Shoulda took a snow day!

[electricmanscott]

Ventured out like a good soldier today. Jobsite was unplowed and with 12" of heavy wet snow thank you four wheel drive. Good thing I brought a shovel too.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Excuse me Scott but I have to ask--- are you nuts? :grin:

 

[George Stolz]

Seen that before.

I remember a guy I used to work with was roughing houses in Cheyenne for a now-expired GC, who placed a lot of value on flying and very little on scheduling. He said there was a basement in one of those houses that had a drift clear to the ceiling, and the rest of the house wasn't much better, and the GC was screaming that they were taking too long. :roll:

 

[ctmike]

I remember those days ahhh to be young....

 

[ty]

I do not approve of the working condition, Take the day off!!

 

[ceb58]

Excuse me Scott but I have to ask--- are you nuts? :grin:

Remember Dennis, they are hardy folk's up there and nuts:grin::grin:

 

[N844AA]

You don't drill horizontally from box to box? That pic looks like you drop Romex down to a box, shoot back up and go across the ceiling to the next box and drop down again...

Granted I can only see 2 boxes and almost no Romex but is that what you're doing?

Inquiring minds..

 

[chris kennedy]

Oops, got a little violation to the new 08 wording to 110.11.

 

[jumper]

Remember Dennis, they are hardy folk's up there and nuts:grin::grin:

You beat me to it.:grin: Those Yanks can keep their snow, I hate the stuff.

 

[shepelec]

Hey Scott, we should have traded jobs. Mine was under a trailer changing out the 50A outlet, in the rain. I hate trailers.

 

[peter d]

You don't drill horizontally from box to box? That pic looks like you drop Romex down to a box, shoot back up and go across the ceiling to the next box and drop down again...

Granted I can only see 2 boxes and almost no Romex but is that what you're doing?

Inquiring minds..

In some part of New England all wood framed buildings have furring strips. Rather than drill everything, we just run between the furring strips, so in Scott's picture it's up, between the furring, then back down again. As a result we do very little drilling in a new home around here. It also makes snaking in recessed lights much simpler too.

 

[N844AA]

In some part of New England all wood framed buildings have furring strips. Rather than drill everything, we just run between the furring strips, so in Scott's picture it's up, between the furring, then back down again. As a result we do very little drilling in a new home around here. It also makes snaking in recessed lights much simpler too.

Sweet!.........

 

[cadpoint]

Why didn't the GC protect the owners investment? Did the GC show - up ?

 

[hardworkingstiff]

In some part of New England all wood framed buildings have furring strips.

Are you saying these strips run in the horizontal? 90 degrees to the studs?

 

[cpal]

all rain on the coast so far

 

[chris1971]

We aren't allowed to wire a house until the building is completely closed up.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Well, I must admit, in the old days I remember taking a piece of that styrofoam blue board and using it as a float under a house. There was probably 6" of water under there and I had to get the job done. The only way was down under.

 

[cschmid]

We aren't allowed to wire a house until the building is completely closed up.

man you got good boss then this is another reason I do not do residential..but I have been on many jobs that only plastic separated us from that..:grin:

Ahh yes copper thief's..

 

[S'mise]

In some part of New England all wood framed buildings have furring strips. Rather than drill everything, we just run between the furring strips, so in Scott's picture it's up, between the furring, then back down again. As a result we do very little drilling in a new home around here. It also makes snaking in recessed lights much simpler too.

And more money spent on cable

 

[peter d]

Are you saying these strips run in the horizontal? 90 degrees to the studs?

They run 90 degrees to the ceiling rafters/ trusses/ I joists.