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PSA: I had a customer in a 1920s house in Philly last month who insisted their coax outlet was 'just fine' until I showed them the signal loss on my meter.
What's the oldest or most stubborn wiring setup you've had to talk a homeowner into letting you actually fix?
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ivan77420d agoTop Commenter
I used to think old phone wiring was harmless until a 1920s apartment here had a fire scare from it. @mianelson's story about the cloth wiring really drives that home.
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mianelson20d ago
My buddy had a client in a 200 year old Boston row house still using the original cloth wrapped wiring from the 1940s. The insulation was literally crumbling off in his hands, and the guy argued it was "vintage charm." Took showing him a scorch mark on a floor joist from an old short to finally get the okay for a rewire.
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