Remember when a full rewire meant crawling through a real crawl space?

Had a job in an old part of town about five years back, a house built in the 1920s. The customer wanted cable in every room, which meant fishing lines through walls with zero existing runs. Spent three whole days just mapping it out and cutting access holes. What made it good was the homeowner, an older guy who used to be a carpenter. He knew exactly where every stud and fire block was from his own remodel, saved me hours of guessing. We got the whole place done, eight drops total, without a single major snag. Anyone else miss those jobs where the customer actually knew their own house?

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eva_moore15d ago

Man, you hit the nail on the head. Is there anything better than a homeowner who actually knows the bones of their place? I had a similar thing with an old farmhouse, lady had all the original blueprints in a tube. She could point right to where the old chimney chase was closed up, gave us a perfect path to the second floor. It turned a nightmare job into something almost easy. Those jobs are so rare now, everyone just seems to live in the house without knowing how it works.

cameronm4715d ago

Honestly that kind of homeowner knowledge is pure gold.

ruby_wright15d ago

Yeah, the original blueprints thing is a game changer. My neighbor found a stack of old receipts and repair notes from the 50s in his attic, stuffed in a coffee can. It showed where they'd already replaced the main sewer line once, saved him a ton of digging last spring.