Hey Andrew, I have a suggestion for you. I did this on my current house, go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and buy a meter base panel that already has 4-6 breaker slots included. This will allow you to run a double 100 amp service line over to a sub panel mounted 12” away. By doing this you won’t have to run the service line from the panel inside the house to the sub panel. Everything is done outside. And the sub-panel can be used for, like you said, pool pump, outlet, ac…etc. Hope this makes sense to you.
I briefly mentioned it in another episode, but it was a considerable amount more money to do it that way. I also couldn't find that combo locally or at the big box stores.
@@TKCL Really, wow! Yeah the brand i used was from Home Depot was Eaton and cost $160 for the panel. It was a 200 amp meter base with 4 breakers. So i used two of the spaces for my shop (100 amp service) and another one for exterior light at the Mail box. My retirement house is going to be a pole barndo as well. Looking good bro!
I enjoy the videos, I started with your ice maker videos and keep watching cause I enjoy working on my house and I like seeing the different ways people do things. I put in a hot water heater this weekend (replaced a 21 year old one) and had to run electric for it and everything. Ended up having to do some plumbing and fiddling with gas lines too. Anyway, I was gonna comment on your cat6 cables. I've been planning on running a while house wired network for a while now and you've got a huge opportunity starting from scratch like this. The Ethernet cable itself isn't super expensive, and you could run cat6 all through your house (properly terminated and treated you should be able to hit 100 Gbps). Even if you don't wanna use it for video backhaul and stuff, you can use it for security cameras, high speed wifi, all sorts of things. Then you'll avoid being like me and trying to figure out how the heck you're gonna get cable drops from the basement to the attic when there's only one viable interior wall to use.
Thank you very much for watching! I bet you'll see that water heater will pay for itself in a year or so. As for the cat6, I've ran a little more off camera. While I don't have every location covered, I feel confident I can handle most situations that I'll run into in the future.
That cheek bitin' ain't no joke! Lost a filling once and caused a upper molar to crack. Until I got to the dentist (took over a month) that jagged edge molar cut my cheek and caused it to become swollen and therefore easier to bite again. To this day I find myself avoiding chewing on that side.....
In my country, when people see someone talking to himself, they say: "Is he crazy or building a house?" So many things to think about, and when you overthink everything, system goes down:)))
18:35 You might want to reconsider gas. The long term predictions are looking grim for the price of propane/NG. I heard we could potentially see prices triple and its a product that is being phased out.
I can imagine how big a pain knowing or learning what part of the house build goes before the other. I saw where Amazon Prime has said no more two day shipping guarantee. They didn't mention discounting the Prime Membership! 😡
Maybe a small elevator there are several that are small and would be easy ...if you are remotely thinking of that down the road time to add the wire and other things ...
Ouch!!! It’s a good thing that you have different things to do so your not sitting waiting for things to be delivered . Sorry that Amazon isn’t delivering things on time:( tfs be careful :)
Well that could be the case here, hopefully I don't have to tear it out. With that said, I've never seen a panel with the main breaker on the bottom here.
Well good luck nice video, I await the video were you flip it. Does the main compartment cover fit on the panel still? Is the a gnd wire to be installed and where would you be putting that?
Ground wire installs outside with two ground rods 6ft apart. It then grounds to the neutral lug in the main panel. Grounds and neutrals to be separate on my sub panel. FYI I checked the NEC, no mention of code for panel orientation UNLESS it has vertical throw breakers, as in up for on and down for off. In that case you are not allowed to install upside down. No mention of feeder wires being beside home run wires. I see no need to flip it in my case.
Surprised there is not national code on dryer vent height. Flood water entrance point ya know. You could possibly run gas pipe through the wall right to left in the Great room.... Only option now.
I definitely would not use CPVC in your house. I didn’t even know you could still get it. I replaced all the plumbing in a rental home some 16 years ago, and the joints have started to fail. I got tired of the constant leak calls, so I sold the home. Why not use a polyethylene pipe like PEX. Even for direct bury to your well, I would stay away from pvc. Sewer, waste or venting is all I will use it for.
