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Old 06-22-2007, 09:34 AM   #1
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Default The house from HELL!
There was not one box or fixture in this house that was not wrong/illegal/dangerous. I am totally serious.
This is a sample of the over 50 pis I have.
The work in this house was literally criminal!








Yes. That is old BX entering the box.
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Old 06-22-2007, 09:34 AM   #2
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Yup. That's CATV.


Halo mono-point.




That is a zip cord going to a puck light transformer. The puck lights were being used as recessed lights, and of course the transformer was totally buried.
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Old 06-22-2007, 09:38 AM   #3
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Water bond. Two #12's twisted.




A 3-way dimmer, and a receptacle. BOTH worked!
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Old 06-22-2007, 12:09 PM   #4
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Do not walk away from this RUN, because I doubt they have deep enough pockets to fix all these discrepancies.
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Old 06-22-2007, 01:16 PM   #5
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Do not walk away from this RUN, because I doubt they have deep enough pockets to fix all these discrepancies.
I will second that! You have to know when to bail out. Note that in picture #2 with the water and drain pipes. There is asbestos insulation on the pipes. This is another reason to bail out because you will most likely find more. Plus you might have to crawl around in the stuff.

RUN!!!!
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Old 06-22-2007, 03:06 PM   #6
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HOLY SH*T! Although a new use for plumbers putty.
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Old 06-22-2007, 05:07 PM   #7
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The job is a disgrace, If I ever come across such things I run away as fast as I can. I don't even want to be associated with any making good. Because you can't. I have even come across houses wired in bell wire!!!!!!!!!!!


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Old 06-22-2007, 09:20 PM   #8
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It's all did!
A 50-something pair of really cool twin ladies from NYC bought the place and hired me carte blanch to fix everything.
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Great pics Petey!

PS How is the hand?
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Old 06-23-2007, 08:50 AM   #10
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PS How is the hand?
Fine actually. I'd say about 85% movement and 75% strength.
He did say it would be probably 6 months to 100%.

Thanks for asking.
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Wow, if there was ever a reason to run. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but how does that 3 way dimmer work with the recep? I don't see a pair of travellers in the pic.
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Wow, if there was ever a reason to run. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but how does that 3 way dimmer work with the recep? I don't see a pair of travellers in the pic.
You know, I stood there for about 45 seconds trying to figure out how they did it. Then I realized what a wast of my life that would be.

They were switching the neutral somehow and using both travelers to feed the receptacle. BOTH ends were like this with a junction in the attic.
They were feeding that lovely mono-point in the pics.
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Probably some of the worst I have ever seen!
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how was the house ever passed for a meter? was this in the u.s. or a third world country?
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Old 11-21-2007, 03:58 PM   #15
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The service was inspected. The house never was.

The head inspector around here took some interest that the service was passed.
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That's just amazing. I bet the head inspector went back and found out who passed that service.

How long did it take to correct all of that?

I'm glad the bill to fix all that mess didn't come to my mailbox!
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"Ooo Fa", this is what you get when you do not want to pay! I hope it costs them thousands to fix that mess!!!
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The head inspector around here took some interest that the service was passed.
I'll bet he did.
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I see stuff like that once a month is socal, And I finally learned to run. I hate to leave stuff like that but the only chance you have to fix it is when someone just buys the place and wants it fixed.
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Thanks for the laugh Pete.

I started to try to figure out the dimmer/recpt wiring and I had the same thoughts as you.....I don't need to know.
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