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Old 08-06-2007, 12:09 PM   #9
Kybosh
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From someone who is doing this kind of thing right now I would recommend you have:

Building/Wood-working - Building permit, Mitre saw, hand saw, measuring tape (with stud markings for convenience), bucket o' nails, hilti gun, level, a pad of paper for planning and writing. The biggest advice I have for this stage is that you must always build with the drywall in mind. Make sure that there is always a place to screw the drywall into. If there is a problem, fix it now and save yourself a headache later.

Electrical - electrical permit, spool of wire, hand drill with appropriate drill bits, recepticle and switch boxes, another pad of paper for planning, wire cutters/strippers, screw drivers, plier set. For the electrical you're supposed to get it inspected after running all the wires and tacking them in place but without connecting the switches and outlets. The final inspection is after you connect everything to the fuse box.

Drywall - level, square, sharp utility knife, small hand saw, lots of dry wall screws, hand drill with the dry wall screw bit. Make sure all the screws have a small indentation into the drywall. I only just finished installing the drywall so I haven't got any finishing advice yet.

Good luck.
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