Wild, my last house was older than me (my childhood home). I bought it after living there my entire life and never had a single pvc or cpvc leak. The only leaks we ever had was copper.
@@TKCL That was my unfortunate experience lol The big advantage with PEX type pipe it minimal fittings inside walls. I use the blue and red PEX with the crimp rings with an alignment shoulder on the ring. But most plumbers in the area use the expander rings with PEX A pipe. Blue poly pipe is most commonly used here in the Midwest for a water service. Coiled soft copper is used too, but expensive! Be sure to run a tracer wire in the trench with your pipe, so you can locate it in the future.
FYI there will be minimal fittings inside for my plumbing. People don't realize my pipes are already ran under slab. Extremely common way here in the south.
to keep track of your wires use a fine Sharpie and right on the insulation then when you strip it and put it in the breakers leave that little bit of plastic with the label hanging on the wires for future reference that tells you what circuit that goes to
Because you were leaning forward while trying to talk at the same time, cheek away...Looking great and sorry your having to wait so long for things. You will get it done when you get it done. Don't rush ahead of yourself wanting to be done, just do it when it comes and enjoy. God Bless
Hey Andrew, everything is looking great. Looks to me like your doing a great job with the electrical. As I may have mentioned before, I have been a licensed professional electrician here in Missouri for many years. I'm always here to help. If you could use any help or advise, just let me know. Thanks for sharing your video. Love your channel. Take care and God Bless.
One issue with a dryer vent blowing out near concrete is lint collecting on the concrete over time so it may become a area that needs to be swept often. You may also need to change out the dryer vent to a pest resistant one due to how low it is. Any of the spots you are running water lines also spots you want remote power in the future? No point in digging a trench twice if you do. If you can find some 1 to 2 inch poly irrigation pipe it makes for cheap conduit when you don't know what you want to run at the time saving you from needing to redig a trench due to install costs now.
Andrew, while you’re running electrical, may I suggest adding attic light switch lower level to turn your lights on. I hate climbing the attic stairs and reaching for a light switch in the dark.🙏
if you are wondering as to the 6'7" height, go look at pictures of panels used in commercial and industrial sites. They can be gigantic in comparison to residential. The goal is to keep it so that you don't need some sort of height booster to reach the top breakers in an emergency. Particularly since the main panel breaker is usually at the very top.
Andrew, YES cancel Amazon. The way they claim prime delivery now is complete stupidity. The breaker panel you have is it Square D? If so get the whole home surge protector. The Surge protector has to be in the #1 slot on the panel so it will get hit first from surge. If you didn't go with Square D you will need to add a breaker for the surge. Its at HD Square D Homeline 50 kA Plug-On Neutral Whole House Surge Protective Device
Hi Andrew. I have a couple of questions on your air handling system in your house build. No 1. The air from the bathroom exhaust fan goes to your air return on your central unit (very smartly I might add.) How does the system handle the warm moist air you pull out of the bathroom if the system is in its "off" cycle? Question 2. how does your house replace the air you expel from the dryer and the vent a hood? If you are removing air from the interior of the house to the outside, it has to be replaced some how. You are sealing it extremely well. I am just curious as to how that expelled air will be replaced.
The installer was talking about hooking my fan 3 way switches up from the bathrooms to also trigger the ERV. Sadly the grease from the microwave vent cannot enter the ERV. I am considering a fresh air intake for the microwave. However I do believe air can still be pulled through the ERV in off mode, I'm not aware of any dampers.
Make sure you have enough space where your electrical panel and low voltage covers go. They do over hang a bit, may over lap each other. Just in case, and make sure. Looks good.
So when you do those penetrations and you are mounting a block to accommodate your lap siding cut a small rabbit across the bottom back side of your block so that the upper part of your siding slides up in it, this allows the block to do the lapping over just like the rest of the siding.
Awesome job Andrew! You do alot of research behind the scenes to make sure you can install what you need/want and follow the codes. Looking forward to your next video.
