Hi,
The code says drop the garage but I bid based on TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. Why the garage would be excluded is not clear but I have never seen but one garage that did not have lights, recepts etc. As a matter of fact most garages nowadays serve as the mechanical room for equipment like electrical, HVAC and garage door openers.
I read up on ANSI and they include the stairwell and vaulted cielings above 7 foot.
I measured from a drawing the exterior walls because even dead wall space is counted as well as any room that has an outlet.
The shape of the house is not totally square so I broke it up inot sctions that I could figure.
I know that realtors and banks have different methods.
I realized that something was not right by the amount of wire that I already used.
The house had a 200A service already installed.
It is ALL electric with dual 60A heating elements, 40A AC, electric HW and electric range and 240 vac micro, spa, and..there are already over 25 recessed cans and over 20 regular lighting outlets. Another concern is that the service is too small.
3 watts per square foot on lighting alone is 60A.
-regards
Greg
