When 'rewiring' a house how do you secure cables?

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BowDown

Discussion Starter · #1 · May 15, 2009

To officially rewire a house w/a basement does an electrician cut out the drywall to remove old wiring and secure new wiring... or would they leave remnants of the old wiring in the walls, and just poke up from the basement to each outlet and switch?

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kbsparky

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#2 · May 15, 2009

Old wiring that is readily accessible should be removed.

It is not required to cut open the walls and ceilings to remove abandoned wires.

Scuba_Dave

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#3 · May 15, 2009

Yup, & new wire is only secured if it's an open area
So you do snake it from below or above (attic)

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