We Built the Most INSANE Suspended Shower Soffit with LEDs and Tile
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
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Hey guys! This thing is definitely over the top. Sometimes you have a crazy idea and just want to see if you can pull it off! You guys will be relieved to know that we’ve taken it down to revise the design! Actually did this before the video came out! It can DEFINITELY be improved. Respond to this and let us know how we can make this thing better💪🏼
Jordan "That's Awesome!" 😅 really!
Good! (change it - mabye call Drywall Danny for a tip as well as that cool Indy electrical guru)
That hanging bull crap looks like shit. It does not look cool at all but to each their own huh. Would not have wasted money on that slanted bull crap
I think it looks pretty good but i would 1) seal the back so it's watertight so if any moisture does collect on the back of it then it has the opportunity to just roll down and off when it dries, and can get plenty of air circulation. 2) I think maybe the side facing the rest of the bathroom needs to have something that goes wall to wall and up to the ceiling that hides the carabiners from view. Other than that, stick with it and enjoy the creative lighting that you dreamt up. It won't be for everyone, and it may not be for you later, but you made it easily removable if you change your mind later and don't want it any more. Great job!
You didn't bond the ground to the metal box for the LEDs all metal electrical boxes need to be bonded to ground
I love everything you guys do, but it's a hard pass for me on this one. You've essentially lowered a nice high ceilinged shower, made the ceiling black, added a bunch of unnecessary indirect lighting, and obstructed the exhaust fan with a 150+ pound monstrosity that is going to be collecting dust, moisture and mildew. What was the point of the nice low-profile exhaust fan when you're just going to cover it up?
That bathroom is starting to look like it belongs in a strip club. Pump the brakes on the LEDs guys.
I say all that with love. I'm a longtime subscriber and will continue to be.
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This 100% ahah
Paul, you get the father of the year award for indulging your son's crazy ideas.
I suggest giving water a way to drain out/ off that platform. Humidity -> condensation -> drips.
I know you'll have a fan, but still. I abide by Paul's advice: always give water a way out.
Very creative. As a commercial electrician, I would've just used aircraft cable with gripples. You can raise and lower it with ease. We use them on light fixtures or strut all the time. You can get some a little thicker. 4 would hold that with ease.
Yeah the eye-bolts look janky. Cables would look MUCH better
On a Monday night after workin in the Fla sun for 6 hours I can’t even grasp what you guys are thinking but it looks great 🎉
What about the wegos
Guys really trigonometry on the fly is easier 😮
It looks fantastic 🎉
"I hear ya, Gilmore" best line of the video, lol!!😂
It looks great, but I think the vanity wall tile in the bathroom came out awesome, but that 1 tile that has the lone tile in the middle would look better if it had the other 3 pieces so it's more uniform like the others on the wall. Keep up the great work.
Yeah, that 1 tile definitely sticks out and distracts from the whole.
That tile was bugging me too
I thought I was the only one 😂
Completely agree with that!
Yep. One tile sticking out looks out of place
Good call painting the top to reduce mold/mildew. The offcuts you mounted the LED channels to still need to be painted for the same reason. It looks super cool but also realize there will be a ton of dust up there is short time. All that dust plus moisture...
That track saw track is a great straight edge to run up against with your Flex saw
Yep... just use the back edge.
I’ve been watching your channel for years and really enjoy it. This shower soffit build is next level; the vision to dream it up and the ingenuity to construct it, I’m totally blown away by how amazing it turned out.
Keep up the great work!
Rad is a brave man working in them flippy floppies .
The pointy star thing on the wall still driving me crazy !!! 😂 please finish it
You might consider galvanized or stainless steel hardware up there as what you put up there will rust very fast.
yep .. I was worried about that metal handy-box ... perfect time to use pvc
Yes those quick connects are going to rust shut for sure
Next time you need to do a bevel cut with the track saw on the waste side, just clamp a 2x under the workpiece spanning both sides of the cut. Reset the depth of the track saw to just below the workpiece, and make your cut. The 2x will support the waste and the workpiece during and after the cut.
The soffit came out fantastic, just like darn near every project the Stud Pack does!
Just like a stud pack in a wall has 3 (or more) studs... the Stud Pack has 3 studs putting in the work and making a great concept come to life!
The Shower of Damocles
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Perfect 😁
I think it looks awesome. I don’t know anything about anything, except that as a Floridian, I would worry about mold and condensation pooling. May not be an issue but if so I guess you could load the paint on the back side up with anti-mildew additive and see if you can’t rig a discreet drain system. Looks great.
