Hello everyone!
I was hoping I could get some feedback on my electrical plans if possible. I've tried to implement all the feedback I read on this forum but am worried I might have missed something important. Thanks a lot!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Electrical Plan Feedback 10Jul 31, 2019 3:15 pm Hi Boro What I mean by looking at putting electrical switches etc away from external walls, is in rooms likes bedrooms you sometimes have the flexibility to put GPOs etc on an internal wall (instead of external). Main benefit is your external wall is best left without holes and penetrations as this is where some of your heating and cooling losses will occur. Typically your internal walls are not insulated and so running all the wires and switches in these walls doesn't have as much impact. This image below is just an early electrical plan of ours (final plan was quite different), but it was the easiest one for me to quickly grab. I have circled in red GPOs that I made sure were on internal walls that otherwise could have been easily placed by the builder on externals. Sample electrical plan of our initial draft setupLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our Homeone build blog here Re: Electrical Plan Feedback 11Jul 31, 2019 3:20 pm darb74 Hi Boro What I mean by looking at putting electrical switches etc away from external walls, is in rooms likes bedrooms you sometimes have the flexibility to put GPOs etc on an internal wall (instead of external). Main benefit is your external wall is best left without holes and penetrations as this is where some of your heating and cooling losses will occur. Typically your internal walls are not insulated and so running all the wires and switches in these walls doesn't have as much impact. This image below is just an early electrical plan of ours (final plan was quite different), but it was the easiest one for me to quickly grab. I have circled in red GPOs that I made sure were on internal walls that otherwise could have been easily placed by the builder on externals. Sample electrical plan of our initial draft setupLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I got it now, thank you! Re: Electrical Plan Feedback 12Aug 10, 2019 3:16 am brokenstick gogo65 Your lights don’t line up with each other, between the dining/family, the kitchen/hallway and your hallway are crooked. Light over the vanity in the en-suite? Bedside lights in master? Very good point. Ensure that they are perfectly lined up on the drawing and positioned properly in the center of the rooms etc . When my house was built the moron electrician didn't line them up perfectly, and then tried to argue that they weren't lined up on the drawing, so he didn't have to. Same for the powerpoints, The guy who does the drawing just drags and drops roughly, but the electrician may scale off the drawing. Even when on plan is lined up, electrician do not follow plan. Ensure to check all points are where you want it to be as per your plan and it lines up. Hi there! Absolutely agree on the wasted space. We have no desire for the master to be that oversized, but it occurred when we increased the depth of the garage. We have… 4 9144 6 42974 |