Archive for January, 2010

Let the mockery begin!

So 99% of the drywall is up as of today. First coat of joint compound is done waiting to be sanded down and smoothed out. I got out my trusty inaccurate tape measure and marked off the screen area and location on the wall and grabbed a chair and sat there and thunk. I had [...]

Connecting the ends… barely.

The running theme here seems to be I cant measure   I walked the walls the service line would follow between the main and sub panels no less than twice.  Took into account a foot of slack on each end, was generous around corners… Twice I came up with 50 feet.  When I bought the [...]

Not quitting my day job…

My employer closes down between christmas and newyears, so I hustled up and got the inspection on wiring done, passed that with flying colors (all 30 seconds the inspector spent looking around…!) So it was off to my second home, Lowe’s, for more supplies (disclaimer, I *do* own stock in Lowe’s as a result of [...]