I did a major upgrade/addition to my 1854 (with 1906 addition) house. The
contractor wanted to pull down all the plaster/lath so his electrician could
rewire existing rooms. Hell NO! As a compromise, he wired all the new stuff
and I replaced the existing knob and tube (plus a lot of old or undersize
Romex) with new Romex. Adding outlets, etc. in plaster/lath was a pain so I
only added two outlets to each upstairs bedroom; those rooms are seldom used.
If you haven't done it, there is a huge pile of cement chunks inside those old
walls from the initial scratch coat over the lath. My builder/electrician
installed a new breaker panel so I just left long Romex ends for him to connect
to the new CB box when he got to that point in the job.
There have been numerous recent changes (like AFCI breakers) in the new
code so best review a recent book before any DIY work.
I also added a standby generator; while rewiring was the best time to do
that. My generator transfer switch feeds a 100 amp subpanel for important
loads.
Scott
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> Has anyone had a whole house rewired? That's the project I am most anxious
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> Don Snook
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