Any electricians? Need some advice

[fsstnotch]

Haha, you guys are hilarious! Ron, it's ok. the L and the M are pretty close together. it is possible to fat finger it! haha

It's crazy. Like I said. This house was totally remodelled back in 2000. The 1 room that you can still see the knob and tube visibly present and in use was also totally remodelled! It makes no sense to me why ANYONE would cut corners and rewire the entire house and then stop at that room. It makes no sense!!!! It has new drywall and a nice raw pine look to it. Who in their right mind wouldn't replace that wiring when the walls were torn apart!?! haha This whole house is build with rough wood. It was build by the Amish. Even the addition of the kitchen which was in 2000 was done by the Amish. You can see a small triangle, in the upper left of the pic with the junction box, that shows just how this hte wood it. That piece of wood is like 4x18! lol The inspector also noted that it was the heaviest looking wood he has ever seen! I am pretty confident that the house will be standing for many years to come!!! haha

Vapor barrier is a must! It will also go under the insulation under the kitchen and living room since the ground under there is just dirt.

Steve, I was looking at some of the pics I took of the exterior. It definately looks like the undersides of the windows will need some attention also. It's going to be a long summer!!!! And I may have to cut it short to go to the police academy!

[Ron61]

Well you do have some work to do but take your time and get it right. Wish I was close enough to help as that is one thing that I can do. I have wired several houses around here and some of those old ones were really hard. One when I got into the attic had one long two wire from the breaker box the length of the attic and they had just stripped places in it and wound other old two wire around them to feed off to the various rooms. That was the worst I ever saw and how that old house never caught on fire is beyond me. And the old breaker box had one fuse that fed that main wire. I always went over and talked to our code officer as it is to much work to have to do over if you put to many outlets or lights on one breaker.
Steve has good ideas. My house is a pier and beam as I wanted some space under it and the one really cold Winter we had here since I built it, I was the only one around here that had water. Then when the piper that had frozen and burst started thawing, many of the houses had them ran through the attic and of course the ceilings fell in. The dead air space under the house where mine are kept them from freezing and the one 4' length that I have which is exposed to outside air I had wrapped with insulation. Mine could stand some new insulation in a few spots, but I have twice the required insulation in and it is relatively efficient but nothing compared to the new houses.
Now where did I put that Rolex I bought to do the garage????

Ron