Electrical!!!

Holy crap! Without Mr. X that would have been a difficult task. Running cable and stringing the series for outlets and switches is a breeze, but that 3 way switch and bringing power to the back of the house would have cause a complete meltdown without his help.

The entire electrical project took about 12 hours of work. That last four hours was due to the fact that we ran out wire and it was too late to head back into town. I'm thinking if we would have had another 100' of wire it would have been done in one day.

This job used about 450' feet of 14/2 wire and 50' of 14/3, twenty-seven 1-gang boxes, one 2-gang box, one 3-gang box, 6 recessed light fixtures, 12 ceiling boxes (for lights and smoke detectors), one bathroom exhaust fan, a whole lot of caps, and about 75 nail plates to protect the cable when sheet rocking.

For some reason I am most excited about the lights that we finally have under the stairwell. Don't ask my why because I can't explain it but for some odd reason I feel like that is a huge accomplishment.

There was one casualty during the weekend...actually three. Two phenomenal bacon cheeseburgers from Hoppers in Waconia and a dimmer switch that met its maker. A replay of my life ran through my head when I saw a flash and heard a pop a foot in front of my face while I was putting it into place. Can you say hand me the electrical tape?

All in all it was a fun and productive weekend. The basement is a mess right now but hopefully in a few months we will be sittings in front of a fire enjoying a movie in out new finished basement.