new kitchen and eating area.

You do nice work Ray. When the inspector doesn't show, do you get to charge him a no-show fee?

Nice work Ray. Wish you were closer, I probably have 1,000 ft of CAT 5E cable in the shed. You can buy the wall plates and connectors at Lowes or HD. They also sell the crimper to install the connectors on the end of the cable. Some of the connectors are color coded so you know how to put the wires in the connector, there's 4 pairs. A signal and ground in each pair but they don't remain in pairs. You have to swap the ground between two of the pairs. Here's a link that shows how the wires get paired up. https://www.google.com/search?q=cat5...x-a&channel=sb

Run all the cables back to where your modem will be. If the modem doesn't have enough sockets for all the cables run a patch cable from the modem to a switch then plug the cables into the switch. If you need a switch PM me your address and I'll send you one. I'll look, not sure but I probably have a mess of connectors somewhere too. I wired every room in this house with RG6 coax and CAT 5E years ago before everything started going wireless. Also wired multiple computer labs in my prior life. Based on the work you've done so far I'm sure you can handle wiring for internet.

I wish,

Thanks Hank for the tip. I don't have a switch.

Just got home last night and our main house lost power on the main floor. Not a breaker, so some place something has come loose. No I did not wire this house. Lol. It was built long before I moved in. Looks Like Iam going to have to track the problem down today.

You may not need a switch Ray. depending on how many drops you run and how many connections your cable modem will support. We have AT&T Uverse and the modem has room for 4 connections plus wireless.

Did you lose one leg of the 220? Possibility if most of main floor is on 1 leg.

220 works and everything works in the house but one circuit. Spent all day trying to find the problem. Still have not been able to find how the power is getting to the plugs and the outside lights. Wondering if I have a hidden junction box somewhere I have not found. Been in the crawl space and attic with no luck.

Could you have one of those GFI circuits that got tripped?

No GIF in this circuit. Its some where between the breaker panel and the living room. About a 20' run. Power line run throught the floor joist inside of the house. Going to go get a tester that sends a signal down the wire so I trace it.

Finally found the problem at 10 pm tonight. I have spent hours searching for the problem. It was as far away as it could be. Ended up being on the third floor of the house in the attic. When the attic fan and light was installed over 10 years ago, the hot lead that was tapped into was the living room circuit. Found a loose wire in the switch to the attic fan, which was the hot lead to the living room. What a pain in the $$$ to find.

Glad you found it. It's crazy how they run the wiring in houses. I plugged a pressure washer into an outside outlet and it ran for a second then stopped. I plugged into a different outlet and went on. A few minutes later Lynda came out and said the lights are out in the basement. The outlet I first used was on the outside of the family room which is over a crawlspace. They used the push in terminals on the back instead of the screw lugs and the outlet burned. The wiring does not go from the basement to the crawl space. It must come from above, either from between the 1st and 2nd stories or from the 2nd story down. Then back up, over to the main level then back down to the basement which is where the breaker panel is. Sounds like the long way around to wire the basement when the breaker panel is right there.

I hear you. Can't figure why they went to the third level of the house from the basement, back down to the main level. It's a straight shot over to the living room wall. Wire was cheap back then I guess. Lol