I decided to take advantage of the warm weather on Sunday to put a 4 inch hole through the side of the house for the basement washroom exhaust vent. I started drilling from inside to discover that the drill bit wouldn't go deep enough. Now, no guy wants to discover that their tool isn't long enough so, feeling rather deflated, I went to Home Depot to find a solution for my small problem. Twenty minutes later, I was back in business. Using both a wood bit and a masonry bit to get through the stucco, I was able to bore a hole big enough for the exhaust vent. I installed a vent hood and sealed it with caulking. After all that, the house didn't fall down. So, I guess I did it right.
Aside from that I managed to complete the wiring for four more circuits. Just one more to go and then I can install the circuit breakers.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Construction resumes!
Well, I finally broke down and bought a new drill. I found a 2 tool combo kit that included a drill and an impact driver for about the cost of one tool alone. I stood there at Home Depot staring at this package wondering why it was priced like that. It seemed kind of too good to be true and usually when something is too good to be true, it is. I got it anyway. Maybe one of them will blow up later...
I finished wiring a circuit -- the outlets in the home theatre room. Most of the outlets are in the exterior wall which was already insulated and sealed with vapour barrier. So, it was a bit of pain in the ass cutting back the plastic and pushing the fibreglass out the way so I could drill holes through the studs. Not to mention the fibreglass fibres kicked up with the drilling. I wore a mask but it doesn't catch everything. But now, the plastic's all Tuck-taped sealed up again.
Five more circuits to go. Then I can move on to the home theatre speaker wiring, projector cables, control cables for the basement heating duct servo motors, data cables for the 5 temperature sensors and 2 humidity sensors scattered throughout the house (and a set outside in the backyard), microphone cables for the voice recognition, and a sensor cable for the kitchen cooking probe.
I finished wiring a circuit -- the outlets in the home theatre room. Most of the outlets are in the exterior wall which was already insulated and sealed with vapour barrier. So, it was a bit of pain in the ass cutting back the plastic and pushing the fibreglass out the way so I could drill holes through the studs. Not to mention the fibreglass fibres kicked up with the drilling. I wore a mask but it doesn't catch everything. But now, the plastic's all Tuck-taped sealed up again.
Five more circuits to go. Then I can move on to the home theatre speaker wiring, projector cables, control cables for the basement heating duct servo motors, data cables for the 5 temperature sensors and 2 humidity sensors scattered throughout the house (and a set outside in the backyard), microphone cables for the voice recognition, and a sensor cable for the kitchen cooking probe.
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