Back a while ago I had discovered old knob and tube wiring in the farm house.
When I had opened up the kitchen ceiling to access the source of a leak I revealed the ancient wiring. It looked like it was in pretty good shape – soft and supple after all those years. I rhetorically asked “do I really have to replace it? – Cant I just repair the ceiling and cover it up as if I never had seen it? After all it looked like it was in pretty good condition.”
Comments soon followed that post….. (replace replace replace) each comment echoing the next.
What a job. Replacing the knob and tube is not a pleasurable task by any means but it is a necessary one.
