Bathroom Project Day 5

Last weekend wasn't as productive as we planned. Electrical work has always made me nervous, but that's really from lack of knowledge. They say if you're exposing old wiring, it's best to replace it while you're at it. So, Saturday was spent planning the electrical circuits and reading up on the how to safely tackle this portion of the project.

There were three circuits to tackle.

1. Remove current bathroom electrical lines from the existing circuit.

2. Install new 20A circuit for bathroom GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) receptacle.

3. Install new 15A circuit for bathroom fan and lights.

First was the existing bathroom circuit, which also had the hallway light and adjacent room receptacles on it. The bathroom is the L-shaped room in the middle of the page. Power goes from the circuit panel to a switch/recepticle in the bathroom, then to the hallway light & receptacle and then to the adjacent room recepticles. Also found that this circuit has the basement laundry room light on it. Random.

To remove the old bathroom wiring from the circuit, I removed the old receptacle box and switch and light fixture wire. Then, I installed a new junction box to connect power from the panel to the hall light and adjacent room receptacles.
Second phase is new 15A wiring for a new fan, light fixture over the sink and can light over the shower. The lights are on one switch, and the fan is on another.
The third circuit is easy - a 20A GFCI receptacle all by itself!
Last Sunday we had to put our plumbers hats on. We spent all day wrestling drain snakes to battle a clog in our main house drain. After coming -this- close to giving up and calling a pro, we finally figured it out, cleared the clog and saved ourselves a few hundred bucks.