Electrical and Gas Update at RRHQ 2.0

A lot has been happening at RRHQ 2.0 behind the scenes and today's video is an electrical and gas update. As the days get shorter and colder, electrical is necessary for good lighting to work under and gas will be vital to heat my space with the radiant heated floor system. Make sure to subscribe to the channel to follow along with the interior as I continue to work on the electrical and install the radiant heat boiler system with my buddy Eric from ‪@mechanical-hub‬

[@robertdean9392]

Kkyle, everything's looking good at RRHQ !!! You and Greg are doing a bangup job.!!!!

[@damonwhiterfjd4355]

You and Greg are fun to watch! Both great guys doing great work 👌

[@garywomack4450]

Went with Barrina LEDs in my garage. Super easy install, flexible location, linkable but most importantly, super bright. Way better than my original tube fixtures.

[@herbcabral5380]

I built a couple of Aircraft Hangars, and the best lighting I ever used was these used sodium lamps that I purchased and hung, or rather, my electrician hung. Nice lights. Hmmm, maybe they were 3 phase, cant remember, long time ago. Herb

[@sessayan2]

I put some hyper light high bays with defusers in my RV garage which has 20 foot ceilings and they worked great !

[@gr81matt]

I was kinda thinking flush would have been better when you first started talking about it. But seeing it framed in, that looks real nice.

[@TheRooster1122]

RRHQ came out absolutely amazing KYLE..!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@DozIT]

Matt from obsessed garage will get you onto the perfect lighting for the space (but will be very expensive)

[@freddien7]

Good little video Kyle.!! Was watching Ambition Strikes video, and they are doing some building, and mention You and do some of youre tricks with wood.

[@dodgeman4046]

I've done quite a few large spaces and I usually go with more lighting and add dimmers so you can tune the lighting to the situation

[@Only-a-Guess]

If Greg had slipped with that saw when you were installing the gas pipe it would have been a very quick DIY vasectomy 🤣🤣🤣

[@dridinger]

I have a 50x60 with 18ft walls. I used Hyperlite UFO High Bay on Amazon. Theyre pretty bright. I have 12 or so. I did install some side lights to walk around at night without turnign on the bright UFO high bay. I used 150w and you can get 200w.

[@lanceplant29x]

I just built my 30x40 shop 2 years ago. 12’ tall ceilings and we stick framed everything, no metal. And interior done out of OSB. I used a 6” pancake style 1,200 lumen flush mount light. They are cheap and easy to install and put out tons of light. I wanted a flush mount look. I can send picks if you are interested.

[@AndrewTa530]

re lighting: 100% do a collab with obsessed garage.

[@haltetrick]

I’m installing some MaxLite Wallpacks and a shoebox (area light) for exterior. They have some really affordable control options, including for their highbays. May be worth a look. The one thing that will matter with filming is flicker. Most LEDs flicker (Use slo mo on your phone and pan around your space). One company I know of uses T8 retrofits and are flicker free and that is Energy Focus. They designed lights for military submarines. When placing lights, you want to think about where you want light and how it will shadow. They put the lights in the center of the my kitchen. So when I’m cutting on the counter or working at the stove, I shadow my work area making it difficult to see what I’m doing. Hope this helps.

[@jasonweaver2566]

If you are looking for a light less harsh on your eyes, trying going for a little warmer kelvin. Maybe 3500 instead of 5000. Also, generally with lower ceiling we put 6” wafer cans rather than high bays as the light doesn’t have as much time to spread out.

[@stuartstephens]

The online lighting calculators are useful, but for a space like yours I'd go to a local light fixture distributor and work with one of their professionals to figure out what fixtures to use, their lumens/cri/diffusion/etc., the number of fixtures to use, their spacing and so on. As a general rule high bay fixtures are used when the ceiling is around 15' or higher, switch to a conventional type fixture where the ceiling is lower than that. You definitely have different zones that will require different layouts - the main open space, under the mezzanine, and on the mezzanine itself (plus the bath and mechanical rooms, as well as exterior lighting and maybe also exit and emergency lighting - I don't know what's required for your type of building in your area.) I think it's worthwhile to stick with name brands, you can buy fixtures online for less but like anything else you get what you pay for....Lithonia and Columbia are a couple reputable brands but there are others, plus it will depend on who reps for what companies in your area. Your electrician should be able to recommend distributors in your area. Note that you don't necessarily need the same level of lighting throughout the whole space - include some task lighting over the workbench where you want it really bright, but for the rest of the space that's mainly going to be for storage the requirements are much less.

[@tylerbarrett6652]

Rust Bucket Restos just put in shop lighting... hexagonal and soft... within the last couple of weeks. I like those lights... and I thiink Building Jay's Way ended up putting in the same lights I think. Might not be your style... but I liked them in both locations.

[@therealdojj]

Looking forward to problem solving when you thought you planned things out to avoid problems in the first place 👍

[@TheRooster1122]

Diablo Blades for the Win.👍🏼👍🏼

[@katycochran4415]

The heat of the sun will help soften the gaes pipe up😊

[@g1sniper987]

Yay was wondering where the next video was 🎉

[@adubbelde1]

on your outside walls you can run Romeo without puncturing your Air control layer. Instead of using the 3 1/2 or deeper single gang boxes, using 4x4 x1 1/4 boxes with a cover plate. if you have to go vertical through your Girts, slot them and plate them.

[@tommmarree3689]

Coming together rather well Kyle!!!!

[@fr33lancr]

Love the HQ.

