Harold Wray Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 How about locks on the doors. So no one will come in and bother you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 How about locks on the doors. So no one will come in and bother you. Guess I failed to mention the nearest neighbor would be almost a mile away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyandy Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 There is no worrying about locks then! That is going to be fun, nothing more satisfying than doing work to your own home and making it yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 I redid every room in my old house over the course of the 3 years I lived there. New paint, doors, baseboards, trim, tile in the kitchen, bathrooms, and dining rooms. I replaced all the door hardware, every light fixture and faucet in the house, all new appliances excluding the dishwasher and while I hired it out, I replaced the AC, Furnace, and carpet. Hell, it's practically a new house. I worked on it continuously the entire time I lived there. Now I get to start all over on a house twice as big. I can't say I'm really disappointed though. I enjoy the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 So you can be as loud as you like with your tools, you never run out of things to do with them, and you get to do all this with no dress code because everyone else is at least a mile away?This is heaven me feels. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 I think so too Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Wray Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Wow. That's great you did so much at your other house. Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Wow. That's great you did so much at your other house. Impressive. I stay pretty busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyandy Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Now you are going to be even more crazy busy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Now you are going to be even more crazy busy!My wife and I are headed to Boston next week for a Union convention. You're usually done with business by 2:00 and being in Boston for the 4th will be pretty cool. We go somewhere cool about every year. We've been to New York City, Asheville, NC where the Biltmore Estate is, Memphis, TN (biggest dump I was ever in) and several other places. It's a paid trip for 5 days with no kids. We missed the one in Toronto and the one in New Orleans. Hoping to make it out to Chicago one of these days. Maybe we could have a little get together. We'd probably have to Skype Wayne in though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkaid Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Crazyandy, How difficult is it to put a 220 line into a existing home. I have 1 main panel and a sub panel...unfortunately when we expanded the kitchen last year, the electrician used up about 5 single breaker slots on the sub panel for the extension, and I only have 1 slot free. I was looking at getting 1 (really would like to add 2) 220 lines to be able to get a big compressor and power for a 220v welder and be able to swap it out with a 220 plasma cutter....cost wise are we talking $100's or $1000's....(my friends BMW needed a repair...the service tech told him "Yes that is 3 ZEROS right of the decimal point" ) How has the build been going? There really is no need for a 400amp service too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkaid Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 No build Andy. Found a house for $230K that would take probably take $300K to build with the prices I was getting. 1.5 pretty flat acres, 3 miles outside of town, and a monster 3 car garage with lots of outlets and lighting. Needs a little work because the lady that lives there got divorced a couple years ago and hasn't been able to keep up with it properly. I'm not opposed to breaking out the power tools though I missed out on a chance to pick up a 2 nice 1.5 acre neighboring lots 2 years ago ($102K)....I was worried we were getting ready for another correction....today those lots are $370K...oh Well I hope you enjoy the new place...Like I told my wife when we built this house, "You can never have enough garages"... I shot for a 5 car option....but got beat down to a 4 car option (2+2)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted November 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Kinkaid, you have 1 slot left in the main panel or sub panel, or altogether? Running the breaker isn't to tough and anyone who's ever done it can walk you through it.Probably even some nice videos on YouTube.If you don't have the space in your panel box you'll probably have to upgrade your sub panel (I assume it's 100 amp) to a 200 amp. That will be a little tougher and you'll want an electrician to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamatitan Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 You can probably add a piggyback breaker to free up and extra space in the panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkaid Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Thanks for the information. I have just 1 slot left in the main breaker and none in the sub-panel. The panel uses Square D breakers. Total AMP to the house is 200 ( I am guessing this because the main breaker in the box says 200 on it.)....So this will be a later project. I will probably GO BIG when I do it. if I need to upgrade the service, that wont be $100's that will be $1000's...On well...I got time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted November 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Your sub panel is probably 100 amp which give you a total of 300 amp service. Adding another sub-panel would give you 400 amp service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamatitan Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Your sub panel is probably 100 amp which give you a total of 300 amp service. Adding another sub-panel would give you 400 amp service. Thats not how it works. You can add as many sub panels as you would like your service size is not getting bigger. Your limited to the size wire feeding your main panel and wire from the power company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thats not how it works. You can add as many sub panels as you would like your service size is not getting bigger. Your limited to the size wire feeding your main panel and wire from the power company.Good to know. I had a 100 amp upgraded to 200 in my first house. Guess I didn't catch that part of the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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