God damnit. I thought I got all the old wires in my house.
Scared the shit out the wife with the kid in the tub when it blew 🤣
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Had a new fixture in my house blow from previous owner. Wires were old and shorted through the fixture. Some new types of breakers can help with this but fortunately there isn’t that much flammable stuff in the ceiling.
Engineering of old and new is amazing! When accomplished correctly, no one ever gets too hurt.
When I rewired the rest of the house we pulled the switch plate and found new wires. So we ASSumed the previous owner replace when they remodled the bath. I was wrong
What’s required to get a house totally right is ridiculous relative to incomes and free time.
As much as the older generations brag about fixing up their houses themselves, I’ve seen enough to know that they really sucked at it. We have YouTube, but they had money and time.
I agree. I would have to rent if it wasn't for YouTube. Knowing people who know things helps a lot also
Time is the factor
People will put stick on vinyl to old hardwood that they ruined. When the vinyl plank comes up because they didn’t even clean the floor, they’ll just put carpet over that 😂.
Yeah, some of my walls have news paper in them. Could of sucked B.D.D.
My house sold brand new in 1960-62 for $17,000 to a guy making about $6,000/year.
Paid about $250,000 in 2020.
They kept up with so little. One example. I could not lock up the house. There was one door to the exterior that could not be locked. At any time, you could just walk in the house.
It’s in metro Detroit.
I have so much old 2 wire Romex I need to replace… 95% of the house… need to upgrade the box & upgrade to 200 amp service. 😢
So much work
I'm glad i did it years ago. Slowly, then we had a kitchen fire. While they were fixing that, we went in and rewired the rest of the house since it was a mess anyway
When I was younger my dad did some stuff… 60 amp to 100 amp, took out the old screw in fuse box for a breaker box, added some 3 wire for gfi stuff near water, but never replaced any of the old 2 wire…
Turns out just shitty craftsmanship. Wires were fine, loose wire nuts caused it to short over time. Atlease it was an easy fix only $35ish for the new fixture
