General Upgrades & Ideas

[Shaka]

They in Eastlake? I'll definitely be on the lookout for them.

The painting of the walls is done. They were cleaning up their stuff today. The new carpet is being installed now as well. The walls have made it look significantly better. it will be interesting to see the basement after the carpet is installed.

They are on the lake somewhere. Two horrible people. I see her at Lifetime every so often.

[MartyFunkhouser]

They are on the lake somewhere. Two horrible people. I see her at Lifetime every so often.

Oh they probably live in the Island with all the rich people. They look down on us simple folks in Eastlake and Founders. They are the Daybreak upper class.

[MartyFunkhouser]

The matte black hardware with the all white walls looks really good. it is cheap, so I've decided to go ahead and install rocker switches throughout. I think that a couple of them will be dimmer switches.

Probably in a few months, I am going to install this fan in our living room area.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Harbor-Bree...ade/5015128561

[MartyFunkhouser]

I learned this weekend while trying to replace the old fixtures in the basement with just simple flush mount LED lights that I don't know what the hell that I'm doing with the wiring in the basement. I've never replaced a light before where there was more than the hot, neutral, and ground wire. I didn't pay attention to how things were wired when I took the original lights down and now I have no clue how to wire them again.

[BigPiney]

I learned this weekend while trying to replace the old fixtures in the basement with just simple flush mount LED lights that I don't know what the hell that I'm doing with the wiring in the basement. I've never replaced a light before where there was more than the hot, neutral, and ground wire. I didn't pay attention to how things were wired when I took the original lights down and now I have no clue how to wire them again.

lol, that is funny.

I replaced a light/power outlet in my bathroom. I did not rewire the new one correctly, so if you plug something into the outlet, the light turns on. Sounds like you are on my level of skill, though I have successfully installed new switches and added led lights in a room that had no overhead lighting previously.

[BigFatMeanie]

I learned this weekend while trying to replace the old fixtures in the basement with just simple flush mount LED lights that I don't know what the hell that I'm doing with the wiring in the basement. I've never replaced a light before where there was more than the hot, neutral, and ground wire. I didn't pay attention to how things were wired when I took the original lights down and now I have no clue how to wire them again.

Hopefully you won’t make the same mistake twice. I did a similarly boneheaded repair job years ago and now when I take stuff apart I snap photos with my phone so I can remember how to put it back together.

it’s interesting to compare the pictures on my wife’s phone with mine. She mostly takes pictures of scenery and people. I mostly take pictures of objects and things (receipts, screen shots of information, etc)

[Shaka]

There are a bunch of tutorials on Youtube. I did a lot of sweat equity on my last house and bought a book similar to this to help me get through the wiring.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Wiring-S...B-WS/100085271

[Bo Diddley]

I learned this weekend while trying to replace the old fixtures in the basement with just simple flush mount LED lights that I don't know what the hell that I'm doing with the wiring in the basement. I've never replaced a light before where there was more than the hot, neutral, and ground wire. I didn't pay attention to how things were wired when I took the original lights down and now I have no clue how to wire them again.

Are there two switches (one for light, one for ceiling fan)?

[MartyFunkhouser]

Are there two switches (one for light, one for ceiling fan)?

No switches for a ceiling fan. It is a room that has multiple lights on the ceiling, and multiple switches for the lights. I changed a light fixture in one of the rooms just fine that had wiring for both a ceiling fan and a light switch. Just capped the red wire and wired the neutral, ground, and hot wire.

[MartyFunkhouser]

There are a bunch of tutorials on Youtube. I did a lot of sweat equity on my last house and bought a book similar to this to help me get through the wiring.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Wiring-S...B-WS/100085271

I should look at that one. I tried finding youtube tutorials for the mess in this room with no luck. This is the room that when I moved into it they had installed a fixture above the pool table.

They wanted it hanging from the middle of the room where there was not wiring for it. Instead of, you know, wiring it at that spot, they just pulled wrapped the wiring around the actual fixture and then attached it to the ceiling with hooks.

I had another light that I replaced. It was in the bathroom. In the bathroom there was a light on the ceiling, lights on the vanity, and a ceiling fan. When I replaced the light on the ceiling, I discovered that it was not connected to any switch, so it was just going to be permanently on. I just went ahead and capped it because there was enough light.

I've basically been spending all my weekends and time away from work doing stuff around the house. I replaced a lot of lights.

[MartyFunkhouser]

If you had asked me before moving in this house, how many doors that house had total inside of it, I would have guessed significantly lower than the number that there actually is in the house. I would have probably guessed about half the amount. I've spent a pretty significant amount of time hanging doors with new hinges and door knobs.

[Bo Diddley]

No switches for a ceiling fan. It is a room that has multiple lights on the ceiling, and multiple switches for the lights. I changed a light fixture in one of the rooms just fine that had wiring for both a ceiling fan and a light switch. Just capped the red wire and wired the neutral, ground, and hot wire.

Kind of sounds like you have a wire that needs to be tied in with your hot wire to provide power to another light fixture.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Kind of sounds like you have a wire that needs to be tied in with your hot wire to provide power to another light fixture.

We had our handyman in the house today. I told him to look at this and try to resolve it. He commented on how weird the wiring was there. I may just have to hire an electrician for this one.

[Bo Diddley]

We had our handyman in the house today. I told him to look at this and try to resolve it. He commented on how weird the wiring was there. I may just have to hire an electrician for this one.

Do you have a volt meter? I'm an "Army trained" electrician, so I understand basic wiring even if I can't see the colors of the wires so good.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Do you have a volt meter? I'm an "Army trained" electrician, so I understand basic wiring even if I can't see the colors of the wires so good.

I don't. All I have is a simple hot wire tester.