On Friday, February 7, 2014 4:47:51 PM UTC-5, philo* wrote:
On 02/07/2014 03:08 PM, wrote:







If they are adding outlets, etc, which



is certainly typical of many kitchen renovation, particularly in



that age houe, I agree there are a whole lot of issues beyond



the question asked.







No outlets are being added. You couldn't add them if you wanted to--all of the electrical is buried in concrete (the house is solid reinforced concrete) . The new kitchen is merely taking the place of the old kitchen. Same footprint.





Since the kitchen is going to be all new, I just don't see the point of

even trying to re-use 65 year old wire, I'd pull all new through the

conduit. It should be an easy job.

It certainly is unusual. A new kitchen is a lot of money and work.
And you want more outlets, higher amps, GFCI, more circuits, etc.
I think it's rather odd to put money into a lot of other stuff and
then wind up with a 75 year old electrical system. Both from a
functionality standpoint and safety.

Around here, NJ, you couldm't even pull the permits for
the other work that required, eg plumbing, without also pulling
electrical permits and bringing it all up to code. It's kind of like
rebuilding a room and I think once you open up the can of worms that
the kitchen is being renovated, then everything that applies in the code
has to be done. Other places, requirements may be different.