Not required if meter and main panel are back to back. If you have a section of wires going from one to the other, then it's required. In the event of any emergency the meter socket can be pulled.
In one of my older videos I hired a plumber to do under slab waste plumbing. To my shock, I came back and seen he installed under slab hot and cold water supply for the same price. So I felt like I got free plumbing lol. It's extremely common in the south to install under slab plumbing.
When you put a cat6 wire to a TV and then Take it to a source area of HDMI you should add 2 extra runs to potential use in future as 8K video also make it shielded CAT6 as you can mound 2 CAT6 to RUN HDMI 8K video. Why does it matter? Well 8K video is 4x 4K video. And 4K Video is 4x 1080P video. The size of the data packets are enormous. And future proofing is best. Inside the wall of your electrical panel I would add a spray foam to block air leaks.might need to add a few holes to do it from inside. And got ya on the steps thing... wink wink. But did your drywall guy talk to you about the 1x3s ???
@@TKCL ok just thinking you was a tv guy with tv outside as well. But as time goes on 1080p will be eliminated. And a few years later potential for 4k also disappears. Just best to be aware of product end dates. For example 4:3 has been dead and Beta gone And CRT Gone and the VHS Gone and DVD gone. Soon Blue Ray gone. So question everyting about the future. Like example windows is now ending support for windows 10 in 2 years. New phones will soon all be 4k and some 8k already around. What's next? I get you are not a big tv guy or tech guy. Yep I am. But still run 1080p myself. Why did I not upgrade yet? Well planing on building a new place and moving does damage your stuff. So planing Maxwell maybe to move to Texas from Canada and best to sell 90%of items to travel in a big RV to get to new land and use it as I build my own place since my 11600sf place here in Cabada is a fortune to heat up in winter. And I am done with winter. Even if I am in a Paradise zone. " as compared to Ottawa Canada we get less then half the snowfall and many years we only get snow that melts until Mid January but as our snow has more water content and is dence you can't touch it with bare hands. Heavier and it melts with in 2 months but as soon as you drive 30 minutes in most directions you soon get snow like that of Ottawa Canada. I was born in Ottawa lived it for more than 30 years. -40c and -40f is the same and we can see that temprature as well. So we know about air. And odd we also know of heat as much as 40c plus humidity that can be 46c or 114f. But most days are 24c to 36c in summertime. So we also know AC. But since I live on the border to USA and yes I can see the USA from my window. And the bridge is say ten minutes away from me.
I honestly can't even remember the last time we watched a movie it's been years. We occasionally stream a show on Hulu, that's about it. The TV is there to entertain guests (football game ect), not us. We have this beautiful property, an outdoor kitchen and hopefully a pool for our entertainment.
@@TKCL smart guy. I wish we had weather that allowed us to enjoy more outdoors. Many Canadians love Florida. In fact some area is know as Le Pitis Quebec. But I feel Texas is more my style. Been thinking of Seguin just outside San Antonio Texas. The odd part is that name is one that has beed in my life many times. As in Agrat neighbour's last name. Then my 7th and 8th grade teacher. He liked teaching and chose to grow a grade with his 7th grade class. Then I find a city with this name by accident as I dont like big city living
I think the max height is more relevant to basement installs with the main wires coming from above as to avoid having to core through or have a penetration through concrete. Shorter main wire makes the panel higher equaling more money made is my guess. *not an electrician, but eh worth a guess.
Hi Andrew I see you got the 30-60 square d there's an option out there that you can get tandem 20 amp breakers to help make more room just trying to help I didn't know if you knew about them
As an electrician, I have a very hard time watching someone do electrical work and keeping my mouth shut. Psst: I have a 42 circuit panel in the shop I could have given you for a couple of fish tacos...
