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Comments (1)I love that idea!...See MoreI'm doing things backwards and bought ovens today!
Comments (18)Isn't it fun finding a great deal?! We have been working on our house for a really long time, so I have been buying as we go. I bought our vent-a-hood (showroom model) at a liquidation auction for $46, and the next day found our range on craigslist. We also found our SS apron front sink, brand new, on CL for about a fourth of retail price! Last week, I stopped at a garage sale, and found french doors for our future office for $40, again brand new, AND they match the stain on our other doors almost spot on! Unfortunately, we went looking at slabs today, hoping to find something cheaper than soapstone, and I found the perfect granite. Of course it is even MORE expensive, but it is SO cool! Your baker's table is so neat-I can't wait to see pics of your kitchen as it comes together....See Morewiring backwards in basement, fix it???
Comments (12)I'm with bus_driver on this one, although I'm going to say something he didn't and he may not agree with. Living in rural Maine and working on a good number of 150+ year old houses up here, many with knob&tube wiring that all looks the same, three-prong outlets that aren't really grounded to anything (well, sometimes each other...), devices that come out of the wall, box-and-all, on a whim, etc., I would say that "all of the wires are the wrong color" is probably one of the least, most relatively-meaningless errors. If neutral is neutral all the way through, same with ground, then it's neither a fire hazard nor a shock hazard to the end user. Electricity itself doesn't care what color the wire insulation happens to be. As far as people who might work on it in the future... when someone opens up an outlet and finds a white wire on a hot screw, yet the outlet tests as wired correctly, the smart ones will know what's going on, while the stupid ones #1 shouldn't be in there, and #2 probably don't know, confidently, the correct color code anyway. I, personally, would fix it if a time came that I had to work on that circuit anyway. I wouldn't make a priority out of it. I suppose, with my OCD, sooner or later seeing that one black wire on the neutral bar would eventually irritate me enough that I'd have to do something....See MoreBackward shower valve?
Comments (6)Yes, I was just thinking about that as a possibility. The bathroom is over the garage, and I can probably trace the pipes to see which lines they come from as it has a suspended ceiling. (another project, sheetrocking the ceiling, sigh). The bathroom tile was done at least 15 years ago, possibly longer so the fixture has been there for a while. Someone may have messed with the plumbing in the garage. Weird....See MoreRelated Professionals
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