Ok, I was hoping you had a better way than I for rewiring these old houses. I thought maybe you had a method of getting new wire into old fixtures which did not require removing them, I sure haven't figured a way. Even installing new stuff into old plaster & lath sucks and is why I haven't yet installed the last of my smoke alarms.
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: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > 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: <[email protected]> > 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: <[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? 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