SHOP SUNDAY! ( 5min read)
Wait ... Sunday ? Yes sorry, was having issues yesterday. But glitch is all fixed ! So today, or yesterday or ... on this episode, yes that’s better, on this episode we are going to remove a closet in the front entry of this house. Then it snow balled a bit and turned into taking down the wall on the living room side and making a half wall. Then is was added to again and again with more work to do. In the front entry we will be building a cabinet and a floating live edge bench. Also on the back wall will be shiplap siding that gives it a really nice look. Now taking down the wall meant moving the 3 gang switch location to the garage wall, involved in that is pulling the wires out of the box and up into the attic.
Installing a junction box and running new wire to the new location. A junction box is an electrical box that you splice wires together and used to lengthen wire with out having to run a new line from box to box. All splices of wire must be in a junction box, this must also be accessible incase there is an issue and the splices must be checked. If you hide it in a wall, not only is it illegal but, if you ever have an electrical problem it makes it damn near impossible to diagnose with a hidden junction box.
How can you tell which walls can come down ?
Well, an easy way is any wall that runs parallel with the roof trusses or floor joists is most likely a wall that can be removed, some exceptions do arise depending on framing and how the house was constructed. But this is a good rule of thumb. Now walls that run perpendicular to trusses or joists can be a little more tricky. A good way to see if the wall is structural, it will be in a the same location on every floor of your house. Right from the basement to the first and second floor, that doesn’t mean it can’t be taken out. It just means you need a beam to support the load of what ever is above. For this sometimes a structural engineer maybe required.
So many times people add on to the project while your there working. Sometimes the job that’s booked after can be bumped the appropriate amount of time to accommodate the added work, other times it can not. Fortunately on this job, it’s for good friends which means really cheap😂, like 75% off, that also means they are very accommodating on timelines .... I mean, not like anyone is coming over for some holiday cheer this year or for Christmas. With us going into a lockdown, I find in strange that construction is an essential service ? I get emergency items but not improvements? Seems kind of cray to me, but hey what do I know.
Well let’s take a look at this video ⬇️