I have done a lot of that here, mostly though I was able to open a wall and recover it with drywall. Cutting plaster & lath is hard to do without making a mess of it and it destroys saws.
I would like to know though how you pull cable into an existing box. The old ones usually have a sort of bayonet fitting with a pinch screw arrangement into the box and are inaccessible from inside the box. Anyway, a lot of it is just damn hard and dirty work and tough on the hands. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R & S Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > As one person has mentioned the surface raceway is one solution. Let's > look > at traditional methods. Some things to consider. Is there insulation in > the exterior walls? Is the attic accessible? Is this a one story house? > Is there a unfinished basement or workable crawl space? If there is > workable spaces new holes can be drilled and romex ran. You didn't > mention > is there were metal switch and outlet boxees or are the devices mounted to > the lath? Answers to these will allow a better suggestion. > Ron > I remember doing a lot of these old house rewires back in the seventys in > the middle of summer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Milton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:25 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > > 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/
