Are this many holes normal?
We just had an electrician add two boxes in the ceiling that we can use in the future when we decide to install fixtures. We wanted this done now before we paint. I had no idea they would make so many holes to run the wiring. Initially they said they would plaster everything for an…
We just had an electrician add two boxes in the ceiling that we can use in the future when we decide to install fixtures. We wanted this done now before we paint. I had no idea they would make so many holes to run the wiring. Initially they said they would plaster everything for an extra $100, but our painter said he would do it for that amount and at least it would be done well and he would not have to re-do a poor plaster job by an electrician. I’ve posted some pictures of all the holes on our blog — Can all you experts on this forum tell me if this looks normal to you? We’re new to this so we have no idea. http://home7a.blogspot.com/2007/07/thats-lot-of-holes.html
It’s totally normal. As posted above, what you are seeing is that every 16 or so you have a joist, so he had to make a new hole to navigate through each one.
In my opinion, your electrician did a very neat and clean job. I’ve seen much worse and he/she left you small enough holes that they can be patched relatively easy.
Thanks so much for the reassurance, everyone! It is so good to hear that this is indeed typical. As we had no idea what to expect, we were a little surprised that so many holes were necessary but it makes perfect sense. Thanks again. This forum has been very helpful!
Looks perfectly normal, though I can imagine how distressing it is to see… don’t worry after the holes are filled patched and painted you won’t even notice them.
Yes, this looks normal to me too. in fact, it looks to be a clean, neat job. Once you have the holes plastered, you will forget about it. Good luck.
This looks pretty normal to me. Sometimes they can get away with a hole every other beam/stud, but with BX that means taking longer to do the work.
In my house the holes tend to be bigger, but that’s because we have plaster, not drywall, and the lathe needs to be cut at the beams/studs so that new lathe can be affixed in it’s place.
seems normal – like he had to run it across beams