We put a trex deck on last year. Advice we got was go with a light color because it will be very hot when in full sun. We got a light grey and it gets very warm but not burning hot and I can walk on it barefoot. If you have 16 inch joists it will be bouncy when you walk on it. We were replacing the entire deck and went with 12 inch spans. Our contractor recommended Trex over other products because Trex backs their product and will replace any defective product-so far we have not had to find out. Very happy with our deck and added a timber wood pellet patio heater and spend almost every night on it when temperature is above 40 degrees and not raining.
No fun at all. Don't envy having that to contend with.
Bummer. I consider 12 wire to be the minimum. Usually I go with 10. When I had the wires buried to the shop I had 4 gauge put in.
Sounds like a pre-buy home inspection would have been well worthwhile.
I had one done because I bought the house sight unseen. It was a very detailed inspection and was far better than what I would have done. Here is an infrared picture of the breaker box with everything turned on.Sounds like a pre-buy home inspection would have been well worthwhile.
I agree 12 gauge should be the minimum, but new homes in FL and NC are currently built with 14 gauge wiring on outlets. New technology breakers are being used now unfortunately as my dryer kept tripping the breaker. I had to separate the neutral and ground inside the dryer. New technology breakers don’t allow appliances to have the neutral and ground lugged together. They are very sensitive to humidity too.
I had one done because I bought the house sight unseen. It was a very detailed inspection and was far better than what I would have done. Here is an infrared picture of the breaker box with everything turned on.
I'm not an electrician -- but I have been known to dabble with it a few times. 14 is for 15 amp, but with as much stuff as we have to plug in today, it doesn't make sense. It might be 'safe' but a few pennies more a foot is well worth the margin. The biggest problem with 10 is that its getting thick and kind of hard to work with.
Sounds like a pre-buy home inspection would have been well worthwhile.
For long runs the bigger wire also helps to keep the voltage up.
DEFINATELY! I drive along US 31 between Indy & South Bend. Every winter around Christmas season there is a family that runs about 500 feet of Christmas lights along a fence line.
Mine was a macula-off detachment, the worst one to have. I’m to the point that I’m no more likely to have another than anyone at their point. Just go in once a year now to get it checked. That eye sees things like you look in a fun house mirror.
I have depth perception problems because of it. My school has covered walkways to get from building to building. I run to the posts on my right side sometimes. When I coaching I video the jumpers and throwers in slow motion to be able to look what they are doing/wrong. Pretty sure I couldn’t drive if they were both this way.Mine is the most common --- and it is bad enough. I'm more or less adapted to it -- but it SUCKS having to use a phone to take pictures of things I need to see then zoomin in and around. It makes being an RV technician a little harder.