@@Building_Jays_Way Jay, I was hoping you would have reached out to Paul from Stud Pack to get electrical advice. He would have fast-tracked you. No worries now, you got'er done.
This is my experience from doing many penetrations (haha) for HAM radio and other needs. 1. You should put a "drip coil" on the outside of the line going into the house, which is just a small, maybe 6", coil of the wire. This helps ensure that any water running down the line goes to the lowest pointof the line and drips (the bottom of the single loop of wire), instead of continuing a run towards the interior of the house and the sealant (Lexel). It also acts a "service loop", providing slack to both ends of the connection. 2. When installing a line from outside to inside, level is not best, rather you should aim for a small upward slope from outside to inside. This also helps ensure that, over time, if the sealing fails, the lowest point is still outside the house. You want the cable to have its absolute lowest point just outside the external of the penetration. That way there is very low likelihood of anything make it "uphill" into the interior of the home. Looking good man, and great to see you progressing and learning.
Man, this ended up being quite an array of projects, liked all your different fixes and tips to work around tedious and original build obstacles. Got to keep the wifey happy ah ~ happy wife happy life... Cheers for this fine reel Jay...
Turned out great! I wouldn't have been able to resist the urge to rip open that wall, and reframe that window properly lol. Adding the plywood to the floor, to bring it all to the same level was the right decision.
Gittin it dun! The best part of these for me is how you model what a husband and father can do for his family. They may never know, but us Dad’s do. They might not let you know today, but their kids will know. You’re a good egg.
Can't get over how nice that flooring is!!! Also, thanks for showing how it's really done (drilling holes through exterior walls, outlet boxes, etc); people on RUclips pretending they don't ever do any of that lol when doing stuff like this it's necessary!
Jason, I have watched you from the beginning. When you started projects, I cringed at some of your processes. Now, you are making great decisions when coming to issues or snags. Great job on the subfloor and finished flooring.
I am impressed as your talent grows ...... Your lovely wife has a list of things you need to get done my friend , I can see it one day ..... Jays Remodel Service !
Hey Jason, this is such a great video! They sell conduit that can be used to hide wires inside the house that is really nice. I used it to hide the wires for our cable in one of our bedrooms. It sticks to the wall and is paintable so it blends into the wall. You can't even really tell it's there. All the best!
Jay! Next time take a hacksaw blade or an oscillating saw and cut the nails holding your existing box to the studs. At that point you have plenty of room to run your cable and then you just replace the old box with a retrofit/old work box.
17:50 whenever I have seen sheathing layered like this, the recommendation has always been to run it perpendicular to the underlying layer. The bottom layer is spanning the joists and the top layer spans the sheathing, creating the most rigid structure. This is the same thing that’s done in plywood: alternating layers running perpendicular to the previous layer.
Great video! Your effort and hard work on the room renovation are impressive. I especially liked how you tackled the flooring and new outlet installation. Your creativity and patience are truly commendable. Looking forward to the next video!
4:15 spade bits like that are practically designed for blowing out wood. They’re only good for framing. Use a Forstner bit for cleaner holes, but you can also pre-drill with a 1/8” bit to mark the centerline of the hole. Then come in from both sides and you don’t have to worry about getting so close to the other side to mark the center before drilling in from the back.
This is 1 thing I like about your videos Jay - we guess while you are doing.. so while you drilled into door for 'cat door', I thought of many different ways I would approach... like first hole dead center - then enlarge with the jigsaw.. also, different drill bit for 'start'.. also, masking tape on botton side - to help avoice the blow-out... all while YOU took the hit, and made the mistake... so thanks. Also like that you are easy going - and don't freak about the booboos.. cuz yes, cat door will cover - and can add some bondo or wood filler, if wish to. Thx!
@Bulding Jay’s Way 2 Pro Tips. Run you cable down inside the siding corner Leave a drip loop where you cable penetrates the building. Always! And where the siding corner meets the sawfit. Will expand&contract Could pinch & damage your cable. Happens alot!! I’ve done exactly what you did many times. Inside,, look for a bristle wall plate for data cables. Amazon’s got em, Just a tip 🫡 Also, A fine job Jay! I’ve installed hundreds of them, mostly in wooded areas. Away from local fibre internet. visibility’s always an issue! You do best you can, that’s what you did 👍 cheers brother 🍻 great show !!
I know you don't know but if you have a little extra length in the star link cable I would pull it down below the hole where it goes into the house and then back up to make a drip loop. It will keep any moisture from running down the wire into the house.