I think they have an integrated ERV system in the bathroom but I could be wrong. There’s gotta be some form of moisture control in there and I’m sure they’ve got that covered.
@@blakedudley4692It's just an exhaust vent., but it is above the soffit. I didn't think they have a balanced airflow for an exhaust fan. They do have an ERV, but in southern Texas, they probably need a dehumidifier on their ERV.
Native Floridian here too - my instinctual thought as well that the top of this thing is not going to have the best of time.
@@tecraptorhell I’m from Canada and I was thinking this
@@johnhaller5851ERV does manage humidity, that’s the difference between it and an HRV, which only does temperature transfer.
I'd use a length of black 3" PVC sectioned on the back side to hide the front suspension hardware. This would keep the color theme and make the *appearance* of the soffit mounts look much stronger - as if the soffit were attached by black steel pipe. You're welcome😊.
Viewer since day one. Love the show. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
The wire colours on the LED driver are blue/brown because it makes it easier for people with red/green colour blindness to not confuse live with the earth which can sometimes be solid green even though the standard is now green/yellow striped. I believe it's an EU standard and we use it here in the UK too.
And the strange coincidence was in English blue was Bottom Left on UK plug and brown was Bottom Right on UK plug
Good effort. Bold design, but I would have rather gone with some kind of flat shower ceiling construction. I kind of don't like that angled outdoor patio table hanging above my head.
Looks good, I would be concerned about moisture accumulating in the open frame.
Guys, this is way frickin' cool. Some people might ask, "But, why?" I say, why not? It's your palace. Deck it out! Can't wait to see next week's video!
Great! I don't know if it's been said, but if you use reflective tape, you could difuse the shadow outline.
Love you're work. Be carefull of pockets of water condensation in that.
Bravo!
Regardless how strong that is, my mind would always revert back to thinking it would fall on me during a shower lol
If that soffit was in a non-residential installation, you'd need safety chain, which wouldn't be a bad idea.
Looks awesome guys. Here in the northeast I would be hesitant to install that as I would be concerned about mold and mildew. How about a video in a year's time of use to see how it looks on the back side?
Track saw and 2" foam board for the base blade isn't damaged by foam, and it gives a solid support for the offcuts. We use this setup a lot in the shop.
You nailed it ..AGAIN! Jordan's vision came through with Dad's carpentry skills. True aircraft cables would've probably worked but your method worked just as well. GREAT JOB guys. What a team!
I'm with the folks who are concerned about mold. The soffit will always be colder than the steam so there *will* be condensation. Consider how you want to abate that now, before you've finalized the installation.
I like how you guys tried something new. You weren’t sure how it was to be done, and weren’t afraid to take a risk figuring it out for yourself. Glad you made it through Beryl. That area of Texas has been getting slammed with water, heat, and wind. Keep up the good work, can’t wait to see it finished!
Super cool! Like the look of the finished lights in the shower… even without the last few tiles & grout.
(Probably be too difficult to run 2 different grouts in one room, but every time you show that room I think it would look really sweet to use identically shaped tile & put it on the walls… starting where the black tiles end… but put in white tile with white grout.)
Up there where the installers left that gap around the ceiling and the wall tile, that would be a nice channel for an LED strip.
honestly... i know you used a quick link. a heavy duty carabiner might have been easier to attach or detach. a locking would would be... almost the same but with the larger opening for hooking/unhooking just makes it easier for future upgrades/repairs/etc. to each. either way works great! i assume the controller allows for color change....? if so... i know you're trying to use that controller but i'd really recommend find a WLED controller, or making one yourself... they're cheap and it's easy. videos all over youtube for it. but i really think you should look in WLED for stuff... tons of control! otherwise, great work. love the look. i dunno how confortable i'd feel under exposed tile above me personally... but again.. to each their own!
Quick tip for upping your tiling game (I saw this from a pro at my house): Use a small paint brush when installing the title to clean out the grout while you are tiling so you don’t have to go back and clean it out. So much faster.
I highly recommend cutting the tinned wires that are going from the low voltage supply to the wireless module. Putting tinned wires into headers like that can loosen over time. I’d instead recommend using some ferrules on the end of the untinned copper.
Crimp ferrules are a must with stranded wire.
I 100% recommend this! I do low-voltage Christmas lighting - pre-tinned wires always come loose!!
They also break. You shouldn't tin wires you're going to put into a crimp connection.
