replacement of knob and tube wiring<\/a>\u00a0and will gladly inspect your home for safety.<\/p>\nThe Move Away from Knob and Tube Wiring
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In the 1880\u2019s when electricity found its way into homes, there was only the need to provide lighting, and knob and tube was an easy solution.<\/p>\n
It was the cheapest solution, and as a result, continued to be the chosen method of wiring a home well into the 1940\u2019s. The alternative included the more expensive use of conduits, metal junction boxes, and armored cables. Around this time, standards for wiring emerged and soon wire insulated with plastic came into the mainstream and brought expenses down, and speed of installation. Knob and tube installations, as a result, fell out of existence.<\/p>\n
Why Knob and Tube Wiring Should Be Removed
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The reasons are many but begin with the insulation around the wires. Rubber decays and exposes the wires while plastic does not and is thus far superior for insulating wires.<\/p>\n
Knob and tube wiring is also not grounded. You may have noticed the outlets in old houses as having only two slots for plugs \u2013 the third, the round one commonly found today, is the ground wire. The lack of grounding, in the event of a power surge, can cause a dangerous situation such as a fire.<\/p>\n
And yet another reason knob and tube wiring should be replaced is because it simply can\u2019t handle the requirements of a modern home. 1880 to 1940 saw lights, fans, a refrigerator maybe. Today\u2019s homes have all that plus washers, dryers, stoves, tv\u2019s, computers, hair dryers, VCR\u2019s and much more.<\/p>\n
We are go-to experts for knob and tube replacements and will gladly evaluate your home for safety as well as for knob and tube replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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