I'll be moving into a very old house soon, originally built n 1842, modified
a good bit, and electrified in the 1920's I believe.. this place will need
rewiring..
heck, one of the lights I know of was converted from gas!
I'm fully confident in my ability to replace the breaker box, and general
wiring and replacement of all those outlets that were placed on the
baseboard of the 1st floor.. knowing how to wire things is just not a
problem for me.. my problem lies in some of the getting from point a to b..
lightswitch to-basement, lightswitch to light in the ceiling, basement to
2nd floor outlets.. there is no attic to speak of (maybe a tiny crawlspace,
but nothing there would be any wiring access in, the ceilings upstars slant
with the roof)..
how is this done most easily? fish taping it through? some way of attaching
new wires to old and pulling it back? tying old to fish tape and pulling it?
I would imagine there are horizontal wallboards behind plaster.. did people
that were electrifying things back then generally run the wiring behind the
wallboards? or ontop?
if they're behind I guess that sort of trashes the prospect of just yanking
my way about and patching after..
how should I get this started?
is there even really a question here or am I just tearing about this out
loud in my head? lol