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Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:08 am
by YourGrandpa
That is a 2 pole 50 amp GFCI breaker. So the hot tub was most likely 240 volt. What dipshit cut the wires so short? You do plan on reusing them?
The black wire taped red should be a hot wire. The other two, who knows. You'll have to check the panel. Take the panel cover off and take a picture.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:30 am
by scared?
meh i may just let an electrician do that shit...meanwhile i already got the cross bracing in ceiling...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:32 am
by LawL
scared? wrote:U lose...
I win again.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:41 am
by scared?
U lost again...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:42 am
by scared?
Damn I'm good...

Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:47 am
by YourGrandpa
scared? wrote:meh i may just let an electrician do that shit...meanwhile i already got the cross bracing in ceiling...
Quit being a pussy. Take the panel cover off and take a picture. 5 mins of education will save you 1000's.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:49 am
by YourGrandpa
I take it the cross bracing is where you plan on attaching the top plate? How did you fasten the the cross bracing to the existing structure?
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:50 am
by scared?
Lol yeah...fits perfect...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:52 am
by scared?
Oh they not attached yet...gonna toenail them into joist but they are so tight in there I can barely move em as is...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:54 am
by LawL
scared? wrote:U won again...
Yeah I know.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:56 am
by YourGrandpa
You really only need 1 every 24". But whatever you do, don't skip out on the toe-nailing part.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:58 am
by scared?
Well that would work cuz I spaced em 16" but two of them I cut a little short...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:02 am
by LawL
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:08 am
by YourGrandpa
I use projects like this as perfect opportunities to buy new tools. May I suggest an air compressor and pneumatic nail gun. Toe-nailing and stud nailing have never been easier.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:17 am
by scared?
I was actually gonna buy a nailgun tomorrow...got a compressor. Fuck no...trying to toenail all that shit with a hammer...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:18 am
by scared?
Don't u use smaller nails for toenailing?...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:19 am
by GONNAFISTYA
lol you guys clip your toenails with a gun? lol rednecks, etc...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:28 am
by LawL
Imagine how this dump is going to turn out with Geoff doing the work and Gramps telling him how to do it.

Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:42 am
by YourGrandpa
scared? wrote:Don't u use smaller nails for toenailing?...
A 2 1/2", #10 should work fine. Buy those for your nail gun and you can use them for all the framing. You might want to use a 16d to fasten the top and bottom plates.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:48 am
by YourGrandpa
LawL wrote:Imagine how this dump is going to turn out with Geoff doing the work and Gramps telling him how to do it.

Silly homos that can't participate in conversations about construction, even though they blew the construction worker from the Village People.

Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:48 am
by scared?
Bottom plate is going in concrete...
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:49 am
by LawL
Brian is obsessed with homosexuality.

Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:53 am
by YourGrandpa
scared? wrote:Bottom plate is going in concrete...
Use 1/4" x 2 1/2" - 3" Tapcons to fasten the bottom plate.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:55 am
by YourGrandpa
LawL wrote:Brian is obsessed with homosexuality.

I think gay people are naturally creative and funny. That's why I laugh.
Re: Car port conversion...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:56 am
by LawL
You evidently think a lot about gay people Brian.