Baseboard before carpet is common in PA. Gets the base dead straight on the wall so you don’t fight slight bowing when you push it down into the carpet
Hi Jay love the channel. I am English spark, and you cannot put outlets on a lighting circuit in the UK, for a start the fuses are rated differently for lighting and outlets, you should defiantly ask a US spark.
I had the shock of a lifetime seeing this lmao, I cannot be 100% certain but I believe they use 15A breakers for their lighting circuits too which is nuts!
yeah think about that framing like a pony wall supporting the window. Looks like you had a double top plate acting as a window sill that you had to drill through. Nice job figuring it out!
@25:03 The framing at the window sill is horizontal to receive the roof rafters, in lieu of a ledger outside a conventionally-framed wall. @28:02 Your solution is fine, but why not give the TV cable a drip loop and come in through the soffit? Open the drywall at the ceiling inside, then run the cable down where you want it.
Yes, we have a dog door downstairs in the laundry room. So the dogs and the cats can go out anytime they want. The all black cat has been going out the other one with the White has not ventured out yet.
Ellis, your about to install another outlet! Ok, what’s the power load expectation! do check it out because you may need to install another power cable from the consumer board ! 😅
Nice wirk. I have run into cabling problems like this. I ran cable over to the corner and fastened it with little white cable staples and then painted the cable the color of the wall. Hardly noticeable.
Your Stralink cable should come down below the hole and then back up to the hole so any water that gets on the wire drips off the bottom of the loop and cant get into your walls.
4:50 jigsaw blades are as bad for tearing out as spade bits. Put painters tape down and make your marks on that. Then the jigsaw blade will cut a clean line without blowing out the top face. 👍
If I remember correctly you said your home was a Manufactured house. They put baseboards on at the factory and flooring would be installed on site. That was how our home was done and framing I am still trying to figure that out
I'm a DIY guy but not so much with wood. Plumbing, electrical A/C etc etc. I have 2 A/C closets and I needed to put louvers in them. They are hollow core fake raised panels. I wanted to cut the lower panels out and add the louvers. I had them custom made. Basically a wood frame with louvers. I asked the guy who ordered them the best way for me to cut them out. He said you always want to use a template and a router. I have a plunge router but I had to buy the template bearing kit. I watched a million videos measured everything many times over and added in for the bearing. When making a template and using a router the template is always going to bigger than the opening. With all that said I still ended up trimming with a jig saw. I made the adjustments on the template but on the second door it was just off a bit from the first door. I got annoyed and just jigsawed the little I needed off the door. Guess which one came at perfect and the other not so much. lol The second was a little off because I lost my patience. Caulk and paint saved the day and they look factory. Point is I feel your pain with that cat door.
I had the same problem with the hallway floor and the bedroom floor. Many solutions crossed my mind and I wasted a lot of time. I bought plywood to match both floors and everything was solved. The worst thing was the time wasted looking for solutions.
Jason I’ve been here from the start. You are a long way from builder buddies! Approaching 100K subs! That’s a big deal! What are your plans for that milestone????
@@Building_Jays_Way you should have a meetup at railroad in Bryson City! I’m in SC and absolutely would make the drive up there! Pack out the train! That would be epic!
Don’t get me wrong all the work you e done on your house is great👌🏻 but I have to laugh(I know the pain) people who can build/fix/etc. never just live in their house they are always working on it😂. Great work! Keep it up. Love the videos.
A magnetic wire fishing tool would have made that starlink wire an easy job through the installation. I used the Klein 50611 when I ran 20 or so cat6 cables through my walls.
That old flooring looks pretty good. Sand it down and refinish. Great work!
Glad you decided to add the plywood to level the floor. Finished floor looks great
Thanks 👍
Wow, you really packed a ton of projects in this one.
I love your videos! You just keep leveling up!
Thanks a ton!
@@Building_Jays_Way Jay, I was hoping you would have reached out to Paul from Stud Pack to get electrical advice. He would have fast-tracked you. No worries now, you got'er done.
This is my experience from doing many penetrations (haha) for HAM radio and other needs.
1. You should put a "drip coil" on the outside of the line going into the house, which is just a small, maybe 6", coil of the wire. This helps ensure that any water running down the line goes to the lowest pointof the line and drips (the bottom of the single loop of wire), instead of continuing a run towards the interior of the house and the sealant (Lexel). It also acts a "service loop", providing slack to both ends of the connection.