Man oh man, I have had lots of experience with CPVC and I really think you are making a serious mistake using it. The stuff is brittle and cannot stand any amount of mechanical stress. Just a little water hammer too light to hear can fatigue it over time. I've not caught what part of the country you are in but unless you are in South Florida or right along the coast, even in South Texas, just a light freeze during a power outage will burst it. Even a quickly caught burst pipe can do damage costing several hundreds of dollars and just a few hours of flow can cost many thousands. You may not see it but after 40 or 50 years, it can fail just from age. Pex is a much better alternative and even the "rigid" Pex can tolerate sone bending. My very good friend who is a liscensed plumbing contractor burst out laughing when I asked him about the advisability of plumbing with CPVC. He makes any customer insisting that he repair CPVC sign a waiver of responsibility and liability in case the repair fails.
My last home was remodeled 40 years ago with cpvc, never a single leak or problem. Now copper was another story, had leaks. FYI my cpvc is already ran under slab. This is Florida and it's an extremely common way to run it.
Someone like ME would mount a panel box that high because I'm tired of bending over for stuff designed to please short people. lmao. BTW.... I'm 6'7" and 375
Dude love you love your channel, but you said you're going to use CPVC inside???? Are you high?. Why in the world would you not run pex? CPVC you have to put a joint every 10 ft and you risk having leaks at every single joint pex you can run a hundred foot line without having a joint anywhere you can bend it around it's corners you can do everything you need to with it and it won't burst if it freezes, not that you have that issue in Florida it's just a much better product. Imo
In case you haven't noticed my plumbing is already ran... We run it in the slab in the south. No freezing here 😉. If I ever add on or need to run more, pex is my choice.
Great progress on the house. 🤠
Thanks!
Wow I missed this one, you've done too much sir! Thank you
Things are moving along Andrew. Know it's a lot on you but it's looking great. One day at a time my friend. Take care.
Thank you very much sir! Hope you are doing well!
Hey Andrew, I have a suggestion for you. I did this on my current house, go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and buy a meter base panel that already has 4-6 breaker slots included. This will allow you to run a double 100 amp service line over to a sub panel mounted 12” away. By doing this you won’t have to run the service line from the panel inside the house to the sub panel. Everything is done outside. And the sub-panel can be used for, like you said, pool pump, outlet, ac…etc. Hope this makes sense to you.
I briefly mentioned it in another episode, but it was a considerable amount more money to do it that way. I also couldn't find that combo locally or at the big box stores.
@@TKCL Really, wow! Yeah the brand i used was from Home Depot was Eaton and cost $160 for the panel. It was a 200 amp meter base with 4 breakers. So i used two of the spaces for my shop (100 amp service) and another one for exterior light at the Mail box. My retirement house is going to be a pole barndo as well. Looking good bro!
Cant wait were getting a/c in room soon
If you are good!
@@TKCL I will be I promise and I will do all my chores
Lol
@@chrisavila2073 first you have to get the wasp nest 🙄
I can’t wait to see your finished breaker box. I know you and your OCD is going to make a gorgeous box with the most uniform wires ever! 😁
Going to try, I might get tired of it and just let it be.... Maybe 😏
I enjoy the videos, I started with your ice maker videos and keep watching cause I enjoy working on my house and I like seeing the different ways people do things. I put in a hot water heater this weekend (replaced a 21 year old one) and had to run electric for it and everything. Ended up having to do some plumbing and fiddling with gas lines too.
Anyway, I was gonna comment on your cat6 cables. I've been planning on running a while house wired network for a while now and you've got a huge opportunity starting from scratch like this. The Ethernet cable itself isn't super expensive, and you could run cat6 all through your house (properly terminated and treated you should be able to hit 100 Gbps). Even if you don't wanna use it for video backhaul and stuff, you can use it for security cameras, high speed wifi, all sorts of things.
Then you'll avoid being like me and trying to figure out how the heck you're gonna get cable drops from the basement to the attic when there's only one viable interior wall to use.
Thank you very much for watching! I bet you'll see that water heater will pay for itself in a year or so. As for the cat6, I've ran a little more off camera. While I don't have every location covered, I feel confident I can handle most situations that I'll run into in the future.
Andrew, I'm just glad I'm not the only ocd person 😅 Man, I hate it when I bite my tongue or cheeks, but it sure is funny.
