[Striper66]

Been helping out my wife's nephew get the rental unit he owns ready to sell. Installed new stairs and railings and did some other trim work to get him out of the jam his "buddy" left him in. Still have to make custom nosings to go from the laminate. They laid it over ceramic tile so stock nosings are not thick enough.

Here's a before of the upper stairs ripped out ready for new risers and treads.
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Here's the finished product.
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Beautiful work!

 

[Striper66]

Agree 100% That is a huge help but as I age I find I am paying for more vs never paying for anything
Like changing the oil and filter in my truck my bud with the shop charges me 25 bucks I will be dammed if I am crawling under the truck for that and even changing the winter tires on rims he charges 20 bucks not worth my time or my back Now putting in the heat pump I did it for 1/2 of what they wanted so big saving there How much did we save by fixing that old washer that is still running fine with it's soldered contacts at least 1000 for a new one How many nuts would have done that Problem with electrical ,plumbing etc now all good unless it has to be inspected then you cannot do

Aint that the truth i wouldnt even consider crawling under a vehicle now to change the oil but used to 15 yrs ago.
You can do all the electrical hvac and plumbing you want without a licence as long as nothing happens if it does lookout insurance will be looking for paperwork.Never understood why carpenters dont have to be a certified trade but still get government inspections.

 

[Striper66]

Well a bit of fun the last few days. While remodeling the kitchen and installing a new range hood my power started acting a bit funny upon turning the main breaker back on. I never just shut off individual breakers when working on stuff, always the main just in case. We first noticed it when the wife went to her sewing room and the sewing machine would not run, two bedrooms had not enough power to illuminate the lights. My kitchen out lets were dead, some out lets could not even run my drill. Being Sunday we were on our own. Found a couple outlets powered to run the fridge and freezer but shut every thing else off just in case. Got a hold of an electrician yesterday and they found my main inlet (main power breaker had failed, 240 coming in had dropped anywheres from 0 to 120 volts to the panel. Knowing how things keep changing it looked like a complete panel change for us as this is no longer interchangeable on the newer panels. They had to get NSP to disconnect/ connect. Was lucky that they were able to find an old panel that they could transfer the breaker system out off. Guess this is something that occasionally happen. Now waiting for the bill. This remodeling is getting expensive 😀

Take all load off the panel(turn off all branch circuits)before opening the main if you havent been doing it already

 

[Striper66]

New one on me and have no idea on that approach Maybe rembolt can shed some light on this what we should be doing

Good practice and safety reasons also by turning off all your branch circuits there will be no load across the incoming phases hooked to your main breaker when its opened or closed.

 

[Striper66]

Theory is based on 35yrs in the trade

 

[Striper66]

Wow, good to know. Didn't do much for answering the questions that I asked, though.

The main reason is safety you should always try to disconnect loads working your way back to the source. For example leaving everything plugged in/turned on increases arc potential when opening and closing switches or breakers.So it is better to work your way from the loads back to the source if needing to turn a main breaker to the off position.Hope this helps☺

 

[Striper66]

Sometimes these breakers will fail when the internal contacts will arc(switching under load)or corrode over time or possibly just mechanical failure of the breaker itself.Correct a permit is required and nsp would have to do a disconnect/reconnect because the line from the meter to the main breaker is live.

 

[Striper66]

Sorry got more info they pop the meter first and don't care about the seal Does that do it ?? says by the time they get a notice at NS power they are done and all is back to normal I have no idea but leave it to a caper and please not recommending this for anyone
Do it the proper way and call for a disconnect

Its a criminal offence to cut nsp tag and remove the meter its theirs they own it.

 

[Striper66]

pm sent

Was thinking its up to $1000 dollar fine/time in jail but still a slap on the wrist.On the generlink topic quite certain everything has to be put through nsp as the transfer switch is part of the meterbase.However i am not certain on that as ive never installed one.