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I have a basement bathroom that will probably not get near as much traffic as any of the upper story bathrooms. It has a shower, 36"x36", toilet and sink. Everything is still at a rough in stage...

When putting in batt insulation is it best to leave the wires in the wall in front of the insulation or behind?

If in front then they can be accessed if the need was ever then, but the wire is...

They are for incondecent bulbs, 600w. The most I have is 360w, 6x60w.
I have read about the bulbs humming, but this is the dimmer. I guess they are still to cheap. They say that have an RFI...

I got 3 dimmers from HD in the $10-15 range. (Really all they had in a 3way dimmer.)

Two of them have been installed and they, not the lights, produce a slight hum as the lights are dimmed. The...

Not at all, just some excited fat fingers. CO (carbon monoxide) is what I meant.

Thanks for the help

I had read about the interconnective issue. I will have to see how the rest of the house is wired for this. The house is ~20 years old. At least I would be able to wire the basement one together. ...

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I know I need smoke alarms and CO2 alarms in the basement but I cant fine any thing on how many. See image.

I figured a CO and smoke alarm (and I know there are different...

I guess I'm still lost. Trace it out or leave it? Hours vs Minutes both equal no worse chance of fire than any other box in the wall.

And I need the names and addresses of all who participated...

What line is safe for a washing machine to drain into? In my basement remodel my wife and I talked about possibly moving the laudry to the basement. I thought if nothing else I could at least get...

I wanted to stay away from fluorescents. So far with the exception of a short hallway all the cans are on the edges of the rooms, ~2 feet off the walls leaving the center open for me to either...

Sounds like I will have to track this thing down and nip it.
Is there a tool for doing that? Some type of tracer? Once the wire is in the wall it can go any direction and I would hate to be...

Yeah it's the boxes that I'm worried about. I don't want them there. I don't want to provide access to a box that is not used.

I have a tracer that I can plug in and tell what breaker a line is...

Again working in the basement... The previous owner had finished about a 150-200sqf section for a pool table. I removed it all because he just furred the walls and didnt allow for any outlets.
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I'm finishing the basement from top to bottom. I plan on using can lights for all my overhead lighting. Sheet rocked, not drop. (The ceiling is low enough without me having to worry about cracking...

The Grainger idea is much closer to what I want, but that will be difficult to get in between and behind a 2x4 wall without a big hammer. We have some Grainger catalogs here at work, I'll have to go...

First I would like to say thanks to the site. I got some great advice on how to add a shower to the 1/2 bath rough-in making it a 3/4 bath now!

More work in the basement....
I have been working...

I dont plan to do it cheap. I do want to know my options. I have a hard time thinking about putting a hole in a foundation. I have never had a leaky basement and I dont want one. and really dont...

Thanks. I guess I will have to put a small hole in the basement. I was hoping to avoid that. Does the hole need to be filled in with anything, even if it isnt all the way through? When connecting...

I have a 1/2 bath rough-in in a basement. I have the space to create a full bath. Is is possible to add a shower without breaking the concrete floor for drainage? Can the shower be raised, step up...