2. When installing a line from outside to inside, level is not best, rather you should aim for a small upward slope from outside to inside. This also helps ensure that, over time, if the sealing fails, the lowest point is still outside the house. You want the cable to have its absolute lowest point just outside the external of the penetration. That way there is very low likelihood of anything make it "uphill" into the interior of the home.
Looking good man, and great to see you progressing and learning.
Thanks for the tips
Man, this ended up being quite an array of projects, liked all your different fixes and tips to work around tedious and original build obstacles. Got to keep the wifey happy ah ~ happy wife happy life...
Cheers for this fine reel Jay...
Super happy to see you popping hinge pins. Protip for anyone moving appliances or furniture: if you need to gain just a little room, do it Jay's way!
Yes!!
Can you ask Ray to show us their finished kitchen, please?
Bro, relax. It’s not happening and not that big of a deal.
@@remodz6385why you saying relax as if he was begging it, he simply asked nicely and for all you know it might happen. So maybe u should “relax”
Let it go. Jay’s delivering plenty of fine content.
@remodz6385 so, why did Ray quit his channel?
@@Crustycheese94who cares, they work together and are still friends.
Turned out great! I wouldn't have been able to resist the urge to rip open that wall, and reframe that window properly lol. Adding the plywood to the floor, to bring it all to the same level was the right decision.
Rofl, I'm not a carpenter, but I guess am. Best quote ever Jay!
lol!
i love tuning in to both your channel and the perkins one. homsteading and remodeling is where the YT gold is at!
Jay. Next time you come across a nailed in blue box. Use your oscillating saw and cut it out. Then replace it with an ‘old work’ blue box.
Jay you need to run that cable below the hole, the way you have it gravity will let the rain run down the wire and straight to the hole.
Gittin it dun! The best part of these for me is how you model what a husband and father can do for his family. They may never know, but us Dad’s do. They might not let you know today, but their kids will know. You’re a good egg.
Thanks!! Hopefully!! Lol
Can't get over how nice that flooring is!!! Also, thanks for showing how it's really done (drilling holes through exterior walls, outlet boxes, etc); people on RUclips pretending they don't ever do any of that lol when doing stuff like this it's necessary!
At least someone understands!
Great job! Everything looks great!
That turned out awesome, well done!
"I'm not a carpenter..."
Literally does carpentry.
lol!!!
as someone who builds Starlink Satellites, so awesome to see you installing and using it ^.^
It’s awesome!!
Good. Job. Jay😂🎉
When all is said and done, the finish looks great.
Thanks
Jason, I have watched you from the beginning. When you started projects, I cringed at some of your processes. Now, you are making great decisions when coming to issues or snags. Great job on the subfloor and finished flooring.
Appreciate that
I am impressed as your talent grows ...... Your lovely wife has a list of things you need to get done my friend , I can see it one day ..... Jays Remodel Service !
Hey Jason, this is such a great video! They sell conduit that can be used to hide wires inside the house that is really nice. I used it to hide the wires for our cable in one of our bedrooms. It sticks to the wall and is paintable so it blends into the wall. You can't even really tell it's there. All the best!
Thanks for the info!
O wow Jay that looks fantastic Job. Keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻
Looks great man! Keep up the great work.
The spade bit and quarter round tips are great!
Really enjoy watching your videos Jay. Thank you from Australia
Glad you like them!
Awesome project Jay!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for the content, Jay. Nice work. Project looks great.
Thanks for watching!
Looks fresh!
Great work , Jay 👍
Thanks 👍
Jay! Next time take a hacksaw blade or an oscillating saw and cut the nails holding your existing box to the studs. At that point you have plenty of room to run your cable and then you just replace the old box with a retrofit/old work box.
Will do that next time in my daughter’s room.
17:50 whenever I have seen sheathing layered like this, the recommendation has always been to run it perpendicular to the underlying layer. The bottom layer is spanning the joists and the top layer spans the sheathing, creating the most rigid structure. This is the same thing that’s done in plywood: alternating layers running perpendicular to the previous layer.
Pro tip. Thanks.
Great job Jay
Nice job Jay!
Great video! Your effort and hard work on the room renovation are impressive. I especially liked how you tackled the flooring and new outlet installation. Your creativity and patience are truly commendable. Looking forward to the next video!
Nice words thank you!
Very nice, Good work.
Looks good Jay, you have come along way with your DYI skills
Thanks 👍
Strong work, Jay! I’d like to recommend some fish sticks or fish rods to tie onto for running high and low voltage cables through walls.