@@keiheric They are pre-tinned (as Paul was asking) because they expect you to solder them, not crimp them.
@@user-ky7le9bf2m yeah definitely don’t put tinned wires in a crimp
I'm terrified of the moisture settling up there with nowhere to go
Anybody else thinking that the soffit electrical should be wet location rated? All that steam is going to find its way into those connections.
In a bathroom, I would think it technically needs to be GFCI as well, since it's a receptacle. That could possibly be in the panel, depending on accessibility requirements.
It's at least a damp location
Most electric codes cannot have a receptacle or switch within X amount of inches from shower/tub surround.
@@tecraptoryes if it is. Wet location rated three it was
How about connecting wires and shrink wrap covers?
I am all for making projects as complicated as possible, but you guys have exceeded my expectations. Great job. Love you guys.
Happy birthday, Jordan. I hope you had a great day!! Tks again for the continued fun on your build!! I look forward to the collaboration with the PBB in their backyard! I hope they can help you guys on the house!! KUTGW
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That one pointy tile on mirror wall sticks out big time. Not sure how that end up with StudPack symmetry crosshairs but it is quite obvious. 👍
Yeah, it looks cool. Steam will be billowing up around that soffit and will condense on everything above it. The electrical stuff might withstand that ok (or not,) but the hardware (screweyes, etc.) will likely rust.
Hey guys! Great work!
When this Dream Garage is complete , I think a Nice Slow walk through video will be VERY MUCH in order! 👍❤️👍
The projects just keeps on getting better but your enthusiasm is just perfect. The three of you are a great team!
Looks amazing. Definitely not up to code for a bathroom in the UK, so maybe not Texas either. But if you put a cap on the top of the soffit and seal in the boxes it would be.
So I do believe blue as neutral is also a European standard. For the ries and umid environment, I would have used an abs box with some marine heat shrink and cable glands to keep the moisture out. While it's tinned, the connections and wires will still corrode, possibly even in the sheathing, depending on how good the wires were tinned.
10:48. Paul please use a push stick. Scary. Great work.
Phooey. IMO that was totally a safe cut without a push stick.
Second. Super concerned every time I see him do it with his hands. As tired as they get on-site, one misstep and mandatory "vacation".
Video thumbnail of Paul showering with a hard hat and a shower poof is hilarious!
that thumbnail 😂 been LOVING watching you guys build this place.
I really appreciate the time and effort y’all put in to showing and explaining to us all of the cool details and processes.
much love!
That "I feel you Gilmore" was real 😂
Super cool guys! However, I thought you would have had a huge LED rain head coming out of the center where the Halo light is located, that way you could change the color of the water too. Oh, what a great idea 💡😁
I think this looks awesome. I question whether there could have been a better way to do it based on moisture and weight but overall I think it’s super cool and innovative in how yall did it. I didn’t think you needed to redo it. So close to finishing it why not finish it so you can shower and move in and then address at a later date if unhappy or issues arise.
I like it and how it solves covering up that horrible stone work. I do wonder if it's a bit on the thick side. It looks visually heavy because of the color and the thickness of the wood structure amplifies that. Pretty cool way to make up for the negligence of the tile work they did though.
The Qbert tiles really are amazing. I want the same design in my dream bathroom now. The soffit looks really nice too. I thought it was a lil overkill in the design phase but just had to have faith till the end. That is one crazy awesome bathroom, and it's not even the main house! Thanks for all your hard work on building and video making.
Nice design with the back lighting. I would like to think that you thought thru your wiring design and connections. I'm a retired electrician with some experience and think that you are setting yourself up for future problems and electrical failure. That soffet is in a high humidity space with an exhaust fan that channels the humid exhaust over your electrical boxes and your wifi connection block. None of those components are protected from the condensation that is going to form, not only on the outside of the metal box but also on your connections. You planned for humidity and condensation with the installation of the correct type of duplex recept for the ceiling application. The components/wiring, mavbe not so much. Suggestions: Put all the components in a NEMA 12 or some other watertight box to avoid the hazards of moisture on electrical components . I also see a mold problem with that fixture in your future. Sorry to be a downer because I really enjoy your channel. Your willingness to try different methods and materials are really educational and entertaining. Stay safe and keep those videos coming. Thanks.
Paul is seriously the best dad ever!
