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In this video, we dive into the essential decisions and steps involved in an electrical rough-in during home construction or renovation. From planning the layout of outlets, switches, and light fixtures to choosing the right wiring and ensuring safety standards, we cover it all. Learn how to make informed decisions that ensure your electrical system is efficient, compliant with codes, and ready for the next phase of construction. Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or working with professionals, understanding the electrical rough-in process is crucial for a smooth, safe, and successful build. Don’t miss these critical tips!
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00:00behind the walls seven critical electrical decisions that will impact your home forever
00:06what you see here right behind me what might look like chaos to you but these wires and their
00:12placement and location will determine how you'll experience your home for many decades to come
00:18i'm moe from marvel homes and in today's video we are at the rough end stage this is the stage
00:24where all the electrical wiring has taken place the mechanical unit but in this video we'll be
00:29focusing on the electrical scope and what you need to know and what most homeowners overlook when
00:35they are working on their electrical plants first before we dive into that you might ask why do i
00:48really want to care about this rough end stage there's three main reasons one once these walls
00:55are closed off it is exponentially expensive to make any changes so make sure you get to walk
01:04through your home with whomever you're going to be building with number two the way these cables or
01:11the switches or the power points or the data points wherever they're going to be positioned they are
01:17going to determine how you use that space and if it's going to impact on your convenience or the type
01:23of furniture that you're going to be purchasing third one we're technically future proofing your
01:30investment by being thoroughly informed and well ahead of the process before it gets built and even
01:38during the build you're future proofed your investment your home and ready to go into the perfect home for
01:46your family decision number one strategic placement of powerpoints and switches so this comes back to
01:52how you are going to be furnishing the place where are things are going to go in the new home and how
01:59would you naturally be putting where you would be putting your devices to charge them so this is more the
02:05positioning the heights and if you have any special furniture that you're going to be purchasing or placing
02:12into the home and having that question in place allows you to go through each space and identify
02:20what you're going to get so for example i've got this wall right here behind me we have a tv unit that's
02:27going directly onto the wall and what that means the tv unit is going to be mounted onto the wall what that
02:34means is that we need to provide a recessed box that recessed box will have a powerpoint as well as a
02:41data cable and a tv cable it's just items like this so that you don't have any cables dangling down and
02:47you're not dealing with extension cords and the like that's the same thing goes with island so kitchen
02:56island in this home we have a usb charger as well as our powerpoint so it could be used for a kitchen
03:03appliance or a guest that comes through and you need to charge a phone or an ipad directly decision number
03:10two circuit planning demand this basically goes to more technical but the idea is if you live in an
03:18old home and if you have anything that trips your power circuit on the outside so the idea here is to
03:27really find out how you're going to be using your kitchen now i'm not talking about the fridge being on
03:33a separate circuit breaker or the appliances we do that automatically here with us at model homes but i'm
03:39more talking about the specific gpos the specific powerpoints into the walls and what are you going
03:46to be connecting to them so for example there is an option of four gang plate that means you can connect
03:53four kitchen appliances now if you're going to connect a kettle or a toaster some of these elements or a
04:00a fry pan some of these elements do require a lot of power and it could lead to a trippage because the way
04:09it works is you have one circuit breaker and an x amount of power points and an x amount of down lights
04:16that connect the one circuit breaker what we want to do here is ask the question are we going to be using
04:24extraordinary appliances are we going to what are we going to be using that place just just by you
04:30having that thought process it allows you to eliminate and identify if there are going to be any issues in
04:37terms of requiring more power demand from certain areas the idea is then you put an extra circuit breaker
04:44to allow for that decision three intuitive switch positioning this is about so in a switch gang you
04:53have an option of one and you can go all the way up to depending on various brands or what you're trying
05:00to integrate in them you can go all the way up to six switches onto the one plate so the trick becomes
05:07here if you go to six you got to remember which switch switches which item so that could area that
05:13could be a bit frustrating yeah you can name them you don't really do it but the idea is intuitively
05:22placing switches to that area you want to control so in this project for example we've allowed three switches
05:29per plate as a maximum rule and that allow them to spread multiple plates for each area that they want
05:36to control and for example in the master bedroom here we've allowed a switch
05:44point at the entry door to light up the room and as well as control the fan but we've also
05:52allowed for a switch point by the bed head so the idea is you can control all the lights as well
05:59as the fan from your bed right next to you without going all the way to the front door which brings me
06:05back into two-way switches and three-way switches that's basically saying from which location you
06:11want to control the same item so with decision number three is about intuitive how you're going to use
06:19this space which it really links to the strategic one which is at decision number one because once
06:25you're thinking about furniture placement this will naturally also flow and it's the same thing with
06:30appliances so they're all kind of connected but it's good that we're spreading them because it gives you
