estimated time for roughin a 2 story house

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celtic said:
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
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With 2 grunts - yes
With 2 apprentices - not so sure
LOL
 
masterinbama said:
Thats about all the 14-3 had to cover were the smokes, the house only had one set of three-ways
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One set of 3-ways in a 5100 sq ft house. They must be doing a lot of walking around in the dark after they shut certain switches off - thats NUTZ. I've done spec homes, under 2000 sq ft and had a minimum of eight (8) 3-way switches. Did the final bill come with a dozen of these:
 
bjp_ne_elec said:
One set of 3-ways in a 5100 sq ft house. They must be doing a lot of walking around in the dark after they shut certain switches off - thats NUTZ. I've done spec homes, under 2000 sq ft and had a minimum of eight (8) 3-way switches. Did the final bill come with a dozen of these:
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lol!! that's simply pathetic to only have 1 set of 3-ways. is the entire house one gigantic room? :)
 
steelersman said:
lol!! that's simply pathetic to only have 1 set of 3-ways. is the entire house one gigantic room? :)
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LOL! Did he mention that the two 3-ways were 100 amp manual transfer switches? :wink:
 
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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No ceiling fans either? I just wired a 1300sqft house and used 750' 14-3, 2250' 14-2, 500' 12-2,and 125' 12-3. How many things did you put on each ckt?
 
OK - what post did I miss about the number of holes drilled?

I wonder is anyone has wired a house with less than 250' of 14/3 - we might have a record here.
 
I just wired a 3800 sq ft house, used 3000' 14-2 NM, 1000' 14-3 nm, almost 1000' 12-2 , and 250' 12-3, and a roll of 14-2-2 for some bed room feeders. still have the basement to wire as well. Easily another 500' of 14-2.

Took me around two weeks and a few days for extras that the HO added.
 
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stickboy1375 said:
I just wired a 3800 sq ft house, used 3000' 14-2 NM, 1000' 14-3 nm, almost 1000' 12-2 , and 250' 12-3, and a roll of 14-2-2 for some bed room feeders. still have the basement to wire as well. Easily another 500' of 14-2.
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You copper waster! ;)
 
In the garage alone, I count at least 50 holes. That is with the panel in the garage...I am estimating 300 hole total, including phones and TVs....Think about that for awhile all you jam em ALL in one hole guys:grin: :grin:
 
splinetto said:
In the garage alone, I count at least 50 holes. That is with the panel in the garage...I am estimating 300 hole total, including phones and TVs....Think about that for awhile all you jam em ALL in one hole guys:grin: :grin:
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At least I know the house wont fall down. :grin:
 
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