😁
That cheek bitin' ain't no joke! Lost a filling once and caused a upper molar to crack. Until I got to the dentist (took over a month) that jagged edge molar cut my cheek and caused it to become swollen and therefore easier to bite again. To this day I find myself avoiding chewing on that side.....
Wow, it dang sure hurts!
In my country, when people see someone talking to himself, they say: "Is he crazy or building a house?" So many things to think about, and when you overthink everything, system goes down:)))
18:35 You might want to reconsider gas. The long term predictions are looking grim for the price of propane/NG. I heard we could potentially see prices triple and its a product that is being phased out.
I'll take my chances for now, I really enjoy the way a propane stove cooks and had great luck with my last propane water heater.
Hi, Andrew! You never need to apologize for doing thorough and precise work. I appreciate your high quality work ethic.
I can imagine how big a pain knowing or learning what part of the house build goes before the other. I saw where Amazon Prime has said no more two day shipping guarantee. They didn't mention discounting the Prime Membership! 😡
Then I need to stop paying for it, I don't use the other prime services.
@@TKCL I realize they can't control shipping, as screwed up as things have gotten, they should give all who have prime a discount!
Don't forget to stop and look around at what you've done...you have come a long way.
Yes, you are correct!
It's all looking good Andrew. I give you a lot of credit for all he work you are doing. You are very talented!! Take care. 🇨🇦
Thank you very much
Buy the scissor lift who needs stairs turn off the beeping..🤐😉
I like your thinking
Maybe a small elevator there are several that are small and would be easy ...if you are remotely thinking of that down the road time to add the wire and other things ...
Ouch!!! It’s a good thing that you have different things to do so your not sitting waiting for things to be delivered . Sorry that Amazon isn’t delivering things on time:( tfs be careful :)
NOT TO MENTION the dryer vent location makes it easy to clean for safety.
I often clean mine out, they build up quickly. People really forget about the fire hazard there.
Take your time young man and you'll be happy you did
You have a lot on your mind Andrew how do you even sleep thinking about what you are going to do next are keeping a list🤔😃
No sleep, too much to do!
Is the panel upside down?
I've always installed the main breaker at the top. Also the screw hanger holes show the panel is in the proper direction.
@@TKCL oh.... Where I live its only main wires in main section and branch circuits in breaker section. Not crossing
Well that could be the case here, hopefully I don't have to tear it out. With that said, I've never seen a panel with the main breaker on the bottom here.
Well good luck nice video, I await the video were you flip it. Does the main compartment cover fit on the panel still? Is the a gnd wire to be installed and where would you be putting that?
Ground wire installs outside with two ground rods 6ft apart. It then grounds to the neutral lug in the main panel. Grounds and neutrals to be separate on my sub panel. FYI I checked the NEC, no mention of code for panel orientation UNLESS it has vertical throw breakers, as in up for on and down for off. In that case you are not allowed to install upside down. No mention of feeder wires being beside home run wires. I see no need to flip it in my case.
Just curious... Why not have the main breaker at the bottom of your panel to free up space inside it? The place is really coming together nice !
You can't move the 200 amp main, it's permanent from factory.
@@TKCL I thought the whole box could be flipped. Mine had writing on it in both orientations.
The screw hangers are directional, otherwise I guess you could.
I suppose it doesn't matter, but I've always seen the main up top. It's just a natural place to look and grab for it.
screw stairs that scissor lift looks way more convenient or DIY elevator build
Yep!
Do you have any fishing videos? I love the catch and cooks.
Yes a whole channels worth. "The Kelley's Outdoors"
Why not use that stand off box under dryer vent? Just like you did on outside lights. Then your ready to go on siding.
The box is not wide enough for the vent
Surprised there is not national code on dryer vent height. Flood water entrance point ya know. You could possibly run gas pipe through the wall right to left in the Great room.... Only option now.
That pipe is much higher above ground level than it appears. I would need an ark if it's floods. Property slopes more than the camera shows.
