preparing for electrical
21 JUNE 2010
It's been difficult working straight through any one weekend day, with the World Cup matches happening, and the U.S. making a bid to advance. Marta and I have made some good progress though: on the bathroom (floors), kitchen (walls), other rooms (baseboard housing and trim gone). The electrical rough-in is next, followed by some wall insulating, window sealing, and then sheet rock. Here is a bird's eye view of where things stand:
(taken overhanging from the attic, under the southwest eve)
The entryway, through the door on the left hand side, has seen little action. The bathroom, on the other hand has seen much action. The first bay between studs on the left will be the new location of the electrical panel. Note the toilet, strategically untouched to date.
The black iron (or brass?) piping visible between the joists is in all of the rooms and always ends with a downward 90-degree elbow fitting. I believe it once fed coal gas to light fixtures throughout the house. This was a popular distributed energy source in cities, before electricity or natural gas. Here's a weird park in Seattle (which is a wicked awesome city where my aunt and uncle live) that preserves the twisted and unique beauty of the Seattle Gas Light Co distillation plant.
It's been difficult working straight through any one weekend day, with the World Cup matches happening, and the U.S. making a bid to advance. Marta and I have made some good progress though: on the bathroom (floors), kitchen (walls), other rooms (baseboard housing and trim gone). The electrical rough-in is next, followed by some wall insulating, window sealing, and then sheet rock. Here is a bird's eye view of where things stand:
(taken overhanging from the attic, under the southwest eve)
The entryway, through the door on the left hand side, has seen little action. The bathroom, on the other hand has seen much action. The first bay between studs on the left will be the new location of the electrical panel. Note the toilet, strategically untouched to date.
The black iron (or brass?) piping visible between the joists is in all of the rooms and always ends with a downward 90-degree elbow fitting. I believe it once fed coal gas to light fixtures throughout the house. This was a popular distributed energy source in cities, before electricity or natural gas. Here's a weird park in Seattle (which is a wicked awesome city where my aunt and uncle live) that preserves the twisted and unique beauty of the Seattle Gas Light Co distillation plant.
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Are you going to leave the joists (or beams or rafters or whatever those things are called) exposed?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what a great shot!
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