Ken Nowicki on fri 24 sep 04
Make that a good contractor... period.
Today... day 'six' of having my electricians attack and rewire the incredible
mess (major RAT'S NEST) of wires, cables, etc. in the 'boiler room' of my
basement. This is all in pre-prep for the wiring of the new hybrid L&L to be
installed.
This old Victorian lady is about a century old now, if you could see the way
things have been wired... through all the modifications, remodels, and
who-knows-what-kind-of-idiot-doing-the-work has done over the years... it'd probably
make a Fire Marshall pee in his pants. My electrician stood in amazement, the
first time he looked at the inside of this room in my basement. He mostly
works in NYC, large commercial jobs. He said and I quote "I'd NEVER be able to get
away with this shit in the city! How this stuff passed for inspection is
beyond me!" He stood there staring... wires and cables stapled every which way,
hanging down everywhere underneath the joists, all kinds of screw ups right at
the main electrical 200 Amp panel too, everything bunched together, packed
tight... a total mess.
I was lucky that he even offered to correct it all and get it cleaned up
right. I don't think most electricians would have even wanted to get in bed on
this one. Of course, this doesn't come cheap... but it needed to be done... if
anything else, just from a safety standpoint.
His crew had to trace each wire, one by one... assess it... disconnect it...
drill holes through the joists and pull reinstall/replace every wire...one
painstaking wire at a time. Tedious work... time consuming and tedious. They are
getting everything above the ceiling though... clean... (the way it should
have been done in the first place)... of course, fixing unexpected screw ups left
by other along the way.
Two Russian fellows... know their sh*t too. All neat and tidy now... in
fact... just looking at the main panel now makes my nipples hard... ::::argghh
argghhh arghhh:::: (
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