I am a retired electrician and electrical contractor with over sixty years in the trade. In this video, your electrician was doing some of the best looking work that I have seen on Utube. Hats off to him.
waow! Amazing stuff, but nothing like here in Norway on the electricals and plumbing, hahhh. In Norway, we install electrical-pipes for all outlets and control panels and then we pull the cables through the pipes and connect them. This way you don't need to pull down anything to access the cables. And for waterlines, we also have pipes that we pull the water pipes through. So double water piping. This also makes sure that if there were to be a leak on the waterpipe, the water will run inside the extra pipe and into one of the ends of the pipe. Then you don't have the problem with water leaks destroying electricals or other parts of the house construction. Just pull out the main water pipe, and pull a new one through! Really safe and simple! Also takes a lot less time to install so less cost for the customer when they pay electricians and plumbers.:)
Sir we watch your channel today. We see continuously 3 hours of your building a house series...... We means me and my younger brother..... We became a huge fan of your team... Specially beard man ..... We was very happy after watching your episode 13... Since we don't want to wait 😅😅😅 .. We became Your huge fans..... From India....
These guys are too funny. I've been binge watching them since I found them last week. Everything about building a house from start to finish is amazing.
I enjoyed watching the electrician organize his wires as he prepped that 3 gang box. I dabble with electrical but it was cool watching a professional organize the wires.
Love your channel and this video series! Keep it up. I'm a licensed electrician and and it's a good practice to not bend romex cable very tight. You're supposed to have a larger bending radius, 5 times the width of the cable. So 90 degree turns are too much. (NEC 334.24) I wouldn't put 7 wires under a wire nut (the neutral wires in the 3-gang box). Take 7 quarters and array them in a circle for example. The middle wire doesn't twist around the others and can pull out easily. With 7 #12 wires, you need a blue wire nut. Don't forget to staple the romex within 12" of the panel. (NEC 334.30) Can't wait to see the finished product of the house!
I literally scrolled through the comments just to find an electrician's take on this. I am not a licensed electrician, but I've done quite a bit of my own electrical work and I thought joining that many wires under one wire nut might not be advisable.
I’m impressed with the electrical work. I’m a master electrician from NYC and seen many electrical jobs in the south that are done shoddy. Subs can make or break a GC
Ah man. I live in a Caribbean country and seeing the amount of work you guys have to put in to avoid freezing/cold weather is incredible. I honestly have never thought of these things before
My brother in law is a plumber in Nashville and he said they only use Upinor pex that you expand the tube to receive the fittings. They had a lot of trouble with the clamp type pex leaking. He said the Upinor is idiot proof and they've had no leaks since they switched. They don't use shark bite fittings either for the same reason. Just an FYI. :-)
This series is the first I’ve ever watched anything from you guys-up until I saw Jaime I thought Erik and Jason were the Perkins brothers. 😂 but then I saw Jaime and was like “wait... why does he look exactly like the other guy without a beard...” Very informative and quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! I am gaining so much knowledge. Thank you!
Gonna try Skillshare! EPIC vid .... great to see the other trades on site tooo. Hope you guys are having a great day. You got a great narrator voice Erik! You are a natural.
Totally love this show ..so unlike construction in South Africa ..always admire your wood house ..now have a new found respect for the construction crew ..Rhoda Cape Town
Oooh yes plumbing finally let me see how they do it in this part of the world cause I've never done plumbing in a wooden house though plumbing principles are the same everywhere loving this much love from Kenya
So happy I discovered your channel! I’m in school for architectural and building technology and it’s been so difficult trying to visualize everything we’re learning in class
Your duck should be taped sleeve to register then insulation pulled back over and taped. If you look inside a register and see insulation then air can go through the insulation instead of through the duct
Definitely learned a lot about the electrical residential side by watching this video! Considering I do industrial work. Thank You! Actually taking Residential this semester at my trade school.
Really enjoying this series guys thank you! I spy an “S” trap at 4:30. It will probably be ok an a 2” laundry drain like that but I know my inspector would make me put on a longer arm after the trap, before it turns to go down again.
18 inches below grade so it doesn`t freeze in the winter, must not get very cold if only 18 inches deep. Here in Kazabazua, Quebec you need to go at least 48 inches so it doesn`t freeze.
The house I grew up in had a well that was about 300 feet deep. It did not have a submerged pump. The pump was in the crawlspace under the house. The only thing at the bottom of the well pipe was a foot valve. This house was located in the Appalachians in northern New Jersey. I have yet to taste better water.
