Finally starting an addition on our shed

[STx]

Thanks, I'm really happy with the way it's coming out. It actually looks a lot better than I thought it would, running it horizontal makes it look far less commercial.

 

[STx]

My helper had to go coach his daughter's basketball practice at 4 so I only got him from about noon to 3:30. We made pretty good progress, just 6 panels left to finish and then the roof. He's going to try skipping out of work at noon tomorrow so we may just finish before the weather hits.

 

[STx]

My siding helper got sick last week so I'm.still 6 panels short of finishing. He's supposed to help this afternoon, we'll see if he makes it.

In the meantime, I'm doing electrical and plumbing. I had my wife layout plug locations and while I've never said "I wish there were fewer plugs in this room." I think she went a little overboard...lol. The pictures are the bedroom, I'm putting 4 outlets in each box and she has one about every 4 feet. One thing is certain, we'll never run out of outlet or not have one conveniently located.

 

[STx]

No luck on the siding today but, I did get some electrical and plumbing done. I need more pipe, wire and work boxes, it'll all be here Thursday. You'd think that as many times as I've wired a building I wouldn't be surprised by how much wire it takes anymore. I've used 550' so far and still need another 250' or so. I think from now on, I'm just going to plan on 1' of wire per square foot of space.

 

[EddieWalker]

It's always fun seeing all the innards of a house come together. I am curious why you are using PVC instead of PEX? PEX is faster, cheaper and with fewer joints, a lot more less likely to have a leak.

 

[JPRambo]

You are using 12/2 (not 14/2) for outlet circuit is that minimum in your area? Or personal preference.

 

[STx]

It's always fun seeing all the innards of a house come together. I am curious why you are using PVC instead of PEX? PEX is faster, cheaper and with fewer joints, a lot more less likely to have a leak.

I don't have the tools for PEX and I've never done it. I already know how to work with PVC and the existing plumbing is PVC so I'm just using what I know.

 

[STx]

You are using 12/2 (not 14/2) for outlet circuit is that minimum in your area? Or personal preference.

Personal preference, I'm using 20A breakers, there's not a lot of room.left in the panel and I want to minimize my circuits. There isn't any permitting or inspection required here so I could run 18/2 if I wanted to...

 

[EddieWalker]

I don't have the tools for PEX and I've never done it. I already know how to work with PVC and the existing plumbing is PVC so I'm just using what I know.

I understand. I resisting PEX when it first came out and stuck with copper for everything. But PEX has been around long enough now to have proven itself, so I started making the conversion. Like everything, there is a learning curve, but it's really a quick and easy product to learn. I like PVC too, but will only use it for drain lines now. As far as I know, none of it has ever failed on me, so that's not the issue. It's just so much easier to install!!!

 

[STx]

I understand. I resisting PEX when it first came out and stuck with copper for everything. But PEX has been around long enough now to have proven itself, so I started making the conversion. Like everything, there is a learning curve, but it's really a quick and easy product to learn. I like PVC too, but will only use it for drain lines now. As far as I know, none of it has ever failed on me, so that's not the issue. It's just so much easier to install!!!

It's not so much that I'm resistant to it as it is that this is such a small amount of plumbing that it isn't worth the tool investment. I love the manifold system that's used with PEX. When we build the "real" house, I'll probably buy the tools and do PEX, here I'm only running 100' of pipe, hot and cold combined.