1. Ceiling fan with light and switch installed in Queen's Room. (Rob had said "not possible.") Casablanca fan has wonderful bright and dimmable light, perfectly stable blades even at high speed.
2. Dedicated 20A 10G isolated ground circuit for master bedroom stereo and TV. GFCI breaker, phase matched to existing bedroom circuit.
3. Previous switched outlet in bedroom now unswitched more useful. So bedroom now has unswitched outlet on each of 4 walls.
4. 3 outlets in Queen's Room have local GFCI protection (separate GFCI breaker on each outlet). They are also now white decora outlets. The fourth outlet had existing GFCI through King's Room circuit. That outlet is now gray with gray plate to remind occupant it is for low power use only. So all outlets in room have GFCI protection from shock.
5. 2 security cameras added to camera system. Cameras watch front access to south side of house, fence, and utility hookup area.
6. New bathroom fan motor installed.
7. Four 15A circuits (14g wire) in house had 20A breakers. They have been replaced with 15A breakers. Two of the wires were burnt. I'm thinking there is at least one more circuit that needs breakers downgraded to match wire used. The home builder Rayco created a fire hazard by using wire too small for their alleged 20A circuits.
8. New outlets added to hall and garage near rain bird controller. Existing outlet in garage fixed, put into box standing out from wall and GFCI added.
9. Numerous faults were found in Rob's wiring of Queen's Room wall. He put boxes in wall without access covers. Inside the boxes, wires were held together with nuts but not twisted. Wire connecting 120V AC for doorbell transformer was connected in wall with no box (wire nutted connection tossed in wall). All these faults fixed, and electrical boxes moved into attic to meet code but not interfere with soundproof wall.
10. 6 feet of soundproof wall, with Whisper Clips and 25g metal channels hold 3 layers of 5/8 sheetrock damped with Green Glue and sealed with Green Glue Acoustic sealant. This is above and beyond the construction in all but the most expensive home theater rooms. Measurement of deep bass has gone from being louder than horrible loud resonances in outside hallway (even after 2 layers of 5/8 with Green Glue inside Queen's Room) to quietest room in house, 45 Hz attenuated by 18 dB, on top of the previous improvement. It is now possible to listen to Bass Ecstasy at satisfying level in living room without occupant of Queen's Room developing hernia as would have happened before. A tolerant occupant could ignore just about anything I play now. This actually is a miracle, and I'll tell the story in another post. Cool rounded edge of new wall assembly makes hallway appearance look like custom home. Six tubes of Green Glue used but there was absolutely no VOC, no smell in my house whatever.
11. Future plans for household network wiring and hallway remodeling discussed. I may have new remodeling work done by Tom's son. I may install whole house networking next month when wires arrive. Thinking about getting sound proof door.
2. Dedicated 20A 10G isolated ground circuit for master bedroom stereo and TV. GFCI breaker, phase matched to existing bedroom circuit.
3. Previous switched outlet in bedroom now unswitched more useful. So bedroom now has unswitched outlet on each of 4 walls.
4. 3 outlets in Queen's Room have local GFCI protection (separate GFCI breaker on each outlet). They are also now white decora outlets. The fourth outlet had existing GFCI through King's Room circuit. That outlet is now gray with gray plate to remind occupant it is for low power use only. So all outlets in room have GFCI protection from shock.
5. 2 security cameras added to camera system. Cameras watch front access to south side of house, fence, and utility hookup area.
6. New bathroom fan motor installed.
7. Four 15A circuits (14g wire) in house had 20A breakers. They have been replaced with 15A breakers. Two of the wires were burnt. I'm thinking there is at least one more circuit that needs breakers downgraded to match wire used. The home builder Rayco created a fire hazard by using wire too small for their alleged 20A circuits.
8. New outlets added to hall and garage near rain bird controller. Existing outlet in garage fixed, put into box standing out from wall and GFCI added.
9. Numerous faults were found in Rob's wiring of Queen's Room wall. He put boxes in wall without access covers. Inside the boxes, wires were held together with nuts but not twisted. Wire connecting 120V AC for doorbell transformer was connected in wall with no box (wire nutted connection tossed in wall). All these faults fixed, and electrical boxes moved into attic to meet code but not interfere with soundproof wall.
10. 6 feet of soundproof wall, with Whisper Clips and 25g metal channels hold 3 layers of 5/8 sheetrock damped with Green Glue and sealed with Green Glue Acoustic sealant. This is above and beyond the construction in all but the most expensive home theater rooms. Measurement of deep bass has gone from being louder than horrible loud resonances in outside hallway (even after 2 layers of 5/8 with Green Glue inside Queen's Room) to quietest room in house, 45 Hz attenuated by 18 dB, on top of the previous improvement. It is now possible to listen to Bass Ecstasy at satisfying level in living room without occupant of Queen's Room developing hernia as would have happened before. A tolerant occupant could ignore just about anything I play now. This actually is a miracle, and I'll tell the story in another post. Cool rounded edge of new wall assembly makes hallway appearance look like custom home. Six tubes of Green Glue used but there was absolutely no VOC, no smell in my house whatever.
11. Future plans for household network wiring and hallway remodeling discussed. I may have new remodeling work done by Tom's son. I may install whole house networking next month when wires arrive. Thinking about getting sound proof door.
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