I can't imagine not wanting good insulation, esp. with fuel costs the
way they are today. I'll be doing my upstairs as soon as it warms up
enough to rewire. The second floor of my house, which has uninsulated
frame walls, is a good 5 degrees colder (62 vs. 67 degrees) than the
downstairs, which is masonry - and it's only in the mid-30s here.

In my case it's not an issue that there's K&T in the walls; the wiring
is old cloth covered non-metallic. the issue is that the wiring is
ungrounded and I want to split the floor into two different circuits
and add the now-required bathroom circuit, and just don't want to mess
around fishing wire through cellulose.

nate

On Mar 5, 7:22 pm, "Steve Barker" wrote:
BUT only if he's going to insulate OR someone already did. The OP didn't
mention insulation.

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Steve Barker

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message

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Wellllll... most K&T is not rated to have insulation blown around it, so
that pretty much mandates replacement in exterior wall cavities, in my
book.

nate