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Electrical
Yesterday I added a fan mount into the ceiling, don’t think I’ll put a fan up there. The box was complements of my neighbour so figured I’d use what I had instead of buying something. Also drilled through the existing frame of the house to run the wire up to the fixture. I had thought I’d have to notch the top plate above the door header and add some nail plates. Turns out I could drill up into the top plate and then into the header above the top plate and meet the two holes together to thread the wire. Hope all this passes inspection.

Framing
Today I got the first wall framed. Quite a learning experience. I found a different neighbor this time to help me lift what I had constructed and help me get it in place. We had to try three different approaches before the frame landed properly. While he was helping me his builder came by that was going to build his deck and game me his card. He didn’t wince at the work I had done so far, maybe that’s a good thing. I put two nails to hold it in place until I secure it finally and one of them i couldn’t get out to shift the frame slightly. Need to get a nail puller of some kind to get the final alignment of the frame. I’ll get to that.

Hoping to be ready for rough in inspection Friday. As long as I can get to building the other frame before then I have a friend coming Friday morning to help me with some of the details of completing the framing. Here’s my first wall framed:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 7:40 pm and is filed under Depending on Grace, Just Another Day.