RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Baldwin
dyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the insulation breaks. I was hoping that I could new wire to old and pull it throw the wall? I don't think that will work, because the wire i

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread Dale Leavens
ne Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: "R & S Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a Ho

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread R & S Enterprises
. Probably depends onn the brand. Ron - Original Message - From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > Ok, > > I was hoping you had a better way than I for rewiring these old

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread Dale Leavens
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > Well Dale I am not sure what you mean by a bayonet fetting. The one that > comes to my mind is the two screws that clamp a semi flat piece of steel > against the back and the two screws are only acce

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread R & S Enterprises
aster wall. Lots of ways to do things and every box may be different in his house. Ron - Original Message - From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House >I have done a lot of that h

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread Trouble
Most of the time when they did cloth wrapped wire it ran in single strand and had the house as ground by way of plumbing pipes on cold water side. Going threw the walls won't be easy or in some places pretty. When I did my dads house. I went with the base board. It was easy to get at and same to

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Tom Fowle
available with decorative covers etc. but i think it is up to your local code whether or not they permit it. The entire building in which I work was redone that way in 1998 even including offices and conference rooms etc. where looks mattered. If the system is that old you'll probably have to rep

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Dale Leavens
k at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: "R & S Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > As one person has mentioned the surface raceway is one solution. Let

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread R & S Enterprises
nifer Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > They are making some attractive conduit for this these days. many people > use it so the wires are not hanging out all over the place when they run &

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Robert J. Moore
Milton I happened to notice your email address at the bottom of the email. Is that Minnesota? or some other state. Only reason I ask is I am not all that far from Rochester Minnasota. just curious. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradi

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread R & S Enterprises
ys in the middle of summer. - Original Message - From: "Milton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. > I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the i

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread R & S Enterprises
28, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > Its been many years since I've seen this but they used a rectangular > conduit > slightly larger than romex to run the wires on the surface of the walls > from > either the baseboard or ceiling to the outlets and

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Jennifer Jackson
They are making some attractive conduit for this these days. many people use it so the wires are not hanging out all over the place when they run them to computers and entertainment centers. I agree it is not the best esthetically for a full rewiring, but then neither is knocking out all the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Dale Leavens
hrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: "Tony Thurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a Ho

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Dale Leavens
at. - Original Message - From: "Milton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House > My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. > I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the insulation breaks. > I was

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Tony Thurman
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Milton Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:26 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the insulation breaks. I was hoping that I could new wi

[BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-28 Thread Milton
My house is a old one, Plaster and clap board. I have colth wrap wire, when I move it the insulation breaks. I was hoping that I could new wire to old and pull it throw the wall? I don't think that will work, because the wire is not in a pipe. Need suggestion To listen to the show archives go