Carlson Calamities

After a bit of a hiatus, back to work. Today we got (almost) the last of the new drywall primed and sealed. Tomorrow we get to try out some colors for the bedroom and baths.

We got a pad for Zoë for when we camp. They were so excited they wanted to sleep on it tonight…

Our previous tent was a wedding present, which means it’s 20. It has been a good tent, but the zippers are going.

I can’t wait to try out the new one!!!!!

So I did forget a wire. Ugh. I really wanted to test all the circuits before drywall went up, but the opportunity to do so got lost in a crush of scheduling.

Happily I overengineered the kitchenette wiring, putting the microwave on its own circuit because microwave+other high draw appliance can frequently trip breakers.

Instead of tearing up drywall, I just combined the microwave circuit with the rest of the kitchenette. Easy little fished cable run:

And the problem is sorted.

Until we want to make tea and popcorn at the same time, at least.

My dad LOVES taping and mudding drywall. Luckily for him, we forgot to have our drywall people do the upstairs walls that were reconfigured for the stairway flip. So he is mudding drywall upstairs while Justin keeps plugging away downstairs.

I have a basement circuit that doesn’t work. Or doesn’t exist. Sort of.

There is wire from the first box on the circuit that appears to go back to the electrical panel. But it appears there is no breaker in the panel for this circuit.

Did I forget to land a wire in the panel? It’s hard for me to see how that would happen, as e dangling wire near the panel would be hard to miss. But I don’t have other ideas right now. Going to go after it with a tone and probe tomorrow.

Here’s hoping I don’t need to tear into that pretty new drywall…