Comments for Home Power UP http://homepowerup.com What the Next Gen is doing with home improvement Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Welcome to Home Power UP. by nbritsky http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/welcome-to-home-power-up/comment-page-1/#comment-22 nbritsky Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:16:56 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=33#comment-22 Luckily, the plumping and the wiring was replaced since the 20s. However, the previous owners wired 7 phone lines, Ethernet and cable to nearly every room. The problem is, they weren't very good at it. They drilled outside of the house from the basement ran up the outside wall and drilled back in to each room. To make it worse, it wasn't even in conduit. I'm slowly removing all of that and replacing. I'm taking the time to fish all the wires which is a bear. I'm finding remnents of knob and tube electrical (disabled) and double walls. It's painstaking work that requires patching of drywall as needed. I recommend getting a good fish tape as well as a camera snake. This is the one I have from Ryobi and it rocks - http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/tek4/documentation/RP4205. I'm a sucker for Ryobi tools. Fairly inexpensive and take a good beating. Luckily, the plumping and the wiring was replaced since the 20s. However, the previous owners wired 7 phone lines, Ethernet and cable to nearly every room. The problem is, they weren’t very good at it. They drilled outside of the house from the basement ran up the outside wall and drilled back in to each room. To make it worse, it wasn’t even in conduit. I’m slowly removing all of that and replacing. I’m taking the time to fish all the wires which is a bear. I’m finding remnents of knob and tube electrical (disabled) and double walls. It’s painstaking work that requires patching of drywall as needed. I recommend getting a good fish tape as well as a camera snake. This is the one I have from Ryobi and it rocks – http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/tek4/documentation/RP4205. I’m a sucker for Ryobi tools. Fairly inexpensive and take a good beating.

]]> Comment on Welcome to Home Power UP. by Kevin http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/welcome-to-home-power-up/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Kevin Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:10:05 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=33#comment-21 Hey Nick! my wife and I recently bought a 50's house which is overall in really good shape, but I'm curious what work (and how much of it) you had to do to cable your house. Mainly things like going through walls, wiring between floors, getting through studs, whether you had to cut holes and redo drywall/plaster, etc. Hey Nick!
my wife and I recently bought a 50′s house which is overall in really good shape, but I’m curious what work (and how much of it) you had to do to cable your house. Mainly things like going through walls, wiring between floors, getting through studs, whether you had to cut holes and redo drywall/plaster, etc.

]]> Comment on Well Hello, House Blog. Nice to Meet You. by Chris Poterala http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/well-hello-house-blog-nice-to-meet-you/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Chris Poterala Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:57:09 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=10#comment-20 More importantly, is this post your way of telling the parents you're shacking up with a boy? ;-) More importantly, is this post your way of telling the parents you’re shacking up with a boy? ;-)

]]> Comment on Well Hello, House Blog. Nice to Meet You. by Wendy http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/well-hello-house-blog-nice-to-meet-you/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Wendy Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:18:51 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=10#comment-19 YAY! For both - moving in and the blog! I look forward to your progress...and we need to grab drinks about the fun times of moving in together! I have learned some lessons the hard way! XOXO! YAY! For both – moving in and the blog! I look forward to your progress…and we need to grab drinks about the fun times of moving in together! I have learned some lessons the hard way! XOXO!

]]> Comment on Well Hello, House Blog. Nice to Meet You. by Sarah http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/well-hello-house-blog-nice-to-meet-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Sarah Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:26:38 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=10#comment-18 Can't wait to see the renovs. Yay. Your Homie (get it?) Sarah M. :) Can’t wait to see the renovs. Yay.

Your Homie (get it?)
Sarah M. :)

]]> Comment on Well Hello, House Blog. Nice to Meet You. by Emmmylizzzy http://homepowerup.com/2011/03/well-hello-house-blog-nice-to-meet-you/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Emmmylizzzy Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:05:14 +0000 http://homepowerup.com/?p=10#comment-17 I'm excited to watch your progress! We just bought our first home 4 months ago and I'm working on all kinds of home renovation too. I think the hardest part so far has been trying to keep my husband and I from killing each other while we discuss paint chips! I’m excited to watch your progress! We just bought our first home 4 months ago and I’m working on all kinds of home renovation too. I think the hardest part so far has been trying to keep my husband and I from killing each other while we discuss paint chips!

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