[@RRBuildings]

I am loving it as well

[@Z-Bart]

If that's going to be a work bench area, where you were first checking with the light meter, you can always add under cabinets lights. I assume you will have upper cabinets in that area too.

[@markbell6864]

Ask the guys at obsessed garage about your lighting. Matt will get you right for sure.

[@Ty1on3twelve]

This was an early release video by Kyle's normal standards. Happy Saturday and thanks for another RR Buildings video. (#104 today)

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

That electrical panel seems undersized for all the potentially needed circuits in that shop

[@priewekris]

Talk to Matt at Obsessed Garage for your lighting. He has done a ton of research on the subject, and knows what you would need for both working and filming in your shop

[@troyfortune4124]

I could live in this shop. My retirement plan is firmly based on building my dream barndo.

[@eduardorivas363]

In my shop I went against my lighting architect and quadrupled the lights but made sure they are on dimmers. I used high bays for 18 foot ceilings. I have 4 circuits with the light circuits being same as lighting architect but the other 3 offset to his design. I normally only use 2 on and eliminate the shadows from equipment. I would next time use lower lumen lights in same locations but only 2 circuits. I do prefer the 4 circuits over the original design. The mess to add more lights after would be more costly and time consuming than the additional cost for my current lighting.

[@threadtales77]

I kinda feel bad that there is going to be big hole in that Beautiful Versetta Stone Siding... but at least its in the back... Also When can we expect the blower door test.... ?

[@jamesa8851]

2‘ x 4‘ LED panels made for drop in ceilings produce a very widespread light and don’t have a hotspot. Some models have adjustable color temperatures so you can decide that later.

[@michaelruiz4074]

The hi bay lights have a switch that you can change most light like the high bay I've install I put those lights at 3500 and it looks good at that setting

[@pmhandymand2012]

Look for indirect light if you want a diffused light

[@BWIL2515]

Looking great Kyle but what's wrong with those old 10 k florescent tubes and all the boxes you end up after a year's changing the tubes and starters and ends and ballast if you can't tell I hated em but I believe no one uses them anymore

[@Steven-v6l]

I used these for my shop: Barrina 8FT LED Shop Light, 100W 15000LM 5000K, CRI=85

[@abeklimas6526]

5:54, same here buddy 😒😒

[@markhickey5610]

Hyperlite had their high bay lights on sale. I bought 4 of them for the shop but I think I’ll need 2 more for the amount of light I want

[@riff2072]

7:10 Don't know how but, Greg had a hand in that.

[@jamesa8851]

It would’ve been interesting to put the door at an angle, going from the corner where the other door is to the exact width that you wanted the other wall to be.

[@handy-remodeler]

❤Atta Boy Kyle/Greg

[@justatim8143]

That is a cheat using the trencher, when I dug mine 75' I used a shovel and dug it out. Mine living hear in Pa. I went over code to almost 4.5' which to me Gas and Water the deeper the better as it will not get hit easy.

[@Hopalong..75]

It's possible the Greg may be a Polymath.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

The problem with the lighting , is that it changes when you're near a window . Time of day , sunny or cloudy , all affect what you see indoors . Wearing a hat definitly helps with the glare , especially when you're extremely light sensitive like myself .

[@TheCoopa87]

Hi Kyle you need to Reach out to Matt from Obsessed Garage (they have a youtube for a collab too) about the lighting.

[@roberthughes2665]

Conduit/BX is only required in pole barns with no finished walls ...right? Your build is the same as a normal house..framing wise.

[@johnscott2076]

Acrosst is not a word

[@kenwanless4533]

Wouldn’t it be easier to run the electrical in conduit on the outside of the myrex? No penetrations.

[@AnarchyEnsues]

Was a heat pump ever considered... Seems like a huge expense going gas over electric

[@marcesw35]

dont foreget the nail plates

[@michaelpuddock1503]

Talk to Matt Mormon at obsessed garage

[@BWIL2515]

Ha I'm in here

[@edwardsosamorales1979]

Disculpe la pregunta solo me gustaría saber, cuanto cobraron

[@LoveGrowsAdam]

Any reason why I couldn't make my own lsl or lvl studs by ripping down sheets and gluing them together with subfloor glue? That would pretty much be the same right?

[@ferky123]

Trenches are just a long hole.

[@johnscott2076]

Isn’t gas supposed to be 36” min depth?

[@RandomPerson-sb5mw]

run the wall at an angle

[@greb3212]

I'll never understand why gas doesn't have the depth requirement that pvc conduit does.....

[@MrSsrt33]

hey look at Cree Lighting LS Series Linear Light Fixtures at 5000k you wont regret it. i have been doing electrical longer than you lol

[@MrSsrt33]

those are cri 90 and proper color for filming

[@dollyhadbraces9361]

18" minimum depth?

[@adamwanderscheid8559]

No header?? Lol jk

[@HHBuildersMN]

First 🙌🏻

[@robertw.1499]

I'm the first 😂

[@Mrhappy555]

The dumbest thing I see people do every time is not allowing for a sufficient mechanical room. So called professionals do exactly what he is doing and fail. People have wide open wasted space for absolutely nothing and screw mechanical up every time. That’s ok we just double charge for stupidity

[@johnscott2076]

I see why you are Mr. Happy 😉

[@brianwashereeeee]

Beat me to commenting about his name

[@2nickles647]

I'm so glad you are sooooo perfect Mr. HAPPY 😁.

[@greggkiest1069]

As i started reading Happy’s comment. I remembered back to my basement project 7 yrs ago and i did the exact same thing congrats to me. Lol