8.2.2017

Jim put up the other recessed light box underneath the overhang today...

 



 

Then he continued on with the insulation work.  He got over to the bathroom wall in the wood shop...

 

 

He got more bathroom insulation done also...

 

 

He's doing this wall because part of the upper section is considered an outside wall and the inspector may want it completed.  It's very different now that you can't see into the living room from the corner of the bathroom!  

 

 

He also got the rest of the top wall insulation done in the living room...

 

 

After he got the electric outlet redone yesterday, he was then able to put insulation in that area.

 

 

We had a storm blow through in the afternoon - it hit harder where the apartment is and not too much at the carriage house, even though they are only a few miles apart.  So no outside work today, but Jim continued to press on finishing up some details.  

 

Some of the parts that came yesterday enabled him to work on the plumbing for the urinal.  He had to solder pieces of copper fittings together...

 

Then he attached it to the Pex and tested it.  Everything seems good to go so Jim will connect everything up tomorrow and put it in place.

The other electric work that Jim wanted to do involves the attic light.  As it is wired now, the switch for all the lights is up in the attic.  However, it would be very easy to leave the light on that way and you would never know about it until you went up again.  So he decided that he wanted to change the switch to be in the master bedroom with a light on the switch so you would know if the light was on or off.  Good plan but that requires a ton of work.  First Jim removed the old switch...

Then he had to get up in the attic and drill new holes through the steel to feed new wire through.  As you can see, there is no room to work.  Jim has his back pressed up against the sheathing and all the roofing nails while he tries to drill these holes.

He finally got the holes drilled and the grommets in place.  The next step was to run wire to the first attic light...

Then he brought the wire back, fastening it down along the way.  Running the wire is usually one of the hardest jobs - tomorrow he'll work on rewiring the boxes.  A lot of work but it will be a much nicer setup when it's all done.

 

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