I definitely would not use CPVC in your house. I didn’t even know you could still get it. I replaced all the plumbing in a rental home some 16 years ago, and the joints have started to fail. I got tired of the constant leak calls, so I sold the home.
Why not use a polyethylene pipe like PEX. Even for direct bury to your well, I would stay away from pvc. Sewer, waste or venting is all I will use it for.
Wild, my last house was older than me (my childhood home). I bought it after living there my entire life and never had a single pvc or cpvc leak. The only leaks we ever had was copper.
@@TKCL That was my unfortunate experience lol
The big advantage with PEX type pipe it minimal fittings inside walls. I use the blue and red PEX with the crimp rings with an alignment shoulder on the ring.
But most plumbers in the area use the expander rings with PEX A pipe.
Blue poly pipe is most commonly used here in the Midwest for a water service. Coiled soft copper is used too, but expensive!
Be sure to run a tracer wire in the trench with your pipe, so you can locate it in the future.
FYI there will be minimal fittings inside for my plumbing. People don't realize my pipes are already ran under slab. Extremely common way here in the south.
@@TKCL Interesting, what type of pipe is used, under the concrete?
Cpvc under slab. Drinking water safe, can handle higher temperature and contrary to popular belief, the new stuff is far stronger than Pvc.
to keep track of your wires use a fine Sharpie and right on the insulation then when you strip it and put it in the breakers leave that little bit of plastic with the label hanging on the wires for future reference that tells you what circuit that goes to
I've been doing that, show it in the next episode.
Because you were leaning forward while trying to talk at the same time, cheek away...Looking great and sorry your having to wait so long for things. You will get it done when you get it done. Don't rush ahead of yourself wanting to be done, just do it when it comes and enjoy. God Bless
Hey Andrew, everything is looking great. Looks to me like your doing a great job with the electrical. As I may have mentioned before, I have been a licensed professional electrician here in Missouri for many years. I'm always here to help. If you could use any help or advise, just let me know. Thanks for sharing your video. Love your channel. Take care and God Bless.
Thank you very much for the offer! God bless
Looking good that Lazer engraver looks awesome!!!
It works great!
One issue with a dryer vent blowing out near concrete is lint collecting on the concrete over time so it may become a area that needs to be swept often. You may also need to change out the dryer vent to a pest resistant one due to how low it is.
Any of the spots you are running water lines also spots you want remote power in the future? No point in digging a trench twice if you do. If you can find some 1 to 2 inch poly irrigation pipe it makes for cheap conduit when you don't know what you want to run at the time saving you from needing to redig a trench due to install costs now.
I agree
Andrew, while you’re running electrical, may I suggest adding attic light switch lower level to turn your lights on. I hate climbing the attic stairs and reaching for a light switch in the dark.🙏
Well that won't be a problem if you've been catching my hints.
@@TKCL understand, hint, if you’re in your office…I was referring to your pull down stairs.
100 percent access will be stairs down the road. FYI as soon as you enter the pull down stairs I installed a 3 way light switch.
if you are wondering as to the 6'7" height, go look at pictures of panels used in commercial and industrial sites. They can be gigantic in comparison to residential. The goal is to keep it so that you don't need some sort of height booster to reach the top breakers in an emergency. Particularly since the main panel breaker is usually at the very top.
I worked at a mill for almost a decade, up to 12470 volts. I agree
Andrew, YES cancel Amazon. The way they claim prime delivery now is complete stupidity. The breaker panel you have is it Square D? If so get the whole home surge protector. The Surge protector has to be in the #1 slot on the panel so it will get hit first from surge. If you didn't go with Square D you will need to add a breaker for the surge. Its at HD Square D Homeline 50 kA Plug-On Neutral Whole House Surge Protective Device
Yep that's another reason I wanted a sub panel to free up space. I've been eyeballing the surge protectors.
Not sure about the cost but isn't PEX far easier to run after the main shutoff??
A lot. Of people don't see it, but my plumbing is already ran through slab. That's common in the south, no freezing here.
Would have been a hoot if you'd have stuck your hand out and waved at the camera after you cut out the dryer vent hole.
