Sea Speed said:

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My buddy has the expanding tool and some other parts that will make my life easier.

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That helps.

Plumbing in apartment done. Old shower area had plumbing for bathtub and/or shower so I deleted one drain and set of piping. This was my first time running pex so made some mistakes and certainly could have run it better but I'm happy with it all things considered. Had to move both drains for the kitchen and bath sink to accommodate moving the line up of the bathroom sink to be middle of the wall instead of the left side.

Only thing that is a little concerning to me is the plastic part of the plastergaurd on the shower rough in valve seems wonky after i put it back in after mounting it. Anyone have any experience with that?

Of course i say it is done and the 90 for the kitchen sink drain exploded when I tried to get the cap off to put the threaded fitting on it.

Also huge shout out to the Aggie GM and the staff of Moores in Beaumont who were a tremendous help while I was getting this plumbing job done.

Any of that electrical around your bathroom on a GFCI?

Also, virtual all new electrical in residential needs to be AFCI, if you are going by latest code.

I will be putting in new outlets in every single box including gfci in the kitchen and bathroom. I am going to run a 2 burner cooktop on its own circuit and same with a garbage disposal. Have a bit of work to do on the electrical side.

That pex doesn't seem supported at all

I'm going to go back through and support it all tomorrow. Baby steps with three kids out of school for summer.

Why do you have two outlets right on top of one another?

I am guessing one was for the garbage disposal but it wasn't labeled as such in the panel. The kitchen countertop would separate them. I believe we will be moving both but I cant recall specifically.

Been getting after it for the last few days and i am almost done with the electrical. Changed some of the electrical up so now the cooktop is on its own circuit and the bathroom outlet is on its own circuit allow for significant draw including plugging in a space heater if necessary. Also have the microwave and fridge on their own circuit as well now.

Put two fans in to the additional sleeping area places and added the boxes for the sconce lights as well.

Additionally I added several outlets and moved several others.

I can not decide if I want to run some wire to put an outlet on the end of the future peninsula. I am not sure if we are going to have open or cabinet peninsula but it would be good to have power there I think. I could always run it under the apartment and then come up through the floor later in reckon.

Roughing in wire now would be my call.

Agreed. It was something that I had just started pondering today.

Don't forget to paint the ceiling. A fresh white coat really makes everything brighter and just feels clean.

Yes we're definitely doing that. Wife wants to headboard the entire ceiling so I am fighting that.

I don't even know what that is. I think I am a better man for it.

Auto correct. It was supposed to say bead board.

So looking to get drywall done next week. Is there anything I should address before that that I may have forgotten?

I am adding a small well, adding bracing for a TV, done with plumbing, nearly done with electrical, putting up new insulation.

Surely I am forgetting something and could certainly use another POV before I screw myself.

Cat 5. I don't know how far this is from the main house, but if you can run cat 5 from the apartment to the main router it would help. You could put in an Eero or similar in the apartment so you have good wifi there. If you are doing it, add a cat 5 drop behind the tv so you can stream better.

Its detached and all wiring is underground between house and garage so that's a no go but I'll have a mesh node in here so should be ok. We stream fine in the home so should be ok here.

Was talking to my wife about plans and as this thread shows I haven't worked on it in a while so I completely forgot that I was supposed to build a wall behind where the peninsula is going. Facepalm and add it to the list.

I also realized the door to the bathrooms framing was added to make it a 24" door and wasn't supporting anything so I took it out to put in a 30" door. Only rub now is that the frame around the door will not be a simple 2x4 width so the trim is going to be a little awkward.

Great idea and just started on that.

Finished the little wall the kitchen cabinets will go up against.

Interesting on boric acid. I spray my whole place with bifen it or xts and don't have much issues, but can't ever fight bugs too hard.

Ok I have a dilemma. I want to install a 28" door but the frame is wider than a 2x4 so it will be funky. Anyone ever done that before? If I took an 1/8" off of a 2x4 I could fit one on both sides so that it is a normal jamb. As it is now, I could fit a 2x4 on one side and the other side of the door will be against a jamb that is about an inch too wide. I REALLY do not want to downgrade to a 24 inch door.

Install "No Nail" plates wherever plumbing or electrical runs through studs...

Wow one of my t lex fittings is leaking and I repaired it and it is still leaking. Must have a gouge in it. Back to the store. Oddly enough one of my pex brass ball valves is leaking too. Not sure what to think about that other than I should have charged the line months ago when I actually did the plumbing.

Man this Wagner airless paint sprayer is awesome.