06:35a checklist to go through with whomever you're working with decision number four precise lighting
06:43requirements what i mean by that is not to your standard down lights or lighting a room or an ambient field
06:52where you know you got wall lights or critical or task lighting this is more if for example you're going to have
06:59paintings um hanging onto the walls um are you requiring to put special lighting gimbals
07:05where are they going to be positioned and which wall they are lighting and what is the spec of the light
07:11the other one is chandelier lighting this is very important in terms of their positioning
07:18so what we've done for example i'll show you on this project which was uh none of it is a mistake
07:23but it's fine-tuning what we really want or the final outcome the client is really desiring because
07:29sometimes when you're working just on a set of plans like what you see here is a set of electrical plans
07:35it's off the floor plans of this house it does get a bit scary intimidating uh we do build this together
07:42by going to clipsal consultants and we do work with consultants matter of fact when it comes to
07:50electrical consultants it breaks into three tiers one is you could just get a builder to do it for you
07:58the second one is you go to any retailer well not any but some retailers will have an in-store
08:05electrical consultant you got the third one which is what we use is through clipsal
08:11it's more more detailed more infrastructure related not just about lighting position
08:19and the fourth one is architectural lighting as we go to clipsal it's quite detailed so this plan gets
08:26built together with all the information on it to bring it back to my point of precision lighting
08:31what we want to be able to do for example in this master bedroom we did the positioning of the lights
08:37how high off the wall and how high off the wall off the floor going to be the light by the wall because
08:45there's going to be lights against the wall as you can see from these images and the idea is we want
08:51to be able to put measurements on the plans so that we are getting it as precise as possible so remember
08:58all these electrical plans are a guide when they then become or require precision positioning of lighting
09:06that's the level of information we need to ask does this light need to really be positioned in that point
09:12what is the purpose of that light and what kind of information do we need to put on the plans so
09:17that when it transfers hands the same information gets transferred all the way to every single team
09:22so precision lighting it's basically paintings bedrooms lights anything on the outside
09:31as well as if you're putting them into joineries into vanities inside the drawers because then then
09:39your external supply power point needs to be dropped down with that going too technical what you really
09:45need to ask the question is that do we have any lighting or power points that require specific measurements
09:53there's going to be a corner light just above the bathtub that light needs to drop at a certain level
10:00but we also need to check does that light need to comply is it compliant to be used in wet areas
10:08decision number five entertainment systems so this is the fun stuff again with this process or approach
10:16is things about are we putting a media room what are we putting in that media room are we requiring tvs to
10:24be off the wall the other one is speaker wiring if you are requiring to put any speakers we do not install
10:33the speakers you could install any of them all we need to plan is where the entertainment system going to be
10:40and where are the speakers outlets going to be and mark them onto the plans accordingly to ensure that
10:48all your future requirements are met and you are not requiring to carry out any infrastructure work on your home so pre-wiring is really important for any sound system requirements and if you're putting any tvs onto the walls you need to make sure we capture that detail so that you've done your cable management system
11:10number six external points so external points are anything to do with power security lighting
11:21barbecue swimming pool landscaping so the idea that we've given you all the infrastructure that could be
11:30a provisional point meaning that we just run the conduits and the cable and we finish it in a plastic
11:37uh terminated at a at a point like this image or it can be finished into a full proper power point or a light point depending on what it is that you're trying to achieve
11:49so it's really important to have your landscaping done as well and everything else that need to go with it because you want to make sure
11:57that you the provisions are done by the builder at construction stage so it's not enough to thought planning or thinking about it
12:06number seven which is about future proofing so you might not need an item today or even when you move in
12:14but about the future proofing of for example you might not have an electrical vehicle today you might be buying in the next couple of years
12:24and the idea is can we put the provisions now for you and that's what we do for most of our clients
12:30can you put the provisions now so that when you do get that electric vehicle you do not need to worry about
12:35infrastructure um scope of work to to to connect it nicely and neatly within your brand new home
12:43so future proofing for your ev for your solar panels for your pool barbecue external additional points
12:53or even landscaping because they might not be all installed even when you move into the house
12:58and live in it for a couple of years but down the track you might want to carry out that scope
13:04it's a lot cheaper to have that provision
13:06now during the construction rather than later on to deal with
13:10that's where the marvel home different comes in so these seven critical
13:14decisions that we've just discussed
13:17are basically baked through our detailed process where those detailed electrical plans that i showed
13:23you which might look a bit intimidating but the idea is
13:28we are going through this process with a bit more extensive checklists
13:32than what i've just mentioned in this video and the idea is to ensure that we extract all the
13:40information as much data and if there is an oversight we also try and capture it through the site walk
13:47through to ensure that your forever family home is built correctly from the first go
13:52hopefully that video was beneficial and we'll see you on the next one
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