The Home Improvement Thread

[Anathollo]

The amount of insulation and detail work you have done on the house is going to be awesome. I bet the sound control in the house is going to be great.

For my sex lifes sake, I hope the sound control is enough

Forgot to add that I also got the akoustiblok installed on the walls separating the master closet from the girls room & hallway.

 

[tx_shooter]

Better put some good locks on the doors too.

 

[Taco Loco]

Got a lot done today at the house.

I wired in a couple of outlets for future rear speakers (5.1 or 7.1 surround sound. Haven't researched or decided which system will fit my house best. Future me problem ). I was going to do this later but said screw it while the wall was open & uninsulated and put in the outlets.

Wired in an outlet for a carbon monoxide/smoke detector in my equipment room downstairs. This was on me and not my electrician as I forgot to include it on the drawings.

I got my window back in after having the broken glass replaced! It's really nice to have that back and brings in a ton of light to that corner of the house.
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I got the last of the exterior walls caulked up. Really glad to have all of that done and that tedious job will pay off in the future as all the little holes where bugs, moisture or wind could get in, is caulked over.

I have a guy helping me install the wall insulation and he got the master bedroom, master bathroom and girls room insulation installed.
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Just with the spray foam in the attic & downstairs along with the Rockwool R23 insulation downstairs, the house is at a nice stable temperature and much warmer than outside. I ran a Mr. Buddy heater upstairs and it made more of a difference than I was expecting it too.

Very nice. Lots of work gettin done!!
When I removed a wall and before I insulated rooms, I wired it for 7.2 and added the gold plated banana plug wall plates in our old house in conrow.

 

[Anathollo]

Well worked my ass off today and got the upstairs completely insulated. We got about 80% of the downstairs insulated. We'll finish tomorrow and then start hanging more sheetrock.
Electrician and plumber will be by tomorrow to start wrapping up loose ends and setting fixtures.
Upstairs hallway.

Downstairs

 

[Anathollo]

Busy day today.
Plumber got the Grohe shower valves in, finished running the plumbing lines, and installed the tub. Now I can close up those walls.

Electrician got the outdoor lights wired up, replaced a large, rotted out junction box for the pier wiring (I'll post pics of the old box later, it's nuts how badly rusted it is).

I installed a bunch more Akoustiblok while another guy was hanging sheetrock upstairs.

I stopped by Harbor Freight and picked up a sheetrock lift. It's a motherfucker to install sheetrock on the ceiling because of the double insulation there

 

[Silverback]

I watched a Youtube video of a couple in northern Idaho using a sheetrock lifter and it was awesome.

 

[balakay]

I watched a Youtube video of a couple in northern Idaho using a sheetrock lifter and it was awesome.

Sheetrock lift is what @tx_shooter uses to install and remove his RTT. Works great. We used it when we put his tent on my 4Runner for a short stint.

 

[tx_shooter]

I have used it for a few odd jobs now that required lifting something heavy. It has paid for itself in safety and marital bliss.

 

[Anathollo]

This is how badly rusted the old electrical box was (it was right next to the ocean). Electrician replaced it with a new sealed plastic one I picked up.
The old wire nuts rusted through and shocked the shit out of me awhile back

 

[Anathollo]

My helper and I got a 1/3rd of the sheetrock ceiling installed downstairs today. The sheetrock lift was a must. I'm so tired I forgot to take pics today.

 

[Anathollo]

We got the downstairs living area mostly sheetrocked (open area is for HVAC to go back into). Electrician got the can lights cut out and the boxes for the can lights wired in (that was a pain to do but so happy it's mostly done).

We started on the garage ceiling but I tweaked my back so that ended the work day.

 

[tx_shooter]

No issue with the insulation directly above/ touching the back of the can lights?

 

[Anathollo]

No issue with the insulation directly above/ touching the back of the can lights?

These are super thin "can" lights. They aren't actually in a can (they have clips that hold them to the sheetrock) and are rated to be installed in foam and insulation.

 

[tx_shooter]

Interesting. Was curious about that issue.

 

[Silverback]

These are super thin "can" lights. They aren't actually in a can (they have clips that hold them to the sheetrock) and are rated to be installed in foam and insulation

I had those same style lights installed in our living room, very low profile.

 

[CowboyTaco]

I'm planning on replacing all the boob lights in my house with those.

Was even looking at some of the ones with a nightlight option with a ring around the base that shines a very low light when you do the switch on-off-on quickly.

 

[PSU Taco85]

Cooper makes a nice version of them. Those are the ones I put on my porch and in the closets. They are also water resistant for install in a shower. Didn’t realize they made ones with night lights. Might have to put them in and replace the ones in the kitchen which are the older can style mounts!

Night Light LED Canless Downlight | Cooper Lighting Solutions

Night Light Canless Downlight

www.cooperlighting.com

 

[AlienXtx]

For my sex lifes sake, I hope the sound control is enough

Forgot to add that I also got the akoustiblok installed on the walls separating the master closet from the girls room & hallway.
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You get loud when she breaks out the strap-on?

 

[Silverback]

You get loud when she breaks out the strap-on?

Jason trained him well.

 

[Taco Loco]

You get loud when she breaks out the strap-on?

I didn't bother watching that on YouTube, I didn't want to hear him scream.