Recent content by Back-in-Black

Well, still not able to take a couple of days off the home addition project to finish this one. Finished the siding a while back and moved inside to discover numerous shortcuts, half-assed work and just plain WRONG framing. Had to tear down and rebuild all 4 pocket door frames. Had to build...

Just an update: Haven't given up. I think I've got a day, maybe 2 to finish this dang MEP but can't get free of the house addition project to work on it. Takes a a lot of time to build-out 1,000 ft^2 of house by yourself. I'm just slap worn out all the time! Finished painting the last of...

Ok, I read this a couple more times. I understand what you're saying - to a point. I know impedance is not really "resistance" and I know it's caused in a coil by the magnetic field. I've read things like "it's a special kind of resistance". I will be googling it and doing some more reading...

yes, they rebuilt the wall the other day - I made them add fire blocks.

Don't have time to read and digest all of this right this minute but I will - love learning new stuff. And not sure about how all this works but I do know that resistance can be used to "augment???" impedance ? I know that in sound systems you can use resistors in-line with multiple speakers...

I agree with you up to a point. You're not wrong but impedance is measured in Henrys, not Ohms. So if the manufacturer lists min. resistance in Ohms, then I'm gonna assume that they're talking DC Ohms as in resistance across (thru) the coil, not impedance. That is my assumption and it was...

Because I soooooo needed something else to do:

This is how he explained it in his email reply to me: The cap at the top of the wall becomes a hinge-point so balloon was needed. Because the studs will now be longer / taller (16ish feet), a 2x4 is not strong enough - hence the 2x6. Normal here is 2x4. Interior or exterior walls. ALL the...

It's a window and ceiling is not vaulted in there. That wall is bathroom and walk-in closet.

Well, the architect said it must be 2x6 AND it must be "balloon" framed. Structural thing. I had to look up Balloon Framing the other night when I found this problem. It simply means that the 2x6 studs in the wall go all the way up - they don't stop at the cap of the wall. They are actually...

Yeah, first the concrete guy got the forms off by 9". He started the slab at the edge of the existing porches ( front & back). Well, there was a brick wall on that end of the house, and then, behind the bricks was a sheet of 7/16" OSB and a sheet of 1/2" foam board behind that and then the 2x4...

Well, it's gonna be a while before I get to finish this. As soon as the framers are finished what they've started, they're gone. I'm tired of half-assed work and idiots who can't read plans. I spent good money paying an architect to design all this out and these idiots can't seem to read...

So yeah, not too, too worried about the inspector. I did the 200 amp service and all the electrical in my shop. The inspector was more interested in checking out my new shop than looking at my work :) . Same guy came out for all of this so far. Pretty nice guy. I just want it right. My...

Ok, vacation is over. Aside from being buried at work and the home addition project eating up all my time, we had a really bad horsefly season (May into June). Couldn't go outside without getting attacked for about 6 weeks. Not that that is over, we're just dealing with insane heat. Pretty...

I'm getting there... just have to get this other stuff out of the way. Worked on the home addition till dark last night and started at 5.30 this morning and will be on it all day tomorrow too. Boat is on the back burner right now too. I have a little 8.5 kW gas generator that I park outside a...