Recent content by lukel99

It's unfortunately just my neighborhood. The neighborhoods on either side of us are lit up every time we go out. 🙄

Thought about it, but it's like 4x5 feet. Not more than a few boards needed

I'm leaning towards just biting the bullet and insulating, even if that means having to re-frame the ceiling. My biggest concern is what aardquark said, but the whole building envelope is insulated with R-10, and I am planning on leaving the heat at 50 degrees or so when I'm not working out...

I'm just an electrical/computer engineer but I've managed the meter base/ground rods, panel install, and branch circuits. Got passed first try on those inspections, luckily. Put in a 50A 240V outlet for L2 EV charging in the future, and planned ahead for the lift, a 240v welder, and a 240v table...

Yeah, finding trades has been difficult for me too. Luckily I can handle electrical myself, but any under-slab plumbing I left to a professional. Good luck with your build!

Hopefully you should be good. I don't think the building guys are intentionally harsh, but they definitely don't give a damn about your timelines. Are you building it yourself or working with a contractor? This is the first building I've built and it's definitely been a learning curve.

I am in Henrico county in VA. I submitted via paper copies. They've since moved to an all electronic system, but this one is in the "legacy system" so I have to submit via hard copies at the county administration building.

I fired the architect because of another unrelated issue, so unfortunately putting it back on him isn't an option. I don't think they're being malicious at the county, and for the most part I've had good luck with them in the past. I just want to go back to them with my interpretation of the...

I built a 30x32 detached steel building in my back yard. It's got r-10 insulation and a mini split, which is good enough for me for use year round in central VA. I'm working on getting my last steps finished, and I'm running into a huge problem. My architect forgot to put the bathroom on the...

Will do. I didn't realize that conduit grounds are not sufficient in service applications. I've laid a decent amount of EMT for branch circuits, but this is my first service install so I didn't know about the fact that the physical conduit connection is not approved for bonding in service...

As soon as I posted this, I had a eureka moment. New plan is to use a 2" rigid conduit ****** in the correct length, lock nuts on either side of the knockout, and bushings to protect the wires where the threads are. Is this considered weatherproof enough for this application?

I'm installing new electrical service to my garage, and wanted to get some feedback on my approach for the wall penetration. My wall is just PBR panel skin with horizontal steel girts on 2' centers. Because the steel for the skin is so thin, I will end up with the distance from the back of the...

I rented a shot-blaster, did 10% of my floor, saw how badly I was pitting it and returned it. Wasted about $300. Ended up wet grinding and it turned out much better, but takes much, much longer. I spent about 10-12 hours grinding 960 sq ft and wish I had the time to take another full pass at the...

Seconding the Diablo circular saw metal cutting blades. The one they sell in-store at HD is meant for thicker metal, not thin sheet, and I find that it dulls pretty quickly (within 30-50 cuts) but I went back and bought them over and over when building my garage because they beat anything else I...

The weather today was decent for heading up on the roof so I went up to do some investigation. I found a few things that were likely contributing to the leak and took care of them. I found a pinhole leak where I or my helper started to drill, but then moved the location of the screw to match up...