My Acreage Project - Let the fun begin

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I got magical electrical outlets by every single one of my toilet locations haha, for bidet toilets

Good planning, you laugh, but..

I went to Japan in 2018 when my house was being framed. First thing i did when i got back was add an outlet for a bidet in the master

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Good planning, you laugh, but..

I went to Japan in 2018 when my house was being framed. First thing i did when i got back was add an outlet for a bidet in the master

I don't laugh, I have it in my current house as well which I retrofitted My trusty Toto Neorest 500 is coming with me to the new house...it was a $4300 USD toilet like 10 years ago...

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you're sprayfoaming right onto the roof sheathing yea? So the attic is a conditioned space?

Indeed I am, and yes, the entire attic space is a conditioned space, therefore it's super easy to run all ducting up there, install lights without stupid poly covers ect ect. Makes life so much easier, and it's really the way to go from all my research. People are starting to catch up to this, but some still give you a blank stare of confusion.

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Hi All,

Just a minor update. Didn't get much done in terms of visible progress, but overall moving along.

Some of the highlights from last few weeks was basically doing majority of the home-runs back to the electrical panel with all my wiring, and finishing up wiring the loft ect. It's a ton of cable, I'm actually a bit concerned with my panel not being enough. So far looks like I will be using about 62 of the 66 slots if I do everything that I want, so will have a few slots left...but might be putting a subpanel right next to the main panel if I run out of room. Too much damn wiring! I tried to be as efficient as I could as well, so it's a bit surprising. So here are some pictures of wiring....haven't done the panel yet, that will be next after I get all the 240v wire in as well, which I haven't bought yet.














Also installed a far for the dog wash area. Wasn't originally planned, but figured I might as well. Another Panasonic WhisperGreen Select with moisture sensor. Love these fans.



I also installed a bit of drywall in the utility room. This is exposed in the back so no problem with inspection, but will be hard to do once furnace is in place.



I also installed some fire rated 5/8 drywall above the utility room. I actually don't know if this is required....but without it, the utility room is exposed all the way to the loft and the roof, and after having a discussion with my hvac guy, he had no problem with me getting this installed. He still has to drop 3 more runs into the room from above, but he said he will cut out a hole with a proper hole saw and drop through the drywall when he gets there. There will also be a few more 6" holes for HRV intake/exhaust. The last narrow strip on the left side I will leave for now as I can always slide that in later, and it allows the inspector to see inside should he care (which they should care, since there is some wiring there).



That's basically it for now. Gonna finish up electrical within the next few weeks, and final plumbing once I get my shower valves. Then it's on to low voltage stuff and gas line, but I need to do a french drain before the cold, so will be working on that as well. Not a big update, but still something.

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You sure put a lot of stock in the inspector doing a thorough inspection. Hopefully you get one of those for your piece of mind but I wouldn't hold my breath

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You sure put a lot of stock in the inspector doing a thorough inspection. Hopefully you get one of those for your piece of mind but I wouldn't hold my breath

I don't do anything that isn't safe, and do lots of research, which slows me down a big time, but at the same time, after seeing the neighbors house and shit they do there, i feel like i would pass with flying colors, and would prefer a lax inspector just to get it over with Trying to do everything by the book so that they can give me an easy pass and move along

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Well, a small update. I gave up on getting the place insulated before winter, as I was not able to finish everything I needed to finish, but I should be able to get it all done over the winter and hit it hard next year. My outstanding items before I can proceed to insulation are:

1. Finish electrical. I am 95% done this, but still need to run all low voltage stuff for cameras, thermostats, HDBaseT, ethernet drops ect.
2. Finish plumbing. This is also about 95% done, just need to finish the shower valve rough-ins and a single drain.
3. Do gas lines. Haven't started on this yet, but once I do shouldn't take too long.
4. Do central vac piping. Haven't started.
5. Do all the blocking for anywhere where I want to hang anything. Some done but need to do a full sweep of the house and get it all accounted for.

Once I complete the above 5 items, I should be able to finally do my framing inspection and get it insulated, at which point comes drywall and all the interior finishing.

Last year I had issues with water pooling up close to my house, and since I now have concrete in place and don't want any water near it, I have decided to build a slope away from the house before the frost sets in. I also wanted to build a perimeter drain around the two lowest sections of my house, and since my land is generally pretty flat, I couldn't burry this drain under the existing surface, and instead had to build it on the surface and then backfill it with dirt. My entire perimeter of the house needs to be elevated at some point by 6 to 12", so I build the drain on the surface and then covered it up. I could have covered it up with dirt first and then dug out, but I felt like it was more work than just doing it on the surface and covering it up after. I don't know which way would have worked better, but the approach I took was a massive pain in the ass haha.

The following pictures give you an idea on what was involved. Basically I made a landscape fabric burrito, with drain pipe and gravel inside. I used two long pieces of 2x6 as a frame to hold it all in place as I sewed (by hand) the seam to keep it all together. I would then drag the form forward and repeat for the entire 130 or so feet...not fun, do not recommend. I am not entirely sure it's a good drain, but it slopes towards the low area, so should work I think..









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The back side, after making the turn













And after the last few days of rain, I am happy to report that it works!




In the future it will all tie into nice landscaping that will be done for hire...hate doing this shit haha.

I was away to Vancouver for a week and this weekend started working on tying in all the cabling into the main panel.

I tried my best to keep breakers together that co-relate to the same service area, so all my kitchen breakers are close together, garage ect ect. I have finished the left side, and have started on the right, which I didn't take a picture of. This is a 66 slot panel, and I will have 60 of them in use...she will be busy. The right side will house most of the 240v loads + remainder of 120V stuff. Before anyone asks, be aware that in an electrical panel, each slot alternates the hot, so just because you see all the breakers on one side of the panel, it doesn't mean it's all using a single hot, the breakers are evenly split per each "phase". I should also mention that this panel has dedicated neutral connection on the panel itself, so the breakers just snap in without having to attach any wires to them, all the wiring is already done to the panel.



Not much exciting stuff happening, just finalizing things, so won't be much updates on here for next little while until there is something worthy of sharing. HVAC guys haven't been back yet but supposed to be here a few days this week, we will see.