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@Nolift911 - garage plumbing: I faced the same exterior wall issue. I just surface mounted my water lines. Copper pipe. No drama. Looks good. - WiFi: it ranks on the bottom third of ways I like to spend my time. Painting walls and fixing water heaters sit higher on the list. So another hearty...

@jollygreengiant The stove is an older model from Rais called the Atlas, made in Denmark. It combines some features not readily available in a single unit from their current line: free standing, wood burning, and clad in soap stone. I think this model is as close they currently offer to the...

Always impressive, thanks @lilscorpion for sharing. Two questions: 1. What is your solution for work-holding the doors on the CNC? 2. Having just looked at your 3d printing set up posted in @sakurama 's thread, do you run filament from a filament dryer straight to an X1C, or dry it and then...

@nicholam77 just popping in to wish you happy holidays and a happier back in the new year.

Re: light switches: Lutron Caseta and Pico for the win. It skips the need for traveler wires between switch and light, so rigging up three or four-way systems, or scenes with multiple lights is much easier. The switches are substantially more expensive than conventional, but the savings come...

@Nolift911 for consolation, I made a similar mistake with my “man doors” in the shop. One lesson learned from my place in SF was that a tandem parking set up gets tedious quickly. So I wanted the ability to move cars and other large items side by side. But didn’t have space on the design for two...

Great deck details and solid progress. Don’t sweat the lighting, it really is easily remedied once you’re move in and actually using the space as intended.

Great set of updates @Nolift911 Since few people will ever notice nor comment, I’ll be that guy: “Damn bro, nice slot drains in the slab.”

@loganb @Nolift911 thank you for the good wishes and everybody else following along. To the surprise of nobody who has been through this before, the needs of little people consumed my aspirations, free time, and projects. In spite of an exceedingly accommodating wife and a very patient dog, the...

I’ll follow suit: My little one’s first Halloween where he had could walk and talk his way to candy. He was a dinosaur. I was a dinosaur catcher. An hour before leaving I grabbed a piece of conduit normally used a snow stake and painted it black. Then 3d printed a plug out of PLA on the Bambu to...

Nice work @nicholam77 One unsolicited wood finishing detail tip: avoid doing edges and corners with a power sander of any sort. It’s virtually impossible to get a consistent bevel or edge. You wind up with edges that roll and buck. Once you see it you can’t unsee it. A nice alternative is a...

Kudos on the progress. The shift from studs to drywall is so rewarding: it starts to feel very real, and closer to “home” than “project.” Unfortunately now it slows down again as mudding and sanding and trim and paint seems to take forever

This channel comes with a slightly opaque plastic cover/diffuser. It’s what I used. There’s also a version that is angled channel that works beautifully if recessed for things like undercabinet lighting. https://www.lumens.com/deep-aluminum-tape-light-channel-by-wac-lighting-WAC513465.html...

@olsenmotorsports have you ever been tempted to do something rally inspired? A mild elephant racing lift kit and some pod lights perhaps? That body could take some rock chips and dust and not come out too much worse for the wear and tear.

Another (little) one. It was a good month. My wife was very productive with projects; I was not. 6 lbs of baby girl joined the household and after a week in San Francisco for the birth, we’re back in the mountains. The birth was drama-free, mom is recovering, and baby is putting on ounces...

Should you or a future owner ever want an electric car or PHEV, I highly recommend a 50a (or ideally 60a) circuit accessible for a charger in a logical parking spot.

FWIW, I put the economy on the ceiling of a 2000 ft2 shop. Goes up easily with 18g staples 6”OC. And it looks good.

Smattering of long overdue project updates: I’ve been futzing in the shop and outside on a variety of projects, mostly in denial of the fact that baby #2 arrives in 5 weeks. Plenty of quality shop time: lots of plywood chopping yielded a new entryway, I finally finished a bench that was a...

+1 to @LaCorski thoughts on placement. I don’t love the idea of driving a car from storage through the two post area, but having it in the center bay messes with your drain, and floor slope, and is a shin banger all the time that you don’t have a car on it. And although it feels...

Enjoy the lull now, and glad you have found a great team. A question you might ask your architect: “what decisions can I help with now?”