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i would have cut a milk jug off taped it to the hose and catch the dust when drilling the ceiling .. bet the bed was covered in dust ,, i worked for a contractor 30 plus years ago we were doing drywall work in a phone company .. i held the hose under the sanding block as the boss sanded ..almost like father and son ..

Your cat is a welcome addition.

Welcome to fishing wires lol

I agree. He should put screw into drywall before he cut outline for switch box. This will help by holding scew drywall piece from falling inside.

@@marcbrown8834 Why bother?

That house is full of more dangerous stuff than that little scrap of plaster!

How was it, I'm thinking of adding 4 lights fixtures to my living room and bedroom, big challenge

Oh oh , call an electrician quick !

@@rohbari5049 call an electrician, quick !

And the fact that the wires have fabric and Rubber insulation

Electried group yeah but that would get annoying having to train someone every job

LMAO. Why don't you ask? I would love to go up there. Otherwise I would probably just sit in a chair thinking "he's got this... ".

Do American electricians not have to test and sign off their circuits before they energise?

Nathan Gatenby we also use tablesaw's without guards too. Living fast and free in the USA.

If it gave me a discount on service, I'll do it

as would I. It would've had a much cleaner look

I personally would’ve used the same box for the switch... who cares if it’s too high

@@someone321 I know,in one's house one can do as pleased

Right?! You've got access to the wires. Pull them up in to the attic and put your box up there. Then patch the old hole in the wall.

yeah what they did was code but there are ways to make the job a little better.

Or just add a joist structure instead of it being uneven?

Had exactly the same thoughts. As an electrician, I find it strange to leave the box in the wall and not to move it to the attic.

That would have been the proper way to do it, BUT he's too damn lazy. It probably satisfies code, but that plate looks ugly.

Key word "presumably." Being there is everything.

Yeah you are absolutely right

it might work when your done

Be sure to have your homeowner's fire insurance policy paid in full.

Definitely should have been a fan box.

But but he’s a master

banihex what’s wrong with that? What did it actually hurt by doing that?

Easiest cleanup

That’s called: work smart not hard haha!

True , but right in front of the Customer , and it its a woman , forget about it , you will not hear the end of it. LOL

Leaving debris in the wall that will retain moisture is a very dumb idea.

Ike Costner actually, I’ve gotten ideas from some of the comments of what should of been done differently and not necessarily the electrical side of things.

grigsolve GET EM

Ike Costne

The worst critics of electricians are other electricians. I, for one , thinks Scott does OK even though I do some things differently on my electrical jobs.

😂

Probably a piece of his metal fish tape

If he woulda pulled the old lines up to get the j box out of the wall he could have used the existing holes for his new wire.

They are called "PEEP WIRE BITS" .032 x 36 inches. Of course you could cut them down to make any lengths.

Ummmm, don’t! Call an electrician. It’s not hat simple . This is for tv land . Homes can burn down if you are not skilled ,

Extension cord, duct tape, and caulking. Done.

Yes, here is a link to a different video where Scott adds a light to a 1st floor dining room: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6r_Ni1gc5xg.html

LOL.....that's a good one!

lol, that is much much harder

😂😂. Call an ELECTRICIAN. AND LEAVE OUT THE WORD MASTER

Cause you have only a small hole at the