Thread: Project Special K

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After a few days drying time had to bring some stuff back int to protect from rain storm, that didn't fit in storage unit. So I wanted to do insulation in the walls and the big long shelf put in with too many nails to count by former owner needed to come down. After insulating that wall called a retired Electrician buddy and had him come over to talk about adding some extra plug sockets on the insulated wall and more importantly a 50amp 240 v line to a small hot tub that has been running on 15amp/120v socket for far too long! So I tore down the cabinet which was also here when I bought this place.
When I was insulating I wasn't sure I could afford to do the electrical work, as the 6 gauge 3 wire romex with a long run from box to hot tub is about $500.00 alone. But decided now's the time to get this done. The insulated wall has a channel cut to add romex thru for some more 120v outlets that are easily accessible still, so that's why I stopped that for now until I heard from Gary. After he retired last Christmas, and said he needed a break, I wasn't sure if he'd be willing to do this, but it's a go now.
Now that some random drywall and cabinets are off back wall, It gave us access to the breaker box and the wiring. After all that is done dry wall will be going up, ant then painted. Feels good to get this all done. I'm just keeping some tools in garage and the laundry stuff for now as I want to seal the top of the concrete with Sodium Silicate. It dries clear and helps prevent corrosion to rebar in cement as well as hardens it too, and seals the cement with a waterproof(hopefully oil too) barrier.. The sealing has to wait for slab to completely cure over the course of 1 month.