@willashbaby it's worked out to about 2/3 of the house will need rewired, mostly in the basement & crawlspace. We think that sometime between when the house was built in 71 and when we bought it the former owner (person who built it) decided to DIY install an industrial panel that we know he got from a construction/work project at a school. In doing so, he jacked some stuff up. Stupid little stuff, like junction boxes without protective covers around the holes and entirely too many wires in them. We knew about the panel and had an electrician check it out before we actually bought the place hoping he would say it needed to be updated. Unfortunately he declared it "safe and serviceable" so we didn't have any real justification to insist.
@autumn87654321 unfortunately if we hired an electrician it would be insanely expensive. Luckily hubs has the skill to fix it and make it safe (he's an industrial mechanic with electrical training). The tasks are in his scope but the volume of work is a nightmare and the materials aren't going to be cheap. Plus, we're looking at multiple days without power to the house so that's a whole different mess. Part of the problem is that he will really need a second set of hands with some common sense and basic skills just to save time on trips up and down stairs or in and out of the crawlspace. Without that, the time it will take him could triple 😔
We did reach out to the inspector. He said he saw the box we originally asked about but there was "no code violation" so he didn't note it. We don't believe him and there are other things we've found that are almost certainly code violations but honestly, if we did try to hold him accountable for negligence it would probably mean months of legal disputes and attorney fees and who knows what else for a resolution that wouldn't quite cut it. PLUS, we wouldn't be able to fix anything until it was solved which means us, our two boys, and the baby on the way living with a/multiple possible fire hazards.
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Re: Twatwaffle Tuesday 8/25/20
Seriously, I'm working very hard to stifle the urge to vomit. It's so bad. 😔
@autumn87654321 unfortunately if we hired an electrician it would be insanely expensive. Luckily hubs has the skill to fix it and make it safe (he's an industrial mechanic with electrical training). The tasks are in his scope but the volume of work is a nightmare and the materials aren't going to be cheap. Plus, we're looking at multiple days without power to the house so that's a whole different mess. Part of the problem is that he will really need a second set of hands with some common sense and basic skills just to save time on trips up and down stairs or in and out of the crawlspace. Without that, the time it will take him could triple 😔
We did reach out to the inspector. He said he saw the box we originally asked about but there was "no code violation" so he didn't note it. We don't believe him and there are other things we've found that are almost certainly code violations but honestly, if we did try to hold him accountable for negligence it would probably mean months of legal disputes and attorney fees and who knows what else for a resolution that wouldn't quite cut it. PLUS, we wouldn't be able to fix anything until it was solved which means us, our two boys, and the baby on the way living with a/multiple possible fire hazards.
It's just a shit show.