Well Dale I am not sure what you mean by a bayonet fetting. The one that comes to my mind is the two screws that clamp a semi flat piece of steel against the back and the two screws are only accessible from outside the box. The fitting then fits into a 1/2 inch knock out and is held in with a locknut. Some times you can snake a slim screwdriver along side the box, but not if the screws are away from you. Last resort pry the box away from the stud slightly and saw the nails off with a sawsall,metal cutting jigsaw or a hand hacksaw blade and remove the box from the wall. They can be reused by drilling holes in the side of the box next to the stud and installing a couple of screws. Code doesn't reqquire stapling to the stud when fishing in voids. And as someone said this is nothing but hot dirty nasty work. By the way if it was done correct originally only one lath was totally cut out the one at the and bottom was only notched or at least if it was installed after the lath. Of course if the lath was installed after the wire and box anything could have been done. I guess the notched lath was more for a new box being installed in an existing lath and plaster wall. Lots of ways to do things and every box may be different in his house. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House
>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: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > 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: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >> 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? 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