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Couple Relocates Entire Bathroom Together (PT.2) | DRYWALL, ELECTRICAL & TILE

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Broomstick
  • Cordless Drill
  • Fish Tape / Guide Wire
  • Headlamp
  • Old Work Box
  • Pencil
  • Screwdriver
  • Tape Measure
  • Utility Knife
  • Electrical Wire (Romex)

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that has plumbing and drainage walls um a lot of very important pictures the lights that are on right now well the switch is on the other side because this used to be a closet so we need to move that switch to this side because typically the switches are as soon as you walk in and then the convenient part about moving the toilet here is we have the fan blocked in here but guess where it turns on where the old bathroom used to be we're gonna have to make some boxes here i'm gonna go in the attic we're gonna i'm gonna get my phone i'll call you and when you think i'm in proximity of this cable here i'm just gonna like tap i'm gonna tap i'll call you i'll do i'll do i'll pull a little bit so you'll know all of these are dead wires um and then at least i don't want to put the new cable in i'm gonna drill a hole let me know where it comes out okay i'm too far to the right yeah you need to go just a little bit more so like right here where am i way too far you need to go six inches it's not hot it's hard to breathe yeah it's hard to breathe through this you're nervous trying to walk on the trusses so you don't put your foot through the ceiling oh gosh you're doing like american ninja warrior to like go under trusses what are you going to do with this so this is hot these are hot cables that's power the cables are running here we're to the light so now by putting the cables behind here we're piggybacking and sending power into the new bathroom now we take this this is called an old work box so you don't need to put it towards and secure it into a stud we usually do it's called a new workbox an older box basically means you have an old piece of job here and then these butterflies keep it intact you're gonna use this drill tighten this screw and that screw and it's gonna open those butterflies and press this box again against

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