![]() ![]() In an old home let's be sure to look past the "bones" and see that the plumbing is the circulatory system, the electrical is the nervous system, windows are the eyes, HVAC is the respiratory system, and the plaster and lath walls covering most interior surfaces, well, that plaster is your home's skin. ![]() The bones are represented by the framing and structural items, but one needs more than "good bones" to have a human who is worth anything. In reality, when you hear the phase "that house has good bones," it's giving a sense of humanity to a building. North by Northside, Jeff SkrenesNorth by Northside, Jeff Skrenes Before we shook off the propaganda I'm rather certain started with the gypsum board industry, much the same way vinyl window salesman have long peddled the theory that a home's 100+ year old windows should certainly be removed in favor of energy efficient gems that cost a pantload and "should last a good 30 years." Oh, what a bargain.right? When we started to think about our home renovation plans, the initial thoughts that our cracked, bumpy, and crumbling plaster was "too far gone" and the belief that we'd need to "gut every room" entered into our conversations quite frequently. We do not have any “safety plans” that try to persuade you to spend money on frivolous suggestions.When we moved into our house we had been indoctrinated by countless television shows and contractor horror stories in dealing with the fragile, crumbling, dusty, and gritty mess that tends to represent old fashioned plaster. We do not force you to sign into any agreements on the spot, we would rather you take your time and ask as many questions you feel needed to be comfortable. We are not salesmen, we have no sales pitch, we are tradesmen offering our talents to you, our client. We do not over explain simple tasks to make them sound important, we will give our honest opinion whenever asked. We can go into detail with every step we take because we are proud of the quality of rewire we bring to the market. Our rewire price isn’t based on just rewiring your home, its based on rewiring your home using the best trade practices that produce the best quality product. We install wood lath and wire mesh back into the ceiling using a brown coat and a scratch coat Doing repairs this way strengthens the existing plaster surrounding the area opened. Re rebuild your old plaster wall using plastering techniques that are centuries old. Plaster patching doesn’t just fill the hole but repairs the plaster around the area that was opened up. We don’t just patch the holes, we repair the plaster. Light fixtures – We install new fixture boxes so modern light fixtures fit correctly- others try to Frankenstein your new fixture into the old, antiquated box they didn’t feel like removing during the rewire. ![]() Receptacles- we replace all the hardware and repair the wood or plaster around the box- others use the cover plate to hide their poor quality work effort. Switches- We rebuild the plaster wall around your switch, while others use the switches front cover to hide their mess. Switches, Receptacles, and Light Fixtures Poorly cut plaster will leave hairline cracks that joint compound cannot repair, only temporarily cover up. Plaster needs to be cut correctly and repaired correctly. How the plaster is handled will drastically affect the cost of the rewire as well as the quality of the rewire and what your left with when the work is done.Ī rewire with plaster that was poorly cut or poorly repaired(patched) can leave the existing plaster in ruin only to be temporarily repaired with a thin coat of joint compound. Plaster, Plaster, Plaster, knob and tube rewires boils down to cutting holes in the plaster to pull new wires throughout the home. ![]()
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