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bEatmstrJ posted:I have a couple of AFCI breakers in my house, then there is one GFCI outlet downstream of a bunch of normal ones. Not sure if the AFCI breakers are also hooked to the GFCI circuits (never bothered to check), but almost all of my bathroom outlets are normal outlets with stickers on them with a feed from a single GFCI outlet. i respect you and i respect the hilarity of this thread but i hope you won't be offended if i decline to take bathroom wiring advice from you, even if it's on a snype 
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I like how even the most basic, casual googling says DO NOT loving CUT INTO THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF I-BEAMS YOU IDIOT! Like, not even 30 seconds of googling will show this.
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bEatmstrJ posted:I don't think there is enough slack http://www.homedepot.com/p/Tyco-Electronics-Romex-Splice-Kit-2-Wire-1-Clam-CPGI-1116377-2/202204326
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SoundMonkey posted:semi-related: the house i just bought, much like the house i'm currently renting, has normal outlets in the bathroom (with "GFCI Protected" stickers) and a GFCI breaker on the other end of them. is this legit? i mean obviously it's legit because it's legal to sell GFCI breakers but am i looking at downsides? You only want one GFCI device in a given circuit, so a breaker is a reasonable way of doing that. Breakers are more difficult to replace as necessary, but that's the biggest downside, I believe. In fact, as a reference point, I believe that's the standard approach in the UK.
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Explosionface posted:You only want one GFCI device in a given circuit, so a breaker is a reasonable way of doing that. Breakers are more difficult to replace as necessary, but that's the biggest downside, I believe. In fact, as a reference point, I believe that's the standard approach in the UK. Counterpoint: ring mains
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OP have you considered wiring everything for 220v your hair dryer will work twice as fast.
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H110Hawk posted:Counterpoint: ring mains Very yes. I almost mentioned it myself, but figured everyone that cared already knew and how terrible they are.
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Explosionface posted:Very yes. I almost mentioned it myself, but figured everyone that cared already knew and how terrible they are. If there is one thing this thread is good at it's running jokes into the ground like this guys bathtub.
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bEatmstrJ posted:This is not within the scope of this thread. I disagree on the grounds that this thread is about your bad decisions in DIY
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rear end in a top hat casserole posted:This picture makes me want to slap whoever decorated/staged it. Whoever designed that room has a can light fetish.
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If you cut that top stud the wire is going through completely out there will be more slack. Problem solved.
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Motronic posted:http://www.homedepot.com/p/Tyco-Electronics-Romex-Splice-Kit-2-Wire-1-Clam-CPGI-1116377-2/202204326 Is it just me or is it really weird that leaving a flying splice in your wall is fine but burying a junction box with propertly twisted and wirenutted connections is not?
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As promised: Are you going to take me home tonight?  Oh beside that red firelight.  Are you gonna let it all hang out?  Glass bottom tubs, you make the rocking world go round.
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That first one looks really tacky, but I still like it a lot.
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WrenP-Complete posted:
This is loving awesome. OP do this but with your kitchen below.
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Burt Sexual posted:This is loving awesome. OP do this but with your kitchen below.  This is some next level poo poo. No builder grade house has anything like that.
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that's got some next-level tubgirl potential
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Burt Sexual posted:This is loving awesome. OP do this but with your kitchen below. That way as you lay in the bath upstairs you can watch your wife and two kids as they walk out of the house forever, finally fed up with your DIY antics.
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The mental image of being in a kitchen, and looking up at the ceiling and seeing some guy's bare rear end against the bottom a glass tub is pretty epic.
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Snak posted:The mental image of being in a kitchen, and looking up at the ceiling and seeing some guy's bare rear end against the bottom a glass tub is pretty epic. Turkey in the oven, pressed ham on the ceiling
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Set the glass tub through the bathroom floor so it's this big glass dome suspended from the kitchen ceiling. Takes care of the kitchen lighting too like these plastic bottles they have in third world villages without power. What's a little bleach if you can save on your power bill?
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I missed this one at first, but it seems most suited to the OP's aesthetic: And a light up one! 
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Excuse me I think you mean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_prism. Way classier and fuckpalacier.
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Liquid Communism posted:Whoever designed that room has a can light fetish. From everything I can gather, the duty of a home lighting designer is to install as many recessed lighting fixtures of every description that the structure can physically support.
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Seems like those clear tubs would be a pain to clean, especially if you don't have soft water. Then again, if you can afford them you can probably afford a maid to clean it for you.
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Konstantin posted:Seems like those clear tubs would be a pain to clean, especially if you don't have soft water. Then again, if you can afford them you can probably afford a maid to clean it for you. CLR cleans anything.
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H110Hawk posted:CLR cleans anything. Anything it doesn't clean, it removes, and cleans what's underneath!
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MrYenko posted:Anything it doesn't clean, it removes, and cleans what's underneath! What if it's dirt all the way down? Load bearing dirt, if you will.
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MrYenko posted:Anything it doesn't clean, it removes, and cleans what's underneath! Cleans. Anything.
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SoundMonkey posted:oh, right you are. get those pigtails outside the junction box, no room for wasted space in a proper DIY job. GFI breakers are more expensive (and sometimes harder to find replacements for) than non-GFI but the same applies to receptacles... TBH I haven't lived in a place with GFI breakers, instead everywhere has just had a lot of GFI receptacles. In any case it can't hurt to get one of these and check that the stickers are accurate. While you're there may as well also get one of these as well to check for this (and otherwise verifying that 'off' lines are actually off before touching them). Back when I first moved in here, I checked all the outlets with a tester and (happily?) the only problem I found was one outlet with neutral/hot reversed.
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MrYenko posted:Anything it doesn't clean, it removes, and cleans what's underneath! So something like this, then? 
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The Bloop posted:Load bearing dirt, if you will. The world would be a real interesting place if dirt didn't bear loads. 
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It would arguably not be a world.
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canyoneer posted:Turkey in the oven, pressed ham on the ceiling 
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canyoneer posted:Turkey in the oven, pressed ham on the ceiling Only in America 
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xwing posted:The world would be a real interesting place if dirt didn't bear loads. My house is built on solid bedrock floating in the void of space. My neighbor, Thanos, keeps me up all night grinding his teeth.
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The Bloop posted:My house is built on solid bedrock floating in the void of space. ...... Terrax? Is that you?
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OP I'm glad you're getting actual engineers and people who don't want to crush their kitchen island with their taint when they fall through their floor, but I gotta admit a tiny part of me was hoping for a basement-pool-next-to-electrical-panel horror show. Congrats on that, though.
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SoundMonkey posted:OP I'm glad you're getting actual engineers and people who don't want to crush their kitchen island with their taint when they fall through their floor, but I gotta admit a tiny part of me was hoping for a basement-pool-next-to-electrical-panel horror show. Well if you think about it, it's really the fault of this forum for not letting this happen. You guys should have colluded before distracting me from my grand design.
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bEatmstrJ posted:Well if you think about it, it's really the fault of this forum for not letting this happen. You guys should have colluded before distracting me from my grand design. fuckin' lol if you don't think every single person who posted helpfully wasn't at least a LITTLE tempted. especially the people who are gonna post after this and lie right to my face and say they weren't.
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