Thursday, July 30, 2009

Dehumidifier and pot lights


this will be short -- we got a dehumidifier from CanTire today. we need the basement to be undamp for the spray foam on tues. and the electrician came by to make sure that the basement electrical will pass inspections on tues. i was kinda a pain in the ass. at first i was thinking that we wouldn't have an electrical inspection -- but then i changed my mind. for 40+ elements (lights, switches, plugs) it's $148 if a certified electrician gets the license and $248 if the home owner does. the home owner is allowed to do the electrical even if they're not certified. but you're not allowed to hire any uncertified person. weird, eh? also -- we came up with a solution for a tricky ceiling situ. we wanted to put pots in the ceiling in the basement to save on height. and we also want to insulate the hell out of it for sound proofing purposes. in some places where it's tough to insulate -- like under the furnace -- we're gonna put quietrock sound proof drywall. it's expensive -- $100 a sheet for 5/8" (and 5/8" is what you're supposed to have in basement ceiling for fire ratings) ... but we figure one sheet will do the sketchy parts and it'll be worth it in terms of soundproofness down the road. but back to the pots. we have a gazillion jillion wires running through the basement joists. so it was hard to find a place to put the pot lights. and in the end -- the electrician though that those big bulky metal pre-construction pot light boxes wouldn't fit. he's going to use the L-shaped renovation pot light. but that caused us a problem. 'cause we really want to insulate. so he suggested that we build boxes around the pot lights before we put the drywall up. we're building them out of drywall and putting them between the future light and future insulation. there will be some wires running inside the boxes -- but insulation won't be touching hot lights. i'll post some pictures. but that's the deal. next sequence of events: weekend - deal with shower pan, vent fan, finish some framing. tuesday spray foam and electrical inspection. wed drywall delivery and then we're almost good to go!

No comments:

Post a Comment

Have something to say -- or ask? Say it here :}