Resi Sequence of Tasks

[mivey]

Step #1 is to plan, plan, plan. Figure out on paper just where the boxes will be and where the circuits will run.

I usually CAD everything but many times they are changed on the site by the owner = mark-ups.

identify each box as to the circuit that serves it.

Usually comes near the end for me

"Mark" as in run a string line where the holes will be bored. (Wires pull a lot easier when the holes are in line).

Never have

"Mark" as in ID the wires at both ends.

I always do.

"Mark" as in lines on the floor so you can find them after the drywall goes up.

It would make life easier sometimes but I have been lax in that respect. I usually depend on my drawings & mark-ups.

Once you have the devices and fixtures installed, put a bit of blue tape by each box. At the switches, you will write on this tape just what the switch controls. At the receptacles, you will replace that bit of tape as you check your work- with green if all is well, with red if there's a problem.

How do you keep the tape there with other trades involved as they are like bulls in a china shop? I label the wires and stick labels or white electrical tape with notes on the device.

 

[tryinghard]

Interesting - why do most electricians think it's our responsibility to locate and uncover buried boxes :-?

The sheet rocker, taper, texture-er, wall coverer, wall finisher don?t do their job right and we take ownership :roll: &

 

[George Stolz]

If I wasn't surrounded by miles of old shacks, that is, if I did more cookie cutter new homes, my answer might have been different. But the side of my mind that is the engineer (reluctant to dismiss the small percentage) and the weirdness of remodels kinda worked in chorus.

I'm actually surprised to be the first to take the "other" choice.

Sorry, I should specified new construction.

 

[renosteinke]

Mivey, by the time I put that tape on the walls, they're painted and the place is just about finished.

Not so for the 'message board,' but I haven't had any issues, Maybe I've just been lucky

"ID the wires" is usually no more than writing on the Romex with a Sharpie. It can be critical when, for example, you have multiple circuits in a box.

 

[muskrat]

1-walk through-may be weeks befor RI
2-layout and box w/ attention to location of homeruns
3-drill-never used one of the extensions on the right angle-hold the drill on the same spot on your leg for even height/leverage-drill w/ 18" auger bit over sw/ boxes-plate holes not centered on studs as you go-drill up/down at HR marks.
4-don't like spools-too cumbersome-there are great cable reels for 250 ft'rs that allow for 3-4 different types used at same time and easily relocated as you go.
5-after the first one, can let the grunt go ahead and drill away

 

[220/221]

Box first.

Boxes are easier to see than marks on the stud.

 

[Rockyd]

New construction resi, I normally also do a "box spread" in each room, and leave a cardboard box of electrical boxes in the middle of the unit "for anything I might have missed". Most bedrooms are 7 SG, and a DG, with whatever fan/light box per bedroom. 10 SG for the Kitchen, do the plugs first normally. Leave the lights to the kids, (over 50 it's easier to do plugging than jump up and down a ladder for ceiling work) and make sure that they get power to each light switch box (that needs power), along with correct control(s) on 3, and 4 way lighting.

Do they use "vapor barrier" boxes down in America? They use a lot of them in Fairbanks! Good for improving the "R" rating of a house.

 

[fireryan]

There is no question in my mind. I put up the boxes so I can tell where the holes will be esp. if you have to drill up and down. Sometimes I lay the boxes out but don't install them, then I drill the holes and install the boxes. This makes it easier to drill down but with my milwaulkee angle adapter it is not necessary unless there is a double plate. I have only seen that rarely.

Where did you find that attachment? I just looked online and couldnt find one anywhere:-?

 

[jxofaltrds]

Sorry, I should specified new construction.

Now you tell me. I just did a remodel and drilled all the holes first.

Do you do drywall?

 

[LarryFine]

Where did you find that attachment? I just looked online and couldnt find one anywhere:-?

Here's the cheapest I found: http://www.tools-plus.com/milwaukee...eed&utm_source=froogle&utm_term=MLA48-06-2860

I don't remember paying that much for mine.

 

[al hildenbrand]

I don't remember paying that much for mine.

Isn't that something. In '82 the kit went for $70 and tax.

 

[fireryan]

looks pretty handy though