Mark the electrician has been here for five minutes and he’s already said “well that’s…weird” twice from the other room and frankly I’m afraid to ask.
It’s not good when skilled tradesman are standing in the middle of your room pinching the bridge if their nose, is it?
Mark just referred to the wiring in our bedroom as “creative” and “interesting”.
This is fine.
And now he’s taking apart the ceiling. I’m not worried, are any of you worried? I’m not, haha, it’s not like this house was previously owned by someone who would do something stupid like try to wire their house themselves…or store tins of varnish under the furnace behind a secret alcove…
Ha ha…
Ha.
Hm.
Fuck.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE’S NO NEUTRAL WIRES??!?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S GROUNDED INTO THE SCREWS HOLDING UP THE CEILING LIGHT???!?!!
I want to know more about this house
Ahh, it’s only money …
Seriously, having owned a few 60+ year old homes, it’s never simple to fix anything because even if what was done was ok under the building codes at the time it was installed … it’s probably not any longer. I once bought a house with a “computer bedroom” – I realized when it was inspected pre-purchase it was the only room besides the kitchen (ALL the major appliances in the house – stove, fridge, water heater, washer & drier – lived in the kitchen) where the sockets were properly grounded, so it was the only room the previous owner plugged in his electronics.
Look at it this way – your house hasn’t burned down yet. Now that you KNOW, of course, ya gotta make things safe®.
The Creative House Renovations! I bought a house in Toronto… it had a nicely drywalled basement. EVERY light socket, outlet, switch, EVERYTHING was dry walled in. The flushing mechanism in the toilet tank was held together with a string. The living room was freshly painted white, AROUND the furniture. Oh, the memories!
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