Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-12 Thread Roy Dubriel
2, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom sounds like the hinges are on the wrong side of the jam. heehee On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, I'm actually moving a switch from behind the door of the > bathroom to jus

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-12 Thread Spiro
sounds like the hinges are on the wrong side of the jam. heehee On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, I'm actually moving a switch from behind the door of the > bathroom to just inside the door where it really should be. How anyone > could have done such a silly thing is beyond me

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-12 Thread Scott Howell
Dan, I think your right. I'll just not mention anything to my wife. grin. On Sep 11, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Dan Rossi wrote: > Scott, > > I doubt that your wife talking with mine would make your wife see the > light. In fact, I think if they talked enough, they might actually > come > up with plan

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Dan Rossi
Scott, I doubt that your wife talking with mine would make your wife see the light. In fact, I think if they talked enough, they might actually come up with plans to do us in. I worried that Teresa was going to take a shovel to the back of my head while I was digging the pit for the basement

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Scott Howell
Dan, you really shouldnt' say things like that. If it were up to me, I'd tear the whole damn basement down to the bare walls and start over. Actually I'd take this split-level and flatten it down to a rancher or build on top of the living room to make a second floor. This would of course me

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Dan Rossi
Oh come on Scott. You know what you have to do. You must rip down the wall and the door, rehab the entire bathroom, re-plumb and rewire it, just the way you want it. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Scott Howell
Ah you take all the fun out of the project. grin Actually, I stuffed a coat hanger in there and discovered by a little further checking that it is the return duct. So, won't be an issue if I can fit the box in there and I just might have enough room. It'll be pretty close to the doorframe,

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Bill Gallik
Please realize that if there is a steel post buried in that wall it is most likely a support for the house. Is this wall located about center in the basement? If so, you can bet that steel post is very much a load bearing one and you need to be careful not to compromise it in any way. --- Holland'

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Scott Howell
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 5:27 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a > bathroom > > Actually moving the door would be a significant problem. THe reason > being is I'd have to either have it swing into the hall, which would > pose issue

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Jennifer Jackson
light switch in a bathroom Actually moving the door would be a significant problem. THe reason being is I'd have to either have it swing into the hall, which would pose issues or if it were to swing the other way into the bathroom, it would open toward the sink and may not quite

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Scott Howell
Actually moving the door would be a significant problem. THe reason being is I'd have to either have it swing into the hall, which would pose issues or if it were to swing the other way into the bathroom, it would open toward the sink and may not quite clear it or if someone was in front of

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-11 Thread Bill Gallik
I'm betting that the original plan was to hang the door so it opened/swung from the opposing frame and for some "who knows why" reason and after the wiring had been completed they realized they had to hang the door as it is now. Otherwise, would it be possible to switch the door instead of moving

RE: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Michael baldwin
door. that seems to be pretty comfortable. Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:30 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Scott Howell
these new holes in > the walls. > - Original Message - > From: Scott Howell > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:30 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom > > Folks, I'm actually moving a switch f

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Bob Kennedy
door will mean going through a few studs to get there. Your wife will love all these new holes in the walls. - Original Message - From: Scott Howell To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:30 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in

Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Tom Fowle
Scott I'd maybe get a small magnet and feel about before hacking into the wall, Hope there are no unexpected pipes running where they shouldn't be Since it's so obviously weird now, who cares what you do if it's safe and works. Tom fowle

RE: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Tom Vos
Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:30 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom Folks, I'm actually moving a sw

[BlindHandyMan] installing a new light switch in a bathroom

2009-09-10 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I'm actually moving a switch from behind the door of the bathroom to just inside the door where it really should be. How anyone could have done such a silly thing is beyond me. Ok, so forget all the reasons, but I know why they installed it behind the door and it really comes down to