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Originally posted by Greymann:
Excellent job, if your gonna do it, do it right.

Agree. Nicely done, right!

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Originally posted by Riley:
Better!

Could hardly have been worse, but thanks

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Forgot to mention above. Though it's a small thing, I love how clean you keep the work area. Just a huge pet peeve of mine.

Thanks, but you should see it now. I'm in the middle of finishing-up the electrical and data rough-ins. There's stuff everywhere

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Originally posted by trapper189:
What's with the wire run between the drywall and studs? Is that the thermostat wire?

Phone. That stuff on the other side of the studs didn't used to be there. My wife put that up.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
So rather than just put a piece of drywall on the inside of the wall where the vacuum cleaner is, you chose to tear off all the drywall, replace two studs, and the wire. Seems like more work.

There isn't drywall on the other side of those studs, but some of that 1/4" thick white faux wood panelling stuff. I did complete that once I got the wires out of the way.

There was drywall on the side you're seeing. It had been wall-papered. I was unable to get it off cleanly. So I ripped it out.

I would have had to have ripped part of it out to correct that electrical badness, anyway. Plus I had the ductwork raised, so the ceiling could be raised. Thus there would have had to be patching at the top.

All things considered: Easier and faster to put in three new pieces of rock than all that patching--even if the paper had come off cleanly.

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Originally posted by jaaron11:
Did the codes for breaker size for 14 ga wire change at some point? I've been hearing an awful lot of stories lately of 14 ga wire on a 20A breaker, which makes me wonder if it was permissible in the past.

Not of which I'm aware, but I'm admittedly not an expert. I suspect it's Joe Homeowner at work.

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Originally posted by Sailor1911:

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Originally posted by Greymann:
Excellent job, if your gonna do it, do it right.

Agree. Nicely done, right!

Thanks, guys!