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LOL if your house was built after ~2013
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:21 AM Author: white racy pit ape the people who built it took a lot of shortcuts and it may just collapse at any moment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647020) |
Date: May 9th, 2024 12:23 AM Author: awkward temple indirect expression my house was built in 1924 and nothing is sealed adequately and it is drafty as hell in winter, impossible to cool in the summer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647023) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:28 AM Author: white racy pit ape it will stand for another 200 years though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647030) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:30 AM Author: awkward temple indirect expression if you are proactive about termites and other decay, probably. old houses feel so much more solid than flimsy prefab (((modern))) slop construction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647034) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:41 AM Author: mind-boggling lettuce At least around here a lot of them are built with 3x5’s instead of 2x4’s - and the wood is old growth so it’s sturdier and less susceptible to termites. Even the nails are better/stronger IME.
If you gut out all the old K&T and replace the plumbing you are good to go for another 100 years. I’d buy a shell of a house built between 1880-1920 and remodel it rather than a new build in most cases, but that’s just me. |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:43 AM Author: thriller twinkling abode boiling water knob and tube wiring is actually a lot easier to work on/modify than modern stuff. we need someone to develop a modern knob and tube system with less fire risk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647042) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:57 AM Author: mind-boggling lettuce Never worked on it aside from demo’ing it out - but when I opened up a ceiling I saw it bare in a few places and it did fine for 30-50 years I’m guessing - also kind of wonder how the insulation got stripped. Or was it always bare in some places? Mine was insulated with what looks like a fabric soaked in pitch. The porcelain knobs and tubes are freaking razor sharp if you break them too.
Hardest part of the demo was taking the fuse box out - just because it was lined with asbestos - I wet it down and put spray foam on it and then wet it down again and grabbed the foam - all the asbestos peeled right off. Double bagged it and sent it to the dump.
I think probably 80% of the KT is out now.
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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:13 AM Author: Poppy vivacious parlor incredibly prole goy mr fix it lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647257) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:24 AM Author: cracking office Mice eat the cloth or it burns off from heat cycles or it just degrades. It’s rarely a problem unless someone decides to insulate the space around the wire. Aluminum wire is worse.
With lights if you use LED it’s so low current the risk is a lot less. |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:43 PM Author: mind-boggling lettuce Damn I never thought about that. One of the first things I did was replace all the lights with LED’s - glad I did. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648156) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:43 PM Author: big hospital circlehead aluminum wire is fine as long as its large gauge aluminum wire. the problems with aluminum wire came from using 10-14awg aluminum wire in the 70s for lighting and outlet circuits. running 1-1-1-3 or 2/0 SER in aluminum to a subpanel is nbd. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648767) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 5:36 PM Author: thriller twinkling abode boiling water the knobs are supposed to be tempered ceramic, and if you can pull them off intact, they make very good insulators for other purposes, too. some become kind of brittle over time, depending on conditions in which they are operating, but the material itself from the first half of the 20th century was often quite good, especially by modern standards. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47649067) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 7:58 AM Author: cracking office Conduit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647238) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:49 PM Author: big hospital circlehead lol what
modern electrical is insanely easy to work on or modify and is significantly less time consuming than K&T
no, hold on, let me place and hand-wind/insulate wires over a series of porcelain knobs and tubes across an open wall instead of just running a single 12/2 romex cable and calling it a day |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:46 AM Author: awkward temple indirect expression cr.
see: The Money Pit w/ Tom Hanks |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:35 AM Author: mildly autistic liquid oxygen that sucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647037) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:44 AM Author: Cerise rigpig nigger (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647045) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:44 AM Author: Cerise rigpig they're minecraft buildings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647044) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:40 AM Author: red sneaky criminal stage Jokes on them, my house was built in 2012 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647133) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 7:59 AM Author: pea-brained home associate yea as if the pre 2013 drywall kike construction was much better. its funny ameriturds dont even realize how TTT construction is in US
in vietnam high rise lux apt it was pure concrete walls, i wasnt even use to this shit, in US u cld stick ur cock into a wall and a hole will form. when i tried to ram my chocobar into the viet wall it furking hurt |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:00 AM Author: Flirting indigo dragon gaming laptop You mean after ~1979 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647242) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:01 AM Author: cracking office More like 1929 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647243) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:02 AM Author: Flirting indigo dragon gaming laptop yeah I was being generous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47647244) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:57 PM Author: Azure School Cafeteria Marketing Idea You suck imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648800) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 5:40 PM Author: cordovan state (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47649077) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:15 PM Author: Free-loading stubborn area windowlicker I just bought a new build that I watched being built from the ground up from a production builder in a new development. Behind the wall construction was good but finish work was whatever.
We bought the home stock and are doing a complete remodel with our own contractor but even he has commented that all the behind the wall construction is solid which has been my experience as well.
It shares one wall with the adjacent neighbor and if I'm outside walking by I can hear his dog barking but inside our place it's completely silent. Even sound between levels is minimal compared to our prior condo which was built in the 80s with standard 2x4 construction and copper tubing which was all developing pin holes throughout the building.
With that said, we had a fairly reputable production builder. I've heard tons of horror stories from other production builds though so yeah I would never trust it if I hadn't watched it being built from ground up and chiming in anytime something was half assed. |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:37 PM Author: cracking office Define solid? 2x6 white wood low grade and 1/2in Chinese drywall? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648743) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:48 PM Author: Crawly yellow skinny woman indian lodge if your house was built after 1950 you're fairly prole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648774) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 3:59 PM Author: vibrant bawdyhouse selfie My house was built in 1996, a big builder in the area built it for his daughter. It is staggering the amount of cheap materials that he used and 30 years later I find myself spending far more that I would like to replace things (HVAC systems, doors, decks, windows, etc.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47648808) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 5:31 PM Author: Curious nibblets My house was built in 1900 and is on the local hs girls XC training loop. Rate me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47649059) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:37 PM Author: provocative umber scourge upon the earth electric furnace LOL at me in my pre-war Emery Roth co-op. Damn, I'm such a prole! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526702&forum_id=2#47649536) |