You have too many cold ones and flip out of that hammock on the wrong side and were going to have a hell of a story to read on here. LOL

Gotcha, makes more sense trying to keep the desired height!

Hahahahaha... Yeah, Mrs. Irish was looking around for her phone to dial 911 before I even got in it the first time!

Fortunately my only injury was a little sunburn on my legs. It was blackberry winter up there - 43 degrees Sunday morning - and the only place to get warm was sitting out in the sun...

I have a new found respect for electricians after this weekend. Mrs. Irish and I pulled over 600 feet of 12-2 wire, some 14-2 and some 10-3. And after drilling holes two weekends ago until my arms were about to fall off I still had to drill more this weekend. Pulling 12-2 wire through multiple 90 degree corners is a pain.

The good thing was, we stuck with it until all 10 circuits were roughed in this weekend and we completed the task we set out to do. The other good thing was that we both got to spend some good times together working as a team to accomplish goals. Plus we ate some good cabin food and spent some time sitting around a fire in the middle of the woods drinking whiskey...

On to the pics:

Some pics of our wiring job. I tried to do everything to meet or exceed code, even though there are no inspections here. I also decided to pretty much run everything with 12-2 wire and 20 amp breakers except for the dedicated fridge circuit. It got 14-2 wire and a 15 amp breaker.

1st bedroom closets...


1st and 2nd bedroom outlets and loft outlets...



Breaker box ready to be wired...



Kitchen outlets...


Pulling wire makes you tired...

Make sure you use nail plates over the studs to prevent accidental screws or nails from biting your wiring.

Looking Good Man!

I'm thinking about doing that, however the code states that you don't have to unless they are less than 1 1/4" from either side of the stud.

All mine are dead center, still, I'm thinking about doing it. When you think about how much of a pain it would be to find a short and tear out a wall...

Thanks! We worked like Trojans this weekend.

It looks great so far! I have been finishing out an addition we are putting on our cabin and I'm with you on the electricians! That was a painfully tedious job. I'd rather do carpentry work, paint, or even plumbing any day of the week!

I've learned a lot about residential electrical work these past few weeks. The more I learn the less intimidated I am. By the time she and I finished up this weekend we were feeling like pros...

We still have a lot to learn though. The good thing is, none of this stuff is rocket science and with some good reference books, the internet and some friends who are electricians that you can call, it's doable by the average person. And I'm pretty average...

dont get overly confident yet, pulling wire is the hardest physically but the simplest mentally. There's technique to twisting wires, and terminating them, that will save you a lot of trouble in the years to come. I would even venture to say that over half of all electrical problems are caused by folks who dont have a complete understanding and years of experience. With that being said we all gotta start somewhere and I'm sure you'll take more pride in it, that some electricians helper. It looks dang good so far.

Also if it hasnt been mentioned yet, dont beat them staples into the wire, I dont like for it to even bend the wire.

Thanks for the comments. I put the staples in good enough to hold the wire, but not hard enough to bend or crimp.

I'm considering using the Ideal wire connectors instead of wire Nuts.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_540478-12704-30-...rs#BVRRWidgetID

At each outlet I'm considering using pigtails instead of routing the current through each individual outlet fixture.

Like this...



Instead of like this...

definitely do the pigtails.

Some people like them ideal wire connectors, I dont really like them, but i dont have a lot of experience with them, I have only used the on florescent lights. To me there to hard to undo, but like i said i dont have a lot of experience with them. Something else i do like is the devises with the pressure plate attachment, instead of making the hook.

Of course if you're gonna work hard you gotta eat good...

Thursday night we needed a quick meal once we got up there and everything set-up, so we had one of my camp staples, Hobo dinners with 1/2 pound each of organic grass fed beef...




Friday night it was grilled chicken marinated in olive oil, fresh lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and Italian herbs with fire roasted Brussels sprouts and quinoa and kale...


Saturday night we had the best rib-eye steaks I have had at our friends cabin, and I forgot to take pics except for this muscadine wine that is the best I've ever tasted...


Then it was 1/2 pound organic grass fed burgers on Sunday night grilled over hardwood coals and washed down with a little Wild Turkey 101...

I see one that needs a nail plate over it. Mine usually offset the hole to the inside on exterior walls and then plate the inside because most problems I have had come from the outside siding nails or trim.

I've seen Chautauqua Vineyard's sign a buncha times, driving by there, but never stopped and I've never tried their wine...good stuff? ...good enough to rate a pic on Aldeer, I guess...

Chatauqua wines from here in DeFuniak Springs, Fl. Next to the interstate. I know the vineyard manager well, he use to haul pulpwood, hard working guy.

It taste like muscadine wine is supposed to taste. Light clean and fresh with a hint of sweetness to it. I'm telling you it will make a wine drinker out of you. I told my buddy to get me a case of it next time he was down there...

I almost forgot to post up a breakfast...

This is hickory smoked bacon, country style hashbrowns from previously baked potatoes on the fire, scrambled eggs in butter and pan toasted french bread in butter... All done by Mrs. Irish on a 2 burner Camp Chef propane camp stove... She's a good'un.

My wife just bought a case of wine from there 2 weeks ago. They will dang near get you drunk sitting at the tasting table. They have one that is about like drinking straight liquor