Quick tip for those running conduit and electrical. Do not run Romex in conduit for burial use. Romex is not rated for wet areas. Check local codes, but this is pretty standard. Use THHN single strand with buried conduit. Or use UF rated cable if conduit isn’t feasible.
Definitely check local codes. Romex is fine overall in buried conduit, just use water tight fittings and don’t exceed standard conduit fill percentages.
Thanks! The setbacks in my area are VERY confusing; all literature I could find said 3 feet. Others said 5, but that was for larger properties (not sure why - could not find). To be honest this structure is a little closer than that to the main block wall - I'm at about 2.5' (its a little hard to tell in the video); but in my area, nearly every ADU, tiny building, shed, or other stand alone structure are within inches of property lines, are placed in areas they shouldn't be (eg - a front driveway), or people have too many (like someone having 3-4 Tuffsheds, all on property lines, all violating some rule). I am not advocating for that, but it appears the sort of "lay of the land" in my area is that pretty much anything goes unless you have a super terrible neighbor calling building and safety on you. I didn't error on the side of caution and to be honest I wish I had just played it safe, but by the time I dug into it even further I had gone too far, and would advise anyone to do their own research for their area!
Quick tip for those running conduit and electrical. Do not run Romex in conduit for burial use. Romex is not rated for wet areas. Check local codes, but this is pretty standard. Use THHN single strand with buried conduit. Or use UF rated cable if conduit isn’t feasible.
Definitely check local codes.
Romex is fine overall in buried conduit, just use water tight fittings and don’t exceed standard conduit fill percentages.
way to go! Great work man
Appreciate it!
Esta muy bien explicado, muy claro 5/5
¡Muchos gracias!
Great tutorial. I agree always better to over engineer then under engineer…
Agreed - I'd always be wondering why I didn't do it...
Should have done PT 3/4" flooring
@@IsaacC20 what’s wrong with the sub flooring I used?
Love it, keep it up
Thanks!
Cool series 👍 What I wondered the second the video started though and didn't hear mentioned is, what are the setbacks in your area?
Thanks!
The setbacks in my area are VERY confusing; all literature I could find said 3 feet. Others said 5, but that was for larger properties (not sure why - could not find).
To be honest this structure is a little closer than that to the main block wall - I'm at about 2.5' (its a little hard to tell in the video); but in my area, nearly every ADU, tiny building, shed, or other stand alone structure are within inches of property lines, are placed in areas they shouldn't be (eg - a front driveway), or people have too many (like someone having 3-4 Tuffsheds, all on property lines, all violating some rule). I am not advocating for that, but it appears the sort of "lay of the land" in my area is that pretty much anything goes unless you have a super terrible neighbor calling building and safety on you.
I didn't error on the side of caution and to be honest I wish I had just played it safe, but by the time I dug into it even further I had gone too far, and would advise anyone to do their own research for their area!