knob and tube wiring: Bellingham Real Estate Inspection (King of the House) Live Knob and Tube Wiring - 02/06/12 10:11 AM
In an older home, the home inspector should attempt to determine if energized knob and tube wiring is present. It is not always possible to definitively make that determination, but often it is possible to do so. In fact, frequently it is fairly easy to state, no doubt about it, that there IS energized knob and tube wiring. It is more risky, and often harder to determine, that there is NO LIVE knob and tube wiring at an old home that was built in the era when knob and tube was the system of choice -- the era of Edison up into the 1950's.
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knob and tube wiring: Whatcom County Home Inspection (King of the House) Knob and Tube Wiring Systems - 11/20/11 10:29 PM
In the last week, half of the home inspections that I performed in Bellingham were at houses with knob and tube wiring systems. The minute I say that, the inspectors know that the houses I inspected were at least 50 years of age.
Knob and tube wiring, the first wiring system to be used on a widespread basis (after Thomas Edison figured out the light bulb) is a relic, an antique. However, that does not mean it is not commonly found. I own five residences, one a duplex and one house I inherited, and three of the five houses still have … (8 comments)

 
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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals. Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.


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