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July 30, 2007
Upgrading the electrical
What's the fastest, cheapest way to rewire an entire 20 x 36 brickstone without going into the walls? How much would that cost?
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you are out of your mind. I guess you could cover the walls with metal conduits and make your house look like a Chinese Shirt factory with all those metal tubes running on your walls and across your ceilings.
Gross
Posted by: Anonymous at July 30, 2007 12:35 PM
I don't understand, if you don't want to go into the walls, where will the wires be?
Posted by: Amy at July 30, 2007 1:14 PM
As the foist poster said - in metal pipe along the walls. Works OK in a loft but looks terrible in pre-war/brownstone. I understand not being able to afford upgraded electric (been there myself) but running it outside the walls will be a regret.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 30, 2007 1:33 PM
Actually, if you take "walls" literally, you can do almost all of the wiring in the joists (ceiling, floor). Then you only have a short wall run to outlets, and a longer run to each switch
Posted by: anon at July 30, 2007 2:34 PM
It's also common to run conduits up the exterior of the building. Maybe they run extension cords from there. Really adds to the curb appeal.
You own it; you destroy it anyway you want.
Posted by: tom at July 30, 2007 4:40 PM
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