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.
replacing knob and tube
I’ve been away for a short time – Family.
Returning to addressing the old knob and tube electrical situation in the ceiling of the Carley Brook farmhouse I found that my post on whether or not to replace the knob and tube stirred a number of comments.
My sincere thanks to Sean, Greg, Ron and Kris, and Saple – I agree with your assessment – yes of course I have to replace the knob and tube. As all comments stated — I have access to the electrical now – just get in there and do it as the cost of not could be extremely high.
The situation is this – upon taking down the mess that was the ceiling I discovered that the new wiring installed in the house only went to a certain point. New wiring goes to the various appliances and junction boxes within the kitchen — coming up through the walls however, thats where time stopped. Old knob and tube wiring ran from those new plastic blue boxes through the ceiling to various lights in the ceiling and then through the outside wall to serve the lights on the porch and an adjoining room.
replace that knob and tube wiring