Funny to see electrical regulations in other countries. The rules in Sweden are super strict compared to most any other country, that goes for water aswell. Here we pretty much always run rigid wire tubes in all of the walls, so if you ever need to replace or add a wire you have tubes connecting every room to the breaker box, super neat.
In norway we put flexible tubes between the electrical boxes with wires inside of it so its super easy to pull new cables etc. Looks so wrong to just have cables inside walls 😂
I've noticed that most electricians don't leave the loop of wire outside of the box. It's just a 3 or 4 inch loop stapled there so if you ever need some extra you can pull it in. I am a licensed electrician and that's how I learned to do it. I'd like to see more people adopt it too as it really comes in handy after someone who doesn't know what their doing gets in there and cuts the wires too short to work with.
The two problems with this video series is that 1) I can't watch it all yet and 2) there aren't a zillion others just like it that you've made. I'm completely addicted.
Hi Perkins, I see that you have a special holder for your speed square. Can share what is it, how to make one or where to get one. You guys do awesome work. Thank you for sharing!👍
I've been a electricians assistant, plumbers assistant and now I'm outside sales at city electric supply. During this video i was like, "that's an allied 3 gang fiber box 4303-NK and looks like a siemens PN4040B1200CU... and that looked like 10/2 wire so they're probably gonna use a WN2060 disconnect for the heat pump." I'm bad to check part numbers when I'm walking down the sidewalk and see a box mounted on a telephone pole
Hey Eric, Great video and great explanations. Im a building engineering student in Montreal and we dont learn about things like this until we graduate and its too late !
Very professional from Canada great work and video
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😢😊😊😊😊
The only thing that I dislike about this series is that I have to wait for more episodes. Honestly its top tier stuff.
I just found this series yesterday and I'm sad I have to wait for more now lol
I am a retired electrician and electrical contractor with over sixty years in the trade. In this video, your electrician was doing some of the best looking work that I have seen on Utube. Hats off to him.
waow! Amazing stuff, but nothing like here in Norway on the electricals and plumbing, hahhh. In Norway, we install electrical-pipes for all outlets and control panels and then we pull the cables through the pipes and connect them. This way you don't need to pull down anything to access the cables. And for waterlines, we also have pipes that we pull the water pipes through. So double water piping. This also makes sure that if there were to be a leak on the waterpipe, the water will run inside the extra pipe and into one of the ends of the pipe. Then you don't have the problem with water leaks destroying electricals or other parts of the house construction. Just pull out the main water pipe, and pull a new one through! Really safe and simple! Also takes a lot less time to install so less cost for the customer when they pay electricians and plumbers.:)
Sir we watch your channel today. We see continuously 3 hours of your building a house series...... We means me and my younger brother..... We became a huge fan of your team... Specially beard man ..... We was very happy after watching your episode 13... Since we don't want to wait 😅😅😅 ..
We became Your huge fans..... From India....
This is unbelievable quality to be shot on a phone. I’m amazed
What camera is he using? The quality is great.
@@m.h.3693 I believe an iPhone 12 Pro Max
These guys are too funny. I've been binge watching them since I found them last week. Everything about building a house from start to finish is amazing.
I'm so glad I didn't have to wait for this series! Started from Episode 01 and still going!
Very educative, relaxing and funny! ✅
This is a great series, very educational. Can we have a similar series showing how to build an ALL concrete house from start to finish ?
I enjoyed watching the electrician organize his wires as he prepped that 3 gang box. I dabble with electrical but it was cool watching a professional organize the wires.
Being an architecture student loving this series lot of information and fun
Thank you for this series, it has been really fun to watch, keep it up
I have watched all the episodes up to now in one night happy that I only just discovered it
Love your channel and this video series! Keep it up.
I'm a licensed electrician and and it's a good practice to not bend romex cable very tight. You're supposed to have a larger bending radius, 5 times the width of the cable. So 90 degree turns are too much. (NEC 334.24)
I wouldn't put 7 wires under a wire nut (the neutral wires in the 3-gang box). Take 7 quarters and array them in a circle for example. The middle wire doesn't twist around the others and can pull out easily. With 7 #12 wires, you need a blue wire nut.
Don't forget to staple the romex within 12" of the panel. (NEC 334.30)
Can't wait to see the finished product of the house!
Sparky’s🤦🏻♂️lol
Why leave a foot of wire hanging out of your boxes. You're going to cut it back to 6 inches. Why cut it twice?
