Project #5: Clean up that juice
Project #5: re-do the wiring in the house and upgrade to 200A service. Most of the house still has the old knob-and-tube wiring ... which is really really outdated. There is some new wiring to a few things, but a lot of new still connects to the old stuff which isn't really a good idea. So, the plan is to start fresh. My brother Jim is coming down tomorrow night (Thurs) and on Friday we will be replacing the electric panel and upgrading to 200A service. When i say "we", i mean he will do it and i will watch/be the gopher. I picked up the permit to do that this morning. After that is done, we will start with rewiring the rest of the house. Saturday, my dad and brother Dave are coming down to help with that. A few of our friends here will most likely be there to help out also. I've not retrofitted wiring before (my dad and brothers have thankfully) so i'm a bit apprehensive. I just hope it goes smoothly because I don't know enough about that stuff to feel comfortable doing much of it myself. Once it is done it will be a vast improvement. The new wiring will be much safer and more efficient (less energy wasted due to losses in the old wire). I also think it will add quite a bit to the house's value to have fully modern electric throughout.Tonight we started prepping for the process. We went through the house deciding which outlets could go, which needed changing, and where we would like to add a few. We also moved the carpet into the dining room to make it easier to work in the mud room. I then headed down to the dungeon and started cleaning up a bit down there to make it more comfortable to work in this weekend. Wow, is it ever dirty, dusty, dingy down there. Lots of random trash too as could be expected. I hope to finish piling the trash in one spot tomorrow night along with finishing sweeping and running the shop vac to suck up all the cobwebs and nastiness. Work has been tough this week so i hope i have time to do some of that tomorrow evening.
posted by Chris and Chrissy Miller @ 11:53 PM
1 Comments:
while not as exciting as a hot tub, it sounds like a very worthwhile/challenging project. i'll look for the pictures next monday.
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