You are correct, most of the time the wire passes through holes or is stapled to studs and you cannot use it to pull new wire. I wonder though if you have the old knob & tube? Is the wire in pairs or single conductor lines?
Usually you would have to rewire with Romex, an armor clad wire since you cannot fix it to studs as you go along inside the walls. You would have to check with your local authority for proper code. It is a difficult job requiring loads of patience and good knees, you seem to spend all your time crouched in one corner or another fishing cable from and through impossible bays, holes and so on and there is the problem of the old boxes, getting in and out of them or removing them and replacing with new. Usually this is the sort of job you want to do with a major renovation where you can have the walls and ceilings open. Sometimes, if you choose to decorate say with panels to chair rail height you can knock hell out of the lower half of walls and rewire as you replace the lower finish with something new leaving only things like light switches and for sure overhead fixtures. Sometimes though you have access to them overhead which makes that part easier. If this is knob and tube then there is nothing for it but to replace. You can't figure out where that stuff goes and any cut might wipe out everything or might not even be noticed. It is difficult to work with especially since you can't tell where it goes. It is called knob & tube because they drilled holes through things like joists then inserted ceramic tubes with a ball on the end to keep the tube from moving all the way through, they used two part ceramic knobs with a screw through to hold the single wire to the face of studs and joists where we now use staples and connections including 'Y' connections were made with solder and wrapped with tape.Single strands of wire snake all over the place. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. > I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the insulation breaks. > I was hoping that I could new wire to old and pull it throw the wall? I > don't think that will work, because the wire is not in a pipe. > Need suggestion > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: > 27/10/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
