Once I got the pulled pork in the oven to slow cook all day I decided to start by running the wire from the basement to the attic. This was not so easy as it involved taking up some floor boards and then drilling a hole in the attic (needed Ryan’s help). Finally we got the wire run, we still need to drill a hole to the basement but that’s the easy part!
Wire for the subpanel in the attic
They didn’t have copper wire in this gauge at home depot so we had to go with aluminum wire. It’s a 4 wire and we should be able to run 100amps up to the subpanel. We can’t hook this up as we don’t have the subpanel or the 100amp breakers for the basement but we just need it run so we can get insulation.
Next I started taking out the baseboards behind the radiator in the livingroom. Once done, Ryan drilled the holes and I ran the wires for the outlet back there.
The first 2 bends
The outlet
It was no easy feat getting the wires around the corners in the cupola. But since we plan on removing the radiators at some point I really wanted an outlet back in the center. I screwed the wires to the outside paneling lightly so they stay in the center when we get insulation blown in this time. This was tricky though because I had to make sure the wires weren’t too close to the outside wall because we are nailing the paneling on next summer.
3 boston butts 🙂
And now that we can put the radiator back (we should only have to move it one more time now for insulation), I decided to quit for the day and start dinner. A quick check on the pulled pork shows them coming along nicely but not done in time to eat tonight (tomorrow for sure). 2 1/2 of these will be brought to work for pigging out on Tuesday.
After I get cleaned up maybe I’ll play a little more Diablo and relax!
Next weekend (the plan anyway)
- fix the car?!
- Put up a Christmas tree (got to get the house cleaned up this week then)
- Get the lights wired in the livingroom (one switch will be on an outside wall)
- Start wiring the front hallway!