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.
