estimated time for roughin a 2 story house

[wireperson]

its a 5 bedroom 6 bath , wet bar, 2 car garage
10 ft ceilings
6 flood lights on the 2nd floor

any vague idea of how long would it take to do it with a crew of 4 people?, they want isolated ground on all tvs (6).
standard home not many fancy things.

 

[electricalperson]

whats the square footage?

 

[celtic]

No offense, but you question is akin to me asking you:
I have 4 people in my car and the wind is steady at 5mph NW, how much will I spend on gas to get to your house.


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[wireperson]

1,607 sq.ft 1rst floor
2345 2nd floor

 

[LarryFine]

Honest guess: a week if you don't try hard.

they want isolated ground on all tvs (6).

That's accomplished by using plastic boxes and NM cable. Technically, the only other requirement is that the EGC not land in any panel/enclosure except the one that contains the main bonding jumper.

 

[ultramegabob]

No offense, but you question is akin to me asking you:
I have 4 people in my car and the wind is steady at 5mph NW, how much will I spend on gas to get to your house.


Some DETAILS make everyone's job easier

Thats Funny!

 

[bjp_ne_elec]

One thing I'd like to hear for the gang out there - how much in the form or Romex (breaking it down by the various flavors), number of boxes, etc.

On the labor, I see Larry's saying a week - anybody else come up with that as well?

Larry - I'm assuming that's one person, or does it allow a helper for that week?

 

[480sparky]

1,607 sq.ft 1rst floor
2345 2nd floor

The second floor is larger than the main level?

 

[SEO]

Has anybody used the flat 14-3 nm cable? My guys don't like it.

 

[masterinbama]

Unless the home runs are unusually long 1 foot of wire for every square foot of house is a good start. But I would still do a take off. I just finished a 5100 foot custom used 250' of 14-3 3000' of 14-2 and 2000' of 12-2. The way the house is designed MWBC's just would not have saved enough to warrant their use. As a side note the HVAC guys do all of their own wiring here, I don't know why but it more than likely has to do with the fact that heat pumps are prevalent here.

 

[480sparky]

.... I just finished a 5100 foot custom used 250' of 14-3.....quote]

250? Man, that would hardly cover the smokes.....

 

[peter d]

Has anybody used the flat 14-3 nm cable? My guys don't like it.

That's all you can get now.

Pros: Very easy to strip, and no untwisting of conductors.

Cons: Not truly flat, it's actually lumpy and somewhat oval shaped. This makes it difficult to staple tightly. It also looks really bad (not that anyone cares.)

 

[Rockyd]

Wow. How about a start point - like how may square feet upstairs and down? Got a print of the project? Gas or Electric? Overhead of underground? PVC or Direct burial? Garage? For that matter, I don't even know what part of America, your in!

Some details would be good. Then perhaps we can properly repond.

 

[peter d]

This project would cost $167,385.56 and take 545 manhours.

 

[muckusmc]

Not including service and putting a sub panel on the second floor - I figure about a week for two guys

 

[electricalperson]

me and a helper could do this job in a week. if you have 4 guys you can bid it for a week and bust it out and make good money. thats if you have 4 competent guys. one crew each floor.

whats the point of the IG ground receptacles on the tvs especially in a house? might be a waste of money but thats the engineers or designers problem i suppose

 

[celtic]

No offense, but you question is akin to me asking you:
I have 4 people in my car and the wind is steady at 5mph NW, how much will I spend on gas to get to your house.


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1,607 sq.ft 1rst floor
2345 2nd floor

:-?

The car has 5 doors and 4 tires [it's a minivan]....how much will the gas cost?

I could go back and forth with you on this until another EC turns the final screw

 

[peter d]

me and a helper could do this job in a week.

A 4000 square foot custom with two guys in 80 man hours? Sure, no problem, but it ain't going to be pretty.

 

[MF Dagger]

The second floor is larger than the main level?

Maybe it has a garage on the first that isn't being counted toward square footage

 

[wawireguy]

A week with two guys? No wonder they call em romex runners! I've done a few house and don't think I'm a slug but 4K sqare foot and 6 baths! You need to slow down. Gonna kill yourself doing that.