estimated time for roughin a 2 story house

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480sparky said:
masterinbama said:
.... I just finished a 5100 foot custom used 250' of 14-3.....quote]

250? Man, that would hardly cover the smokes.....
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I agree with 480sparky - OP have any more on this? Also OP, can you clarify why the 2nd floor has more sq ft than the first floor?

Does anyone else buy in to the ft/sq ft when it comes to Romex. I know some houses are wired like the Taj Mahal, but I'm just wondering on average.
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peter d said:
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.)
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You can still get round. Try a different supplier.
 
wireperson said:
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.
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I don't see it taking any more than 4 days tops with 4 experienced guys. Maybe even 3 days as long as there aren't any things holding up the progress.
 
masterinbama said:
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.
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so you only used one roll of 14-3? What about smoke detectors and 3-ways and 4-ways. A house that large (5100sq/ft) I would imagine using at least 2 rolls.
 
celtic said:
:-?

The car has 5 doors and 4 tires [it's a minivan]....how much will the gas cost?
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I could go back and forth with you on this until another EC turns the final screw
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LOL!! Hilarious! :)
 
steelersman said:
why a sub-panel on 2nd floor?
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For the upstairs circuits - saves time pulling homeruns to the basement or garage - I'm getting older and saves alot of up and down (ladder or steps) to get the HR's to the main panel
 
muckusmc said:
For the upstairs circuits - saves time pulling homeruns to the basement or garage - I'm getting older and saves alot of up and down (ladder or steps) to get the HR's to the main panel
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oh ok. Is this cost effective though?
 
steelersman said:
oh ok. Is this cost effective though?
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Close enough for me - sure saves my legs and knees alot of stress.
Same amount of breakers, small sub panel ($25.00), Wire for sub ($30.00 approx) - Can sleep at night cause knees and legs aren't in alot of pain - I think that counts as cost effective - LOL
 
muck...if you have 2 grunts, you sit in a lawn chair in the job's LR and direct from there :)
You might even get a round of golf in every now and again
 
muckusmc said:
Celtic,
Lets not insult our grunts and put them in the same catagory as a apprentice.
LOL
Semper Fi
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I just now [when I typed "muck" in my last post] realized that those were not random letters you had used...LOL
 
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