On Sep 27, 3:21*pm, bob haller wrote:
The insurance DOES NOT require the removal of it. And you have not
provided any documentation to the effect that it does.

*many insurance companies REFUSE to write NEW policies on homes with
K&T wiring.

OK its time i flood this discussion with info

The only thing I have ever found wrong with K&T is that it is getting
close to 100 years old . Not just the wiring but the insulators and
the framing they are attached too and the fasteners they are attached
with. Almost all problems I have seen with it are due to age. A lot of
things happen in years. Wood shrinks, nails rust, insulators crack,
all it takes is time for something to go wrong. If the argument is
that there is still plenty of K&T that looks like the day it was
installed I would agree but I would have to ask, "for how much
longer".

The only code I know of that specifically addresses K&T is a local
code that forbids the repair and modification of K&T wiring.This
pretty much means if it breaks or you touch it rip it out. I first
became aware of this when helping my then fiance to restore her
Victorian farmhouse around 1982. Switch wiring mounted externally on
a wall which we had taken down while making repairs to the wall could
not be replaced. We were able to get around this by letting the K&T
become a low voltage control circuit for her lights. Under this code
the updating the breaker panel forced the removal of all of the K&T
with the exception of the part we used for low voltage.

Jimmie