A cabinet track cleat would have been a lot better. Touch the wall then slide it down into the cleat. Would definitely look like its floating
This comment might be a bit late, but water and moisture from steam will sit inside that LED channel and create a breeding grounds for mold and mildew. Even with weep holes drilled into the bottom of the channel, the drainage will most likely not be 100%. I think a better solution would be to encase that channel in plexiglass and seal it up with marine adhesive sealant like 3M 5200.
Edit: It appears a few folks already mentioned completely sealing up the whole top side altogether. But since you want to be able to service the electrical portion, using a silicone gasket material with a polycarbonate panel that screws in using roofing screws for the section with the serviceable boxes, and reroute the plugs to a section where the box portion is encapsulated and using the marine adhesive sealant against the wires coming out of the box.
Q*bert is a game where a funny little guy jumps around on an array of cubes, similar to the optical illusion created by your accent wall
Yep. I remember seeing Q*bert in the arcade when I was in college, in the early '80s, along with the Star Wars arcade game and Tempest.
Yup @freshproduce4954 you got it 100% right, and I am 65 years old and was the first to mention Q-Bert in the last Video. lol Too many nights spent playing that dumb game in the NCO club in the Air Force with a drink in one hand and the joystick for the game in the other in my 20s. lol
Q’bert was the first thing I thought of when I saw the completed tile work.
Hours and hours spent trying to beat Q^Bert on our Atari 5200! You should try it in B & W, the only TV we had for a year or two after learning this game.
Qbert? He's just an extra in that Wreck it Ralph movie /s
A little wavey...... understatement of the year ....piss funny....keep up the great work 🤔😂😎🇦🇺👌
Good to see you dodged the storm... mate, we get big ones in ozz as well.
Very cool boys.but unless I missed something there is no way for moisture to escape will cause major electrical and mold problems.a thin sheet of marine grade starboard to cover the top would help.
Tiling while standing up the whole time, back buttering while sitting down the whole time, that's the dream
Don't worry about scratching the outlet with the strippers. You should probably put a weather resistant outlet up there "WR" that way it will resist corrosion with moisture.
Stud Pack is the Barney Fife of construction. We all loved Barney too. Love this channel and the content delivery.
There's a song about that.
Cool concept, but I think it is going to be a maintenance nightmare.
Guys Awesome looking soffit, Paul you have to be a saint . To put together the ideas from Jordan. Great job to All of you on this project.
That was a lot of work, but totally worth it. It looks great, very custom. To cover the hanging hardware, paint PVC tubes black and rip a channel out of the length which allows you to slip the tube over the hardware. The opening will point toward the back wall and not be seen.
I’m a huge fan and a drop-what-I’m-doing-to-watch-your-latest-video subscriber. I am indeed relieved that you are revising the design. It’s way overbuilt in my opinion and not in a good way, I think it would collect a ton of moisture and it should be part of the ceiling. Looking forward to seeing round 2! You guys are awesome!
Since it’s on an angle and has gravity helping to keep things in place, I wonder if 4 flush mount brackets could have worked. Then it slides 1/2” or so up to remove it, and then add a couple cables on carabiners so it can hang freely but still be removable. It would be tight a f on those flush mount brackets.
I'd be standing under that thinking of final destination 😅 Nice to see Jordan's vision coming together!
Schluter kerdi board comes in many thicknesses and is very light weight. Could've used it to do the same thing you did with conventional lumber but without the weight. Looks good fellas .
Schluter is junk. Goboard is better.
light gauge steel framing, such as hat channel
@@kevinhornbuckle rust central! See it all the time in commercial buildings that got wet, barely, one time.
I did not think of Qubert but it fits. What a bunch of work for that, but it looks good and covers the issues well. I'd have the light in the middle by a gimbal so it can point straight down. I also think 2x6s make it too thick, perhaps use 2x2s instead. And if you change it, I'd just make it white, the black tile is too dark, and it's not getting the Qubert vibe that the wall has. Possibly just paint in a pattern that follows the grout joint, so you have the tile in sort of relief in white with the grid of the grout line being the feature. Mostly make it less massive and use smaller hooks to they hide better. As someone stated, it's better to seal the top side, you will definitely get water pooling in it.
QBert was an 80's arcade video game in which the character jumped around a series of "cubes". Since it was 2D graphics, the cubes were represented very similarly to the wall tiles you've installed. Your build looks great, keep up the excellent work guys!
Yay! Another video!
I don't go to fancy restaurants or hotels. But I also don't travel much. The cube wall looks so cool though.
