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tbrady's post sounds awfully suspicious on a 4 year old post, joining and making one post about a product... But since the conversation is revived, we have an Aquasana system waiting to be installed. Bought it during a sale for the new house(under construction still). I also installed a...

We used Hubbell "Commercial Specification Grade Style Line Decorator Duplex Receptacles", model DR20WHITR. The Hubbells had a much smoother operating TR mechanism and the back wire made wiring them up quick and easy. They cost a little more, but the quality can be felt. They have a good...

We had a little fun with the garage bathroom. I really wanted to do real "thin brick" but these pressboard bricks from Home Depot were significantly cheaper so we gave it a shot. The laundry style sink is a placeholder while construction continues, we will eventually get something to match the...

These are Carlon Super Blue boxes, not standard nailers. But yes, it looks like the price has come down since my build (2017) to the $1.30 range for Super Blues. The Super Blue is heavier, deeper, and stiffer.

You are right, it is not an indiscriminate amount, in the grand scheme of an entire build, considering the time and frustration of using spacers/other tricks to bring devices out to the drywall, I would have gladly paid $2-300 more for the ease of the depth adjustable boxes. We used Carlon...

Clean looking work! I'm not an electrician so I can't give you any advice, but I will say that those depth adjustable boxes are awesome! I wish I used those on every box in our new house. We used them where we will have tile backsplash but that is it. It would not have made a substantial...

I didn't realize it has been so long since posting an update, I guess it just feels like nothing is getting done lately. However, when I look back at where we were a few months ago I notice there are some new developments. We decided to pull the trigger and get at least some of our driveway...

Check out these guys, I have one of their flags and will never use anything else now. USA made, and made to last. I'm willing to bet their wall mount bracket is just as well made. https://www.showallegiance.com/collections/shop-allegiance...

When Jimmy Fallon had a ring avulsion in 2015 from tripping in his kitchen and catching the ring on the corner of the kitchen counter I googled "ring avulsion" and looked at pictures. I had been wearing a tungsten ring up until then but I ordered a Qalo silicon ring that night and have worn...

I was tempted to grab this just to use as a heavy duty drawer, but I have no real use for it. Some people in the comments have used them for generator drawers on RVs. Sliding RV Battery Tray $32.03 normally $141.26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HRQBRU/?tag=atomicindus08-20

What I quoted is directly from the "Energy Notes" section of our approved building plans. It looks like the architect got it from the Building Energy Efficiency Standards Reference, 150 (k) 13.

A few weeks ago we got our wire pulled from the main house to the new guest house. The main house was upgraded to 400amp and the guest house will run off a 200amp subpanel. The pull was about 380' with two pull boxes along the way. We pulled 250MCM aluminum. With a little creative spool...

I thought we were going to be in the same boat, so we wired for a photocell sensor that would control a lighting contact for an outdoor light circuit. But after reading the notes on our plans more carefully, it seems it was high efficacy OR photocell. This is our guidance: Outdoor lighting...

We should have our Title 24 and HERS inspection in the next month or two, and we have Steel Lighting Co gooseneck lights with some basic big box store LEDs. I'll let you know how it goes, but I don't anticipate any problems. So far the inspectors we have asked respond with "are they LED...

If you need it to be digital anyway, stick that with something for scale (2-3" of an old ruler?) in a flatbed scanner upside down. That will give you a digital image pretty close to flat that you can trace the shape from and use the scale to set the size. Unless you are saying you want...

The wall is only about 2.5 years old, but it looks exactly like it did on day 1. I don't anticipate having any issues.

We have some Volt flood lights on olive trees and driveway pillar lights that I converted to low voltage running off a Volt transformer. I am VERY impressed with their quality. Give them a look before you pick something. https://www.voltlighting.com/

I went with a retaining wall behind the structure and am really happy I did. I do not have to worry so much about moisture and the structure is then a traditional build. I put a door in the back of the garage for easier access to "the alley", as we call it. It will come in handy for some...

I have a feeling you meant to quote HeavyD1, but it just so happens I went with 5000K as well. Those in the photos are 20W VersaT8 5000K with the frosted lens. I don't have much logic behind my decision for 5000K vs 4000K, I just prefer a more true white light for garage tasks. Other lighting...

This is a 3 car garage, 29' deep, about 9.5' ceiling with a 4x4 grid of those lights. I think it is a perfect amount of lights. Anyone who saw it thought I was crazy before we had power to them, now since they're lit up they agree: it is perfect. Excuse the mess.