Week#10 - Installing Receptacles

Good morning everyone,

This week we started to uncover the screws on the drywall of the West wall. Just like the North wall, the West wall will be covered in knotty pine. Alex is taking care of finding the screws and uncovering them. The next picture shows his work so far.

West Wall

I started to work on our new electrical circuit. This new circuit will contain 5 receptacles and the potlights that are located in the beams. The next diagram shows the layout of the circuit. We are adding 4 receptacles to our recroom as well as potlamps that will be controlled by a 3-way switch with a dimmer. The circuit will also contain a receptacle for our new central vacuum in the furnace room.



New Circuit

I installed 4 new receptacles on the North wall, one of which is located in the furnace room and will be used to connect the central vacuum. The next diagram shows three of the new receptacles.

Receptacles

I also added a 2" x 4" in the middle of the North Wall.  This 2" x 4" is used to hold a receptacle and will be the meeting place for the knotty pine wall. I plan on putting the knotty pine on a 45° angle and will meet in the middle of the wall. It will have a similar look to the South wall in our recroom in the shop.

Next week I hope to start working on connecting the potlamps together. I'm not sure if I will have to use BX wire because these types of lamps tend to get quite hot. We can hopefully start to take some of the drywall off.

Week#9 - Installing a Central Vacuum

Good morning,

This week we worked on installing our central vacuum.  We would have finished the job if I did not cut my finger. I ended up going to the hospital and needing four stiches.  I guess that's what happens when you try to go to fast. I was hoping to finish and spend some time in the sauna and now I have to stay out of the sauna for one week. The next picture shows the 'slice'





Finger

  I hope to finish the job tomorrow. I need to glue three more joints, connect the downstaires pipe and the low voltage wire.  The connection upstairs works and the vacuum seems to work fine. My brother Oliver helped me out in planning the location of the pipes which saved me a lot of work.  The upstairs pipe goes through the cold air exchange vent in the furnace.  I had to cut a piece of drywall in the closet in the laundry room to get the pipe from the exchange to the wall upstairs.  The following pictures show the pipe going in the exchange, through it and then up the wall.

Upstairs

The downstairs pipe configuration is a little simpler. It starts at the vacuum, follows the wall and then through the south wall in the furnace room into the recroom. The next pictures show this.

Downstairs

I hope to finish putting up the hose holders tomorrow. Not sure where I'm going to put the one downstairs. The next step in this project is taking down the drywall on the west wall.

Week#8 - Removing Drywall (North Wall)

Good morning everyone,

It's been another busy week but I managed to work on the recroom for about 3 hours yesterday. Alex was not feeling well so he did not help me much. We still managed to take the drywall off of the North wall. The pictures below show the wall without the drywall.

North Wall

We also installed the central vac in the furnace room. I think it's a little crooked so I will have to fix that next week. The next picture shows the central vacuum in our furnace room.



Central Vacuum

 Next week I hope to start putting the piping for my central vacuum. I'm sure it will be a challenge.  I'll get Alex to starting taking down the drywall on the West wall. I hope to have all the electrical and piping before the March Break.  That way I will be able to start working on the pine walls during the break.

Week#7 - A Central Vacuum

Gpood morning everyone,

It has been a busy week and it's our second week without Louise at home. She is still in the hospital but both mom and baby are fine.

Yesterday I went to Sudbury and bought a central vacuum. I also bought my angle drill. We did not have time to work on the recroom because we came back late from Sudbury and I wanted to do some cooking.

We bought a Beam Special Edition at Sudbury Vacuum. The next picture depcits the area where the vacuum will be installed.

Furnace Room

I also want to put in a new receptacle to plug the vacuum in. This receptacle will be part of our new circuit. I will try to put up the vacuum next weekend so that Alex can start using it in the basement. I'm still not sure where I'm going to install the inlet upstairs.