4:15 spade bits like that are practically designed for blowing out wood. They’re only good for framing. Use a Forstner bit for cleaner holes, but you can also pre-drill with a 1/8” bit to mark the centerline of the hole. Then come in from both sides and you don’t have to worry about getting so close to the other side to mark the center before drilling in from the back.
Thanks.
This is 1 thing I like about your videos Jay - we guess while you are doing.. so while you drilled into door for 'cat door', I thought of many different ways I would approach... like first hole dead center - then enlarge with the jigsaw.. also, different drill bit for 'start'.. also, masking tape on botton side - to help avoice the blow-out... all while YOU took the hit, and made the mistake... so thanks. Also like that you are easy going - and don't freak about the booboos.. cuz yes, cat door will cover - and can add some bondo or wood filler, if wish to. Thx!
@Bulding Jay’s Way
2 Pro Tips. Run you cable down inside the siding corner Leave a drip loop where you cable penetrates the building. Always!
And where the siding corner meets the sawfit. Will expand&contract Could pinch & damage your cable. Happens alot!! I’ve done exactly what you did many times. Inside,, look for a bristle wall plate for data cables. Amazon’s got em,
Just a tip 🫡 Also,
A fine job Jay! I’ve installed hundreds of them, mostly in wooded areas. Away from local fibre internet. visibility’s always an issue!
You do best you can, that’s what you did 👍 cheers brother 🍻 great show !!
What a crap-load of work! Well done Ellis - I mean Jay 🙂
Niceeeee job Jason!!!!! WTG!
Looks good !
you are doing a good job the rooms
Great job, about your jigsaw blade, the festool saws have an extra guide that prevents this.
The outdoor cable should have a U and the cable coming from below. The water tracks to the bottom of the U and drips off. The house loo,s great
Starlink!!! Heck yeah, just set mine up
This is the first time we’ve had Internet in six years.
Seriously!? How do you survive
You're a good man Jason!
Jay I don't know how your mind works but I would love to examine it to find out how you tick. Project needs a name to keep you on track well done
lol.
NASA’s been trying to figure it out for years! Lol
Jay, you should know, Stephanie is always right.
Stephanie ADDs big to all the videos - try to include her in every single one!
Awesome love the floor.
Great job amigo! You might put a drip loop in that Starlink cable before it enters the house.
Bet it feels good to get that stank old carpet out! Looks great, hope your kids enjoy their updated rooms!
Yes! Thank you!
You did awesome again! Greetings from germany again. Been in that Area 2 years ago and you live in an awesome place, that's for sure!
Yes, we live in. Pretty awesome place! I would love to visit Germany sometime!
I know you don't know but if you have a little extra length in the star link cable I would pull it down below the hole where it goes into the house and then back up to make a drip loop. It will keep any moisture from running down the wire into the house.
Baseboard before carpet is common in PA. Gets the base dead straight on the wall so you don’t fight slight bowing when you push it down into the carpet
Makes sense but still pretty dumb if you asked me! lol.
Hi Jay love the channel. I am English spark, and you cannot put outlets on a lighting circuit in the UK, for a start the fuses are rated differently for lighting and outlets, you should defiantly ask a US spark.
I had the shock of a lifetime seeing this lmao, I cannot be 100% certain but I believe they use 15A breakers for their lighting circuits too which is nuts!
Great job Jay 👍
Great video Jason. That’s the longest video description I’ve ever read lol. But I know exactly what’s going to be happening!
yeah think about that framing like a pony wall supporting the window. Looks like you had a double top plate acting as a window sill that you had to drill through. Nice job figuring it out!
@25:03 The framing at the window sill is horizontal to receive the roof rafters, in lieu of a ledger outside a conventionally-framed wall. @28:02 Your solution is fine, but why not give the TV cable a drip loop and come in through the soffit? Open the drywall at the ceiling inside, then run the cable down where you want it.
Wow drill into the side of the house ur so brave. Floors look great good call on the plywood in the kids room. 👍
Thanks so much
Time to build a Catio! After i screened in the back deck, i put in a cat door so the cats can go out any time. They love it.
Yes, we have a dog door downstairs in the laundry room. So the dogs and the cats can go out anytime they want. The all black cat has been going out the other one with the White has not ventured out yet.
You can also screw through scrap pieces of flooring instead of wood. Works great and better than shims against the wall.
