Here is my 3rd try at placing the kitchen lighting. <sigh>
I moved the smoke alarm to the left. Why? I measured and cut the hole from the wrong side of the drywall. Rather than patch it up and create a new hole, I moved the darned thing.
Allan
begin ceiling drywall
On to the ceiling. But first, move the boxes full of flat-pack cabinets that are in the way.
There is no rafter tie on the west end of the house. A spacer (1″) and backing (2×4 on-the-flat) were added for mounting the ceiling drywall.
Floyd came by and offered a badly needed 3rd set of arms.
cleanup, organization, begin living room
I spend much of the morning and early afternoon working on cleaning up and organizing construction materials and tools. Badly needed.
I bought Ziplock bags from Canadian Tire to organize all the electrical and other stuff. As it turns out, I have a surplus of outlets, switches, etc. that I didn’t know about as nothing was categorized before.
mudroom light
The mudroom light was finally stuck to the ceiling today. Why so long in the making? I couldn’t find the danged bracket until now.
Which brings me to my next task.
backing, spacers, 45° beads, heat pump box, arc fault breakers
Before drywalling the ceiling, backing had to be installed. There was no rafter tie at the gable ends of this house – only rafters – as the exterior 1×12 sheathing boards offered structure: Such is balloon framing. Thus, I added a 2×4 atop the wall’s top plate to attach drywall.
The first piece of ceiling drywall was put up.
drywall day
More drywall from Home Depot. There is a small discount if you buy 20 or more sheets (like 1-1/2 sheets free).
Protection plates were added to the wiring before drywall goes up.
electrical upgrades to code
The inspector was by today, looking at the work previously done and, thankfully, on the same permit, did a rough-in inspection. He was quite an agreeable fellow, addressing all my questions. So was Ryley, the electrician from Passey Electric. He found some deficiencies.
- Sep 11/2026 10:10AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: Range box and dryer box needs to have a second support. KF
- Sep 11/2026 10:11AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: Plug in kitchen area should be taken out on opposite side of panel. KF
- Sep 11/2026 10:13AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: Rough in of the upper unit was inspected with noted deficiencies. KF
- Sep 11/2026 10:15AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: 3 heat pumps and 2 baseboard heaters are being installed. KF
- Sep 11/2026 10:16AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: Fire alarm cable going downstairs to be completed. KF
- Sep 11/2026 10:05AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: DEFICIENCY: Rule 12-3010 (2) – Gangable boxes require a second support between studs ( could be factory boxes2 gang)
- Sep 11/2026 9:58AM (KEN) ROUGH IN: DEFICIENCY: Rule 12-516 – Protection plates required where wire is run less than 32 mm from edge of stud (throughout)
Along with that…
- The 15-15A space-saver breaker I put in for the split simplex outlet was wrong. Each circuit must be on a different phase, the reason being that the neutral wire would handle 15 amps for each circuit, amounting in 30 amps. I thought about this a few days ago and wondered how that worked. It never occurred to me that I need a 2-pole breaker with each circuit on a different phase. Again, Ryley is a helpful fellow.
Some of the work was done yesterday and some today.
So, here goes!
lumber in the wind
The lumber we stacked at the rear of the property did not blow down. It was really windy last night. I was expecting to see them stacked randomly like a bunch of t’an in a game of Kal’toh gone wrong.
mudroom heater
The heater from Amazon for the mudroom arrived yesterday.
I’ll install it before winter.
2nd floor work begins (again)
The second floor is rented for Sept. 31, 2026. I’d best get a move-on.
I priced out a water heater from Home Depot. I think it may be too tall. I’ll have to think on it.
The entrance, stairway, and all the rooms are chocked full of stuff that needs to be moved, removed, organized, or used.
We’re almost done! (Not!)