Hi Andrew. I have a couple of questions on your air handling system in your house build. No 1. The air from the bathroom exhaust fan goes to your air return on your central unit (very smartly I might add.) How does the system handle the warm moist air you pull out of the bathroom if the system is in its "off" cycle? Question 2. how does your house replace the air you expel from the dryer and the vent a hood? If you are removing air from the interior of the house to the outside, it has to be replaced some how. You are sealing it extremely well. I am just curious as to how that expelled air will be replaced.
The installer was talking about hooking my fan 3 way switches up from the bathrooms to also trigger the ERV. Sadly the grease from the microwave vent cannot enter the ERV. I am considering a fresh air intake for the microwave. However I do believe air can still be pulled through the ERV in off mode, I'm not aware of any dampers.
wow you're getting good with that zip tape so I know how hard it is to handle
I've wasted quite a bit, when it sticks, it sticks.
Make sure you have enough space where your electrical panel and low voltage covers go. They do over hang a bit, may over lap each other. Just in case, and make sure. Looks good.
I checked that today, all clear.
So when you do those penetrations and you are mounting a block to accommodate your lap siding cut a small rabbit across the bottom back side of your block so that the upper part of your siding slides up in it, this allows the block to do the lapping over just like the rest of the siding.
Awesome job Andrew! You do alot of research behind the scenes to make sure you can install what you need/want and follow the codes. Looking forward to your next video.
I don't know if it's code out there, but Where's your main disconnect switch for outside. For "Fire department" emergency kill
Not required if meter and main panel are back to back. If you have a section of wires going from one to the other, then it's required. In the event of any emergency the meter socket can be pulled.
@@TKCL okay 😎
Hey Andrew Out of curiosity why didn’t you go with pexs piping
In one of my older videos I hired a plumber to do under slab waste plumbing. To my shock, I came back and seen he installed under slab hot and cold water supply for the same price. So I felt like I got free plumbing lol. It's extremely common in the south to install under slab plumbing.
When you put a cat6 wire to a TV and then Take it to a source area of HDMI you should add 2 extra runs to potential use in future as 8K video also make it shielded CAT6 as you can mound 2 CAT6 to RUN HDMI 8K video. Why does it matter? Well 8K video is 4x 4K video. And 4K Video is 4x 1080P video. The size of the data packets are enormous. And future proofing is best. Inside the wall of your electrical panel I would add a spray foam to block air leaks.might need to add a few holes to do it from inside. And got ya on the steps thing... wink wink. But did your drywall guy talk to you about the 1x3s ???
Lol we watch everything in SD and don't even purchase any streaming or movies in HD. TV just isn't our thing. No site visits with the drywall guy yet.
@@TKCL ok just thinking you was a tv guy with tv outside as well. But as time goes on 1080p will be eliminated. And a few years later potential for 4k also disappears. Just best to be aware of product end dates. For example 4:3 has been dead and Beta gone And CRT Gone and the VHS Gone and DVD gone. Soon Blue Ray gone. So question everyting about the future. Like example windows is now ending support for windows 10 in 2 years. New phones will soon all be 4k and some 8k already around. What's next? I get you are not a big tv guy or tech guy. Yep I am. But still run 1080p myself. Why did I not upgrade yet? Well planing on building a new place and moving does damage your stuff. So planing Maxwell maybe to move to Texas from Canada and best to sell 90%of items to travel in a big RV to get to new land and use it as I build my own place since my 11600sf place here in Cabada is a fortune to heat up in winter. And I am done with winter. Even if I am in a Paradise zone. " as compared to Ottawa Canada we get less then half the snowfall and many years we only get snow that melts until Mid January but as our snow has more water content and is dence you can't touch it with bare hands. Heavier and it melts with in 2 months but as soon as you drive 30 minutes in most directions you soon get snow like that of Ottawa Canada. I was born in Ottawa lived it for more than 30 years. -40c and -40f is the same and we can see that temprature as well. So we know about air. And odd we also know of heat as much as 40c plus humidity that can be 46c or 114f. But most days are 24c to 36c in summertime. So we also know AC. But since I live on the border to USA and yes I can see the USA from my window. And the bridge is say ten minutes away from me.