Great job Jay!!! Stephanie owes you dinner out! Suggestion Bogarts in Waynesville.
Great suggestion!
Great tip Jason! Thank you for not edit that out.
I see window a/c now good time for Mr. Cool install
Jay - your workmanship is great even at your own house! Love this project! Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoy it!
Lay Masonite on the OSB floor that brings the OSB up level with the other floor.
It would help if you put painters' tape on door before cutting it helps with tear out
Yes, I know this. I sometimes just work faster than my brain. Lol.
@@Building_Jays_Way I’ve notice that lol 😂
Looks really good
Great video
Ellis, your about to install another outlet! Ok, what’s the power load expectation! do check it out because you may need to install another power cable from the consumer board ! 😅
Nice wirk. I have run into cabling problems like this. I ran cable over to the corner and fastened it with little white cable staples and then painted the cable the color of the wall. Hardly noticeable.
Your Stralink cable should come down below the hole and then back up to the hole so any water that gets on the wire drips off the bottom of the loop and cant get into your walls.
I’ve seen this Cayman a couple times now. I had no idea about that! Thanks for the heads up.
the Boss has spoken! lol
4:50 jigsaw blades are as bad for tearing out as spade bits. Put painters tape down and make your marks on that. Then the jigsaw blade will cut a clean line without blowing out the top face. 👍
Yes. I should know that!
THE QUEEN HAS SPOKEN
It turned out beautiful. Your wife is so dang cute. I love seeing her
Yeah, me too!
You kinda hesitated when you were coming up the step's.😂
If I remember correctly you said your home was a Manufactured house. They put baseboards on at the factory and flooring would be installed on site. That was how our home was done and framing I am still trying to figure that out
Happy wife, happy life.
Should have added a drip loop to that cable running into the house.
Pro tip!
I'm a DIY guy but not so much with wood. Plumbing, electrical A/C etc etc. I have 2 A/C closets and I needed to put louvers in them. They are hollow core fake raised panels. I wanted to cut the lower panels out and add the louvers. I had them custom made. Basically a wood frame with louvers. I asked the guy who ordered them the best way for me to cut them out. He said you always want to use a template and a router. I have a plunge router but I had to buy the template bearing kit. I watched a million videos measured everything many times over and added in for the bearing. When making a template and using a router the template is always going to bigger than the opening. With all that said I still ended up trimming with a jig saw. I made the adjustments on the template but on the second door it was just off a bit from the first door. I got annoyed and just jigsawed the little I needed off the door. Guess which one came at perfect and the other not so much. lol The second was a little off because I lost my patience. Caulk and paint saved the day and they look factory.
Point is I feel your pain with that cat door.
Thanks.
I’ve read that the less flex the better for laminate so you and Steph’s call on 3/4” subfloor reinforcement is worth the effort!
Yes, turned out great.
I had the same problem with the hallway floor and the bedroom floor. Many solutions crossed my mind and I wasted a lot of time. I bought plywood to match both floors and everything was solved. The worst thing was the time wasted looking for solutions.
Rained Us out today glad I got to see the video today buddy alamance county North Carolina here buddy 💯
Awesome! Thanks for watching Mike
amazing job 🔥
Jason I’ve been here from the start. You are a long way from builder buddies! Approaching 100K subs! That’s a big deal! What are your plans for that milestone????
Party!!!
@@Building_Jays_Way you should have a meetup at railroad in Bryson City! I’m in SC and absolutely would make the drive up there! Pack out the train! That would be epic!
Compartmentalized is key to being efficient.
You have to love honey dew lists😅
Looks great, but I am not sure if I would change real wood floor first that one
You bombed on installing the tv cable LOL. Watch more RUclips LOL!!! Love your videos1!!
Thanks.
Don’t get me wrong all the work you e done on your house is great👌🏻 but I have to laugh(I know the pain) people who can build/fix/etc. never just live in their house they are always working on it😂.
Great work! Keep it up. Love the videos.
Thanks. Will do.
I like to back up with scrap wood clamped to keep drill bit from ripping the back side
I think ur a good dad and husband….and son in law too!!!!
Thanks!
I ❤ Steph
Me too, puts Jay in his place and he shuts his mouth. Totally opposite when he's with PBB🤣🤣🤣
lol.
20:32 I see what happened there! LOL Been there, done that...
A magnetic wire fishing tool would have made that starlink wire an easy job through the installation. I used the Klein 50611 when I ran 20 or so cat6 cables through my walls.
Thanks for the heads up.