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Who would have thought getting a good flooring contractor out to quote out the repair/epoxy job would have been so tiresome. Out of the 10 businesses I probably contacted, I only got responses from about 3 of them. One threw out an absurdly expensive number of $10/sqft that I suspect was one of...

Let there be light! Got 2 of my LED fixtures hung and they are BRIGHT, exactly how I wanted them. Some nags that I wasn't aware of when I bought them re: dimming, and how they are mounted, but overall happy with them. To think the garage is already this bright and I have 6 more to mount is...

Good to know. Never knew these things existed, honestly. I'll snag one this evening and give installing it a shot. Never even saw those until you pointed it out

I'll be honest - I have no idea what you're specifically talking of so I can't really answer that question with any amount of confidence.

Yeah, I tried to knock out the small one but managed to punch out the medium knockout instead. Oh well.

Small update - Panel box is done! Just need to get the lighting installed and I'll be ready for the inspection.

Lots of small progress made over the last couple weeks... All the interior outlets are done (all 18 of them) and the leads to the switches installed so that means I am officially able to close up the panel box. Kind of a major milestone to not have to run any more wires in there. Granted, I'll...

Who would have thought picking the height of my outlets and switches would be so difficult? I think I spent an hour measuring things to choose a height that works for both the sheets of drywall that will eventually go up, along with the stripe I'll be painting on said drywall. I don't want the...

That's the minimum, yes. Optimal distance I read in a number of places referencing the NEC code said 16ft to isolate to electrodes. I forget the technical reason they gave, though.

Another update to this thread... Got the ground rods installed. For $65 I rented a rotary hammer drill and the ground rod driver bit from Home Depot, and frankly this was the smartest money spent. I think each rod took less than 10 minutes each to get driven to depth. I marked them out 2ft from...

Productive weekend! Finished with the teardown, removing all the old electrical and lighting. This will allow me to start laying out and installing my outlets and lighting. Fairly significant milestone since from this point onward I'll be strictly focused on installing new infrastructure...

I had, but neither really are the style I am after. For the purposes of my garage a usable, smooth floor is what I've been most interested in.

Not much visible work done, mostly have been churning through finishing the demo work. Got all the old drywall and the 10,000 nails used to hang the sheets pulled off the walls. About halfway through removing all the old electricial which will allow me to start laying out the new wiring and...

Thanks for the response. I had read in a few places that 100fc was the "go-to standard" which is why I had targeted it. Based on this and the tweaks youve suggested I think 10 makes most sense, and I may even be able to get away with 8. I am planning to get the concrete floor expoxied a light...

No idea. Either it was a default entry or something I typed in unknowingly. Feel free to advise of more appropriate numbers. The plan is to split the overhead lights onto two dimmer switches, specifically alternating fixtures onto the 2 switches, so I have effectively full control over the...

(Crosspost from a comment made in my garage thread) Been playing around with lighting layouts over on visual-3d.com to get a sense of how many fixtures I should order. Based on wanting around 100FC @ a 3ft workplane, it's been telling me I need 12-13 fixtures but the layout it wants to use...

Updated the image links again. Hopefully they stay working this time.

For the purposes of most, if not all, home owners installing GEC to ground rods, the cost difference between #6 and #8 solid bare copper wire isn't enough to matter. It really only adds up when dealing with larger, bulk quantities of wire. For the purposes of my install it's a realistic...

Fixed the image links. Damn imgur

I don't need to run the GEC in a conduit, though... right? There's no real risk for damage, but conduit is cheap insurance. What are the requirements/limitations of how the GEC is run? The way I've come to understand it is the GEC just needs to go from the ground block in the sub panel to the...