I honestly can't even remember the last time we watched a movie it's been years. We occasionally stream a show on Hulu, that's about it. The TV is there to entertain guests (football game ect), not us. We have this beautiful property, an outdoor kitchen and hopefully a pool for our entertainment.
@@TKCL smart guy. I wish we had weather that allowed us to enjoy more outdoors. Many Canadians love Florida. In fact some area is know as Le Pitis Quebec. But I feel Texas is more my style. Been thinking of Seguin just outside San Antonio Texas. The odd part is that name is one that has beed in my life many times. As in Agrat neighbour's last name. Then my 7th and 8th grade teacher. He liked teaching and chose to grow a grade with his 7th grade class. Then I find a city with this name by accident as I dont like big city living
LoL it's ok I bite my cheeks sometimes 😜 ahahaha
You got chubby cheeks too? 😁
I think the max height is more relevant to basement installs with the main wires coming from above as to avoid having to core through or have a penetration through concrete. Shorter main wire makes the panel higher equaling more money made is my guess. *not an electrician, but eh worth a guess.
I think it has more to do with safety and access. Shorter people, people in wheelchairs ect
Hi Andrew I see you got the 30-60 square d there's an option out there that you can get tandem 20 amp breakers to help make more room just trying to help I didn't know if you knew about them
Appreciate that, I should be good now that I am adding a sub panel.
It’s like watch your channel we are going threw the same stuff 👍
here's what they call a dryer box that way your dryer will sit close to the wall
I was gonna laugh when you bit your cheek but then I figured karma would make me buy mine so I didn’t. ;)
Lol
You might think about built in shelving/bookcase and display cubes wth the staircase 😜
Do you have a rodent guard for your dryer vent?
No I don't, I might change it out.
As an electrician, I have a very hard time watching someone do electrical work and keeping my mouth shut. Psst: I have a 42 circuit panel in the shop I could have given you for a couple of fish tacos...
Dang it! Too late now! By all means speak up, I'm a novice and still learning.
Man oh man, I have had lots of experience with CPVC and I really think you are making a serious mistake using it. The stuff is brittle and cannot stand any amount of mechanical stress. Just a little water hammer too light to hear can fatigue it over time. I've not caught what part of the country you are in but unless you are in South Florida or right along the coast, even in South Texas, just a light freeze during a power outage will burst it. Even a quickly caught burst pipe can do damage costing several hundreds of dollars and just a few hours of flow can cost many thousands. You may not see it but after 40 or 50 years, it can fail just from age. Pex is a much better alternative and even the "rigid" Pex can tolerate sone bending. My very good friend who is a liscensed plumbing contractor burst out laughing when I asked him about the advisability of plumbing with CPVC. He makes any customer insisting that he repair CPVC sign a waiver of responsibility and liability in case the repair fails.
My last home was remodeled 40 years ago with cpvc, never a single leak or problem. Now copper was another story, had leaks. FYI my cpvc is already ran under slab. This is Florida and it's an extremely common way to run it.
Someone like ME would mount a panel box that high because I'm tired of bending over for stuff designed to please short people. lmao. BTW.... I'm 6'7" and 375
Mine’s that high and I have to stand on a chair to check it. 😜
Well some of us vertically challenged people would disagree 🤣
@@TKCL you would need fall protection for the breakers lol 👍🏽
Dude love you love your channel, but you said you're going to use CPVC inside???? Are you high?. Why in the world would you not run pex? CPVC you have to put a joint every 10 ft and you risk having leaks at every single joint pex you can run a hundred foot line without having a joint anywhere you can bend it around it's corners you can do everything you need to with it and it won't burst if it freezes, not that you have that issue in Florida it's just a much better product. Imo
In case you haven't noticed my plumbing is already ran... We run it in the slab in the south. No freezing here 😉. If I ever add on or need to run more, pex is my choice.
Thanks!
Thank you very much! Truly appreciated