7-8 days seems like a little long but how many receps,lights and switches are you talking? I'd recommend doing everything at once with the receps and switches as far as making up, pig tailing and installing all as your sitting or standing their.
How long does it take to trim out a house by yourself?
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Depends entirely on how complicated it is. How high are the ceilings, how many decorative fixtures, etc., etc. etc.
Here are some of my tips:
Make a list of finishing materials once you finish rough-in and the job is fresh in your mind.
Avoid running to the supplier in the middle of the day to pick up bits and pieces. I use Rack-a-Tiers tool boxes filled up with bits and pieces specifically for finishing work, panel work, etc. That also avoids running out to the truck for bits and pieces. I am a firm believer in grab-and-go.
I have a 4V driver I use specifically for devices. The finishing bit never leaves the driver.
I have a little fold-up bench I use for longer finishing jobs. I don't know why but it seems to make me more efficient. It gives me a place to put my stuff and it's a place to sit when I need to take a break and remember what the #### I'm doing
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Here are some of my tips:
Make a list of finishing materials once you finish rough-in and the job is fresh in your mind.
Avoid running to the supplier in the middle of the day to pick up bits and pieces. I use Rack-a-Tiers tool boxes filled up with bits and pieces specifically for finishing work, panel work, etc. That also avoids running out to the truck for bits and pieces. I am a firm believer in grab-and-go.
I have a 4V driver I use specifically for devices. The finishing bit never leaves the driver.
I have a little fold-up bench I use for longer finishing jobs. I don't know why but it seems to make me more efficient. It gives me a place to put my stuff and it's a place to sit when I need to take a break and remember what the #### I'm doing
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too high.......try this>>>>
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too high.......try this>>>>
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Crikey
I'd shoot myself before I'd spend more than a day trimming a house :laughing: It reminds me of the bad old days. 2 guys would trim five 1500' tract houses a day. There were no recessed cans but there were a ****load of receptacles.
We had a divided bin with devices and plates that we'd carry thru the house and scatter everything close to it's position. Every device and plate was laid out in like 3 minutes.
We learned that you could strip the #14 wires two at a time (in the 14 and 12 holes). We back stabbed everything back then.
The journeyman did the switches and the grunt (me) did the receps. I hate receps. No power tools, just the wobbly screwdriver and slotted screws in the devices :jester:
Also, a lot of the rooms had no ceiling lights, just half switched receps....and no smokies. No fans either. But A LOT of receps. Did I mention how much I hate them?
6 should be #2
Like I said, no particular order, but I always put on covers last. Most of the time, we put in devices weeks before the final coat of paint is on the walls. Plus if you had made a...gasp...mistake, it's one less thing to take off to correct the error of your, not ever mine, helpers mistake.220/221 said:6 should be #2
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