Whether I have a mortgage or not has never been discussed on this thread but if I did, I can't imagine calling them to discuss my plans . . . and likewise, they never call me and tell me what they're up to.Your house is collateral for your mortgage loan; don't tell the company what you are doing & have done.
It seems that your rafters are continuous from the ridge to the outer walls so all loading is going in that direction and the bottom chord is the issue where the rafters want to push the end walls out under load.
What do you mean, Eddie?Why the shunt?
Sorry, I failed to address it to Guzzle's comment;What do you mean, Eddie?
Run an extension cord as a long test lead to a known good ground & check every hot, neutral & ground lead with a voltmeter shunted by a 100w incandescent bulb.
I've never had that problem.A 100w bulb eliminates Phantom Voltages, if you don't have a Wiggy.
Never experienced 300' of Romex or a GFCI but I usually use a small cheap analog meter for rough voltage testing. Plus I have never worked as an electrician.Everybody else has. Romex has an inter-conductor capacitive of about 100 pF/ft & gives all kinds of voltage readings depending your meter's input impedance.
And >300' of Romex may trip a GFCI, with no ground fault.
Yes, I agree. I'm a big time believer in documenting everything. I am having to add Junction boxes in the attic not only for stuff I am adding but also to clean up the wiring mess that I inherited. On each J Box, I write what is in it as well as writing on the romex itself. I have drawn schematics for all the wires I ran. I have also pretty much figured out the existing circuits in the house and made a spreadsheet with all the CB's and what they control. I taped a copy of this spreadsheet inside of each CB box in the house (there are five boxes total).And document everything, for you & others.
Thanks. I'm in Alaska for the summer flying float planes but when I get back, I will start on the ceiling, both painting it and putting in LED can lights. I already ran the wiring and installed dimmer switches for lights. I also need to put more LVP flooring in. Then it's the master bed and bathroom that will get the focus. That will be another big project involving a beam and wall removal but my wife said I can't start the bathroom until after the 2022 Holidays. She doesn't want the house torn up during Christmas like it was last year. While I'm gone, we are getting 7 Marvin Windows installed. They are black fiberglass frames with black PVC brickmould. We opted for casement style to get the largest viewing area and also to comply with the 5.7 SqFt egress code for the bedrooms. I can't wait for that!Looks great and it looks like the end is in sight.
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