place of nathan.

this weekend i started tackling a project around the house i’ve wanted to do for some time, but just didn’t have the time or the materials needed to do it. (it’s not like i can strap 4×8 sheets of sheet rock to the top of my mustang.)

i have begun the process of hanging drywall in the basement stairwell. Sunday, i started the project by re-rerouting wiring through the studs (since they were previously run outside the studs, where the drywall will sit). That was project 1, and was pretty quickly accomplished.

Project 2 was to install a new light for the back entry. (there is a small 3′x3′ ‘landing’ at the back door, basement stairwell, and a back closet.) previously, it was very hard to see anything in the closet because it was so dark. This one proved to be interesting…I’m not exactly an experience electrician, but i like to think I’m fairly smart and so i thought i would just piggy-back the power off the existing kitchen light switch, so i ran the wire from the new light to the switch. i powered everything up, and when the kitchen light was on, the new light was off and when the kitchen light was off, the new light was on. so i switched the black and white wires, and it didn’t change anything.

so, i got out my handy lowes book (which i should have done in the first place) and figured out the problem. so last night, i ran a new cable of live power to the a new second switch (which controls only the back light), and everything works as planned. finally. (of course, installing the larger outlet box was fun, but i want to move on to project 3 already)
which brings me to project 3…installing drywall. last night i cut the first sheet, and got it installed (which a little help from Emily). there is a bit of a lip on the side i installed it on, so i just had to lift it in place, set it there, and then take my time screwing it in. the other side doesn’t have such a lip, so it will be a lot more ‘fun’ to install…hopefully it goes well…we’ll see.

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