@@daviddesilva4971 Because nothing is more of a pain in the ass, than trying to do your make ups on greenies and neutrals with 6" of wire.
Tonino D yea we the worst 😁
I literally scrolled through the comments just to find an electrician's take on this. I am not a licensed electrician, but I've done quite a bit of my own electrical work and I thought joining that many wires under one wire nut might not be advisable.
I’m impressed with the electrical work. I’m a master electrician from NYC and seen many electrical jobs in the south that are done shoddy. Subs can make or break a GC
Yo young tradesmen will be watching these videos for years to come no cap
Outstanding Video!!!
Love this!! Thank so much for taking the time to create this series , keep up the good work 😉
This has been one of my most looked forward to series on RUclips. Excellent stuff guys 👏🏼 Building a house is a such a puzzle
This is kind of the more humorous, less... instructional(?) version of the EC spec house build series.
Ah man. I live in a Caribbean country and seeing the amount of work you guys have to put in to avoid freezing/cold weather is incredible. I honestly have never thought of these things before
I am watching your episodes from Palestine. waiting each week to enjoy your house being built. I would like to build lumber house one day in Palestine
My brother in law is a plumber in Nashville and he said they only use Upinor pex that you expand the tube to receive the fittings. They had a lot of trouble with the clamp type pex leaking. He said the Upinor is idiot proof and they've had no leaks since they switched. They don't use shark bite fittings either for the same reason. Just an FYI. :-)
I love learning stuff...so amazing...thanks guys!
This series is the first I’ve ever watched anything from you guys-up until I saw Jaime I thought Erik and Jason were the Perkins brothers. 😂 but then I saw Jaime and was like “wait... why does he look exactly like the other guy without a beard...”
Very informative and quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! I am gaining so much knowledge. Thank you!
another great video! the fast motion electrical switch wiring is my favorite part; clear and instructional
Gonna try Skillshare! EPIC vid .... great to see the other trades on site tooo. Hope you guys are having a great day. You got a great narrator voice Erik! You are a natural.
Love this channel, something I have missed dearly since HGTV went away from home building and gardening ❤️
Today video was super informative! Love you guys and this channel!
watched the series last night and didn't want it to end. NEW EPISODE!!
this is the best episode! very informative!!
I need more of these series. Every new job you guys do should be a series
Totally love this show ..so unlike construction in South Africa ..always admire your wood house ..now have a new found respect for the construction crew ..Rhoda Cape Town
Oooh yes plumbing finally let me see how they do it in this part of the world cause I've never done plumbing in a wooden house though plumbing principles are the same everywhere loving this much love from Kenya
holy cow! This is so incredibly interesting. Awesome episodes! keep 'em coming, please.
binged watched this series. Amazing stuff
Very interesting to keep up with, I can’t wait until next week!
*heart eyes* I love well done electrical work!!
My favorite channel right now. Ive kept checking to see if you uploaded any new stuff because i binge watched all your other stuff 😂
So happy I discovered your channel! I’m in school for architectural and building technology and it’s been so difficult trying to visualize everything we’re learning in class
thank you for everything
Your duck should be taped sleeve to register then insulation pulled back over and taped. If you look inside a register and see insulation then air can go through the insulation instead of through the duct
Running the ext faucet into the sink cabinet is a great idea.
Never thought I'd say it but this video is worth every ad. I've learned more in a few minutes than months of study
Definitely learned a lot about the electrical residential side by watching this video! Considering I do industrial work. Thank You! Actually taking Residential this semester at my trade school.
Always looking forward to your videos in my recommended
18" down would be great here in Michigan we have to go 42"
Supposed to be 48 here 🤮.. mine is only 2’ sitting in bedrock and it never freezes. I don’t understand who writes our codes
@@Iamthathillbilly bedrock should transfer frost. We can get away with 24" if we are in sandy soik
I live in sweden. We have to go 79". :)
Yes, it gets cold here. :(
It's dope learning from your videos no cap
Wish you had a separate supplemental video for each of the three trades. So interesting, I guess I need to learn them more.
I wish this channel can show how to install heating, cooling ducts through the house. How well these ducts are insulated.
To build a home is hard but to know at which moment to begin plumbing and electricity, it is impressive.
I love this house, great job on the design!
I learned so much from this series honestly. 👏👏👏
I love how you explain things!
Love your work watching from Kenyan 🇰🇪,, keep it up!
These days I work in an engineering office, but i miss my teenage years on the job site. Thanks man keep creating and growing your channel 👍
Absolutely love the series thanks
Thanks man.
