Don't look behind the walls

Once the sheetrock is off of the walls it is very interesting to see how much of a jumble of items is actually hiding behind there. There are (live) electrical wires, water piping and wood framing. Once they put back up the rock I'll be afraid to drive nails in it for fear of hitting something.

While it's open however it's a good time to run some cables behind the walls. I am hooking up some exterior lights (the wall abuts the deck), running speaker wire, cable (TV) wire, and phone.

I'm not sure how I am responsible to run phone line, since it was there before they started and now it's not. But that is a post for another day.

Last night I ran the electrical for the outside lights. This little task took approximately 3 hours.

I needed to replace siding where the old light was, wire the light and then proceed to add a new electrical box for the new light, and then wire that.

Hopefully when the contractor comes in today they will take both of the new lights and hook them to the house electric and a nice dimmer switch.

I suspect he will see my shoddy workmanship and just re-run the whole thing himself.