Posted By PanelCrafters on 08/03/2008 6:43 PM
No agenda, just the experience of trying to get the electrical wire to make the turn at a corner in an OSB sip, and.  It took a long time to get it to make the turn, that is the agony or frustration.  On a cement sip you have do cut away the cement and then mix cement to patch the wall. Dry wall is just easy to work with.

I am writing not as a professional builder but a DIY'er.  And for the DIY'er the easiest way to do something is sometimes the cheepest in the long run.  Also,  as a DIY'er we tend to make more mistakes and have to come back and add in or take a way.  Having the trades behind drywall instead of inside the structural wall itself makes sense as it makes for eaiser repaires or remodel.  The one trade that I didn't do was the electrical and I have had to re-do several things that the professional screwed up.  Thank God it was an easy cut away on the drywall and fix the problem and then mud the drywall back in!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This thread was started by a DIY'er so for one DIY'er to another I am giving some advice to make their build go the smoothest in the long run, IN MY MOST HUMBLE OPINION!!!!!!

Posted By cmkavala on 08/03/2008 7:59 PM
Fish wires, that sounds easy as a remodeling job.
Please explain how easy it is to add a switch and/ or receptacle after the drywall is finished?

1-1/2" furring strips not only provide a clear electrical chase for future work, they provide for less sound transmision and additional insulation

Are you saying there is no upcharge to fish wires? and you use more wire because you can't change direction wherever you want  - you have to follow the chases.
Heaven forbid if you want to add a recept. where there is not a chase, then what.....another remodel job?