Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days

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Pete, I don't think I've ever seen a turquoise green propane tank. All of them I see are white or silver. That must be a special color or a new trend in making the tank blend in with the surrounding greenery. Now that I think about it, it would be fun to paint one up like a submarine or a big fish.:D
 
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Pete, I don't think I've ever seen a turquoise green propane tank. All of them I see are white or silver. That must be a special color or a new trend in making the tank blend in with the surrounding greenery. Now that I think about it, it would be fun to paint one up like a submarine or a big fish.:D

I think it is an underground tank.
 
   / Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days #1,174  
Peter,

On the track lighting in the T&G ceiling, sorry, I forgot you were having track lighting there. I am not sure if the electrical code calls for extensions to the boxes. Maybe one of the electricians here will chime in. You will have wires passing by the exposed wood ends/edges that surround the box.

They do sell extensions, so there is probably a reason for that. Or, maybe there is an approved grommet or sleeve that the wires can pass through the T&G to the actual light base. If so, a simple hole in the wood to fit the grommet or sleeve would do it.
 
   / Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days #1,175  
Peter,

On the track lighting in the T&G ceiling, sorry, I forgot you were having track lighting there. I am not sure if the electrical code calls for extensions to the boxes. Maybe one of the electricians here will chime in. You will have wires passing by the exposed wood ends/edges that surround the box.

They do sell extensions, so there is probably a reason for that. Or, maybe there is an approved grommet or sleeve that the wires can pass through the T&G to the actual light base. If so, a simple hole in the wood to fit the grommet or sleeve would do it.

Yup need box extensions,, per nec.. Ooo and a question from when they put in your underground power,, The coil of black pipe isn't called conduit it's call water pipe,, I wonder how they joined it to the conduit coming out of your meter,, "that doesn't have any clips on it yet,,, ???
 
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I am by no means a pro builder, however, I am a bit of a geek in that I read the instructions before I start a project. I have sheetrocked a lot of walls and am now in the process of finishing a basement. When I looked at the initial pictures of the drywall installation I was struck by the lack of fasteners. I thought perhaps they were not finished but now that I see the first coat of joint compound it is apparent that they did not use the proper amount of fasteners as recommended by USG and others to put up the drywall.

From USG installation guide:
Apply panels horizontally or vertically to framing. If applied horizontally, install top row first. Position first panel tight against the installed ceiling panel and fasten to studs. Space nails maximum 8 apart along framing, screws 16 apart, starting in the center of the panel and working toward the perimeter.

I think one line of screws in the middle of the panel is not enough. There should be about 28+- screws per 4x8 panel if you follow the manufacturers recommendations/instructions.

Sometimes a combination of nails/screws and mastic is used. With nails and mastic there are much fewer nails to pop later on.
Time to look in the dumpster again :) to see if there are a bunch of big empty mastic cartridges in there from the past few days.
 
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Yup need box extensions,, per nec.. Ooo and a question from when they put in your underground power,, The coil of black pipe isn't called conduit it's call water pipe,, I wonder how they joined it to the conduit coming out of your meter,, "that doesn't have any clips on it yet,,, ???


The black coil is electrical conduit, it has red stripes on it, there are transitions to join it to gray PVC conduit. We have a trailer called a Line Tamer to install 4' and larger, it has rollers to straighten it. The 6' is about 1/2" thick, and comes in a roll about 10' in diameter.

Dave
 
   / Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days #1,180  
Yup need box extensions,, per nec.. Ooo and a question from when they put in your underground power,, The coil of black pipe isn't called conduit it's call water pipe,, I wonder how they joined it to the conduit coming out of your meter,, "that doesn't have any clips on it yet,,, ???


The black coil is electrical conduit, it has red stripes on it, there are transitions to join it to gray PVC conduit. We have a trailer called a Line Tamer to install 4' and larger, it has rollers to straighten it. The 6' is about 1/2" thick, and comes in a roll about 10' in diameter.

Dave
 

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