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well I just had the panel upgraded.. I have a 1300 sq ft house and it it 100amp main breaker. I have a 20 space breaker box and 6 are open right now. I am going to do a leg off for the garage, and just rewire the kitchen and try to get the bedrooms on their own, so I will use maybe 4 tandems...

so, I have a general question steming from this: My kitchen is on one end of the house... and literally my breaker box is clear on the other side.... can I run a heavier gauge wire across and do a sub-panel for the kitchen, I really don't want to run 7 wires across the basement ceiling...

yeah thats what I plan on, unless there is a better method out there... maybe JB weld or two sided duct tape... he he he:banana:

I have only been here 2 months... its amzaing the amount of knowledge that these guys have here. :welcome:

so its a 50/50 shot... it looks professional, I think we will try to take 1 panel off at a time and throw some 3 mil over it to keep it there.

its polished nickle finish, and it really doesn't feel like brass at all and def not plastic. I guess sorrry, I am talking about the shower head arm that goes into the wall. I should have been more specific I thought Teflon tape would be fine, just being paranoid I guess

I am just about done with the bathroom, I have a Price Fister shower head, can i teflon tape it in and just go to a copper fitting or should I use brass. I know the shower head is not galv pipe, but it is still steel...

So, I feel like a bonehead, threw all of the cement board up in the bathroom last night, but forgot to put a vapor barrier behind it. Does Redgaurdwork as a good moisture barrier, or do I ahve to go through and tear it all out and put it all back in? I feel pretty dumb :P

So in our home, we have a set of walls that I will need to do some rewiring in, and it seems that we will need to take a portion of the wall out (lower). These are walls that have the cellulose insualtion blown into them. My question is... is there a wy to take the plaster/ wallboard/ drywall...

Ya it made it sooooo easy, and the way that I did it was it was a 5" frame and it was really handy when we decided to put the flush side of the window in the bathroom and the 1" lip outside. (Especially since that meant we had to take it out and flip it around) Then to secure it in, all i did...

What brand of fan is it? And are you trying to upgrade the fan to a bigger CFM or just rip it out and replace it? They make upgrade kits for many types of fans where all you do is swap motors, but if it is too old then maybe not. Can you get into the roof/ rafters? you should be able to. I...

So did the project over the weekend. and I actually was pretty impressed with how easy it was, me and a friend built a frame from good 1x5's and then proceeded to place the glass blocks in with the spacers. The only downside is that the silicone got hard quickly and we had to scrape it off...

well I have heard both for kitchen outlets, we will have 3 outlets so 20 might be okay....I am going to check local codes, see if there is anything on that.

K, well i was told you can get by putting them on one..(dishwasher and disposal) Do the Amps seem right? well, I guess I am going to have to start "mapping out" where I am running all of these wires... yay!

SO I found out that my 70 yr old Kitchen is all on one 30amp breaker... whoo hoo!!!! :eek: this is what I have figured I need: 20 amp Microwave 15 amp 3 GFCI's 50 amp Oven 15 amp Dishwasher and disposal 15 amp lights 15 amp fridge. Is this right? are there any I can combine...

that is all really good news thanks. I am going to run a wire from the basment, do I split it and go one to the outlet and one to the switch? or run the outlet in line with the switch so everything goes through the GFCI? I guess now I need to figure out how I am rewiring the rooms... I think...

So, after the electrican came and replaced my old 100amp pushmatic box with 12 breakers, with a 20 space box (wish it was 30) I am told/ knew that the wiring in my house (1939) was done completey funny, pretty much each room is on its own circut. including the kitchen..YIKES!!!! :eek: My...

toothpaste...huh? would you know what kind, I think i want to try this.. then use like a automotive buffer to polish it out?

One thing to note... your in Cali, I am in Iowa, trends don't change as quick out here. As well as ppl aren't buying houses left and right and "updating" and then selling.. Thanks for the thoughts though

With the need in our city to pull a permit to do major electrical changes. I may just try to see if I can feed some 12 gauge single wire throguout most of the house and ground the outlets that way, espcially if there is conduit, I may be lucky enough to feed it easily. There are a couple of...