I wonder if AG1 would help my friend who constantly gets kidney stones. It would probably have to taste like DrPepper for him to drink it though. LOL. It's got caffeine so I can't drink it. 😞
Hmm.. I think I would have gone with a GFCI outlet, unless its on a GFCI breaker... Or is it a GFCI outlet? If its not, Leviton makes a Decora Edge outlet that uses tech similar to wago lever nuts for locking the wires in place. Ohh. It was the wrong outlet! Disregard previous comment. LOL. Although, for non wet areas you could use the Leviton ones. Love how you labeled it. My dad loved to label things. I should label things but I usually forget.
With my luck that soffit would fall on me. LOL. It looks neat, but I wonder about moisture building up on top of it.
IMO ... Absolutley love the creativity, seeing a split among folks though, Don't know if y'all have ever put out "Poll" Questions, with the amount of followers y'all have accumulated, Poll questions would be pretty cool as well as a quick dashboard view to see what percentage of folks think one way vs the other(s)
I think I would have placed a steel chase nipple in the junction box - maybe a 4-square instead of a handy box, and then mounted the driver so that the line-side wiring is shoved all the way into the chase nipple. But your first idea to place it in a 10" x 10" x 4" box was probably the more correct way, if space allows.
Would have looked incredible if you used the porcelain instead of the black geometric tile. Using the same shower tile on this would have been sweet. IMO
Q-bert was an 80s arcade game where the character jumped around on a pyramid that looks just like the tile pattern you've got there (currently, Q-bert is slang for Qanon whackos)...
btw... floating ceiling/soffit feature looks great
It’s 2024: The conspiracy theorists aren’t the whackos, bro 😂
The Studpack LED Garondo is looking fantastic! The things you guys come up with most wouldn’t try. The shower soffit looks great. I literally spit my drink out laughing when Jordan was talking about his crazy ideas and Paul said I feel you Gilmore, everyday. Lol! Great video
I feel Jordan should charge admission for anyone to be admitted to his apartment! All those gizmos and led lighting!
@25:47 minutes it's pre-tinned if you're doing a soldered connection and tinned if you're doing a mechanical connection.
I hope that ceiling comes out looking better when done, gonna be honest, I don't think it looks good.
I agree.. so odd..
The most complicated shower out there 😂
I love it tho! Breaking new ground on the stud pack
Why not use high-density foam board instead of all of the wood structural supports? How will the location of the plug for the lighting transformer pass final inspection? Regardless of the current ventilation and PPV system in place, won’t steam vapor droplets catch and fall into the channels of the top of the board?
I agree. Provide ventilation above the piece.
you don't think the humidity might compromise the wood frame over time and things will start to rain down on someone. It's cool but bordering on being too much.
Rad with the chanclas on the job site always makes me nervous.
Rad Sleeping on the floor while your filming kills me hahaha!!!
If the tiles for the light fixture “bounced” loose, there’s a good chance the adjacent ones were weakened too.
Hulk green or even better ," The Green Lantern Hal Jordan" . that floating ceiling came out great .
I love how Rad was taking a nap in the background! LOL!
that lighting is AMAZING!! i love that yall are teaming up and getting these crazy ideas to be incredible!
Is there any code regulations to hanging that in the shower? Great idea! Love the house so far!!
Jordan really hates that grout joint 😂
That's a hell of a shower for a garage bathroom. I can only imagine how bad ass of a bathroom will be in the main house. Gonna be hard to outdo...
Cool project, this is why I've watched you fellas since the little house where you put the long beam in to open the floor plan. Love you guys, and thanks for all the great entertainment.
0:42 - "We just never really known how they did it. So we're gonna figure it out." This is why I watch Stud Pack! 🤣
24:15 Man down! Seeing Rad on the floor resting made me laugh out loud! 🙇🏼♂️🤔😳😂😂😂👏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼🔥❤️
Nice.! Couldnt wait for tou guys to post a video. Great work as always💪🏾💪🏾
My 2cents, make it thin and tighter to ceiling. Just tone it down and go for elegance not over the top. I would prefer white or off white. Anything other color is a little weird with those tile colors.
I have watched enough of your work to feel safe standing under whatever you decide to make. Great job!
Hi Paul and family. Nice to see you getting with the times and using Wago's instead of those old wire nuts. Its the way of the future and they secure wires safely. Keep up the good work
Please use a push stick. I thought I was far enough away on a cut at 6 plus inches from the blade and it kicked back and still cut into two of my fingers. Luckily i had a sawstop and didnt lose them but i still got cut about 3/16" deep. They are still tender 2 years later and I thank God it missed a tendon.