This was very educational for me.
Hi Eric! Love the work and your team. Could you share the quantity estimates for all items/materials used for this house from start to end?
Really enjoying this series guys thank you! I spy an “S” trap at 4:30. It will probably be ok an a 2” laundry drain like that but I know my inspector would make me put on a longer arm after the trap, before it turns to go down again.
Trap arm min. length = 2x pipe dia.
Ask me how I know.
On 2nd thought don't.
Awesome job with the video. Little shocked u didn’t but caution tape over water line
You solved my mystery regarding the shape of the pipes! Great episode as always!
Wow! 700 feet to well water. I’m in south GA we hit well water with less than half that. In some cases only 200 ft.
hey hey Erik! this series is soo great ... do you think you would ever combine them all together in 1 long video to watch them all at the same time??
Good stuff BROTHER!!
18 inches below grade so it doesn`t freeze in the winter, must not get very cold if only 18 inches deep. Here in Kazabazua, Quebec you need to go at least 48 inches so it doesn`t freeze.
Looks good man, a lot of progress... All that plumbing and electrical reminds me of a friend of mine called Code book Bob! peace out...
Very interesting episode thanks so mucn
Really loving these videos !!!! Thanks so much
perfect way to end the week
love this series
Great video 👍. Thank you!
I really like that movie! Lot of info in nice form. Good job.
The house I grew up in had a well that was about 300 feet deep. It did not have a submerged pump. The pump was in the crawlspace under the house. The only thing at the bottom of the well pipe was a foot valve. This house was located in the Appalachians in northern New Jersey. I have yet to taste better water.
Funny to see electrical regulations in other countries. The rules in Sweden are super strict compared to most any other country, that goes for water aswell. Here we pretty much always run rigid wire tubes in all of the walls, so if you ever need to replace or add a wire you have tubes connecting every room to the breaker box, super neat.
Really awesome videos guys I’ve learned so much. One question - why no air sealing or exterior insulation?
This is so satisfying 😅
700ft!!!!! That's deep
Love watching these
And the progress continues. All good content 😁
Pretty sure I'm going to look into a dual thermostatic system for one unit. Thanks guys! (Learn every day)
Equipment mechanic from California.
Good stuff as always guys. Like all the joking around you slip in, funny as
In norway we put flexible tubes between the electrical boxes with wires inside of it so its super easy to pull new cables etc. Looks so wrong to just have cables inside walls 😂
You have a great second family 🙂
I've noticed that most electricians don't leave the loop of wire outside of the box. It's just a 3 or 4 inch loop stapled there so if you ever need some extra you can pull it in.
I am a licensed electrician and that's how I learned to do it. I'd like to see more people adopt it too as it really comes in handy after someone who doesn't know what their doing gets in there and cuts the wires too short to work with.
Always leave a loop. Just in case!
Saves your ass if the drywaller nicks it
I’m not a licensed electrician but I do that on every box, every time. Can’t tell you how many times it’s been a life saver
Excellent advice
Looks ugly as heck and a waste of money. These guys did a nice neat job.
Keep on with the great videos!
Dang, just learned a lot today xD. Also thank you for the series 👍🏼
Great info!!
Perfect
watching from Philippines!! 👍
Good stuff!
Stuck to your videos. Great!
Yay!!! new episode😁
The two problems with this video series is that 1) I can't watch it all yet and 2) there aren't a zillion others just like it that you've made. I'm completely addicted.
Hi Perkins, I see that you have a special holder for your speed square. Can share what is it, how to make one or where to get one. You guys do awesome work. Thank you for sharing!👍
I've been a electricians assistant, plumbers assistant and now I'm outside sales at city electric supply. During this video i was like, "that's an allied 3 gang fiber box 4303-NK and looks like a siemens PN4040B1200CU... and that looked like 10/2 wire so they're probably gonna use a WN2060 disconnect for the heat pump." I'm bad to check part numbers when I'm walking down the sidewalk and see a box mounted on a telephone pole
Hey Eric,
Great video and great explanations. Im a building engineering student in Montreal and we dont learn about things like this until we graduate and its too late !
Plumbers and Electrichickens! Keep the house livable, the food fresh and the beer cold! #IBEW
Hey guys, great series. Question, is there a reason why the breaker box is on the top floor and not the ground floor?
im here for your flooring! dad got me into this you better show me something
What would the process for replacing plumbing under the foundation entail?
Good day, what is the depth of soil freezing? And then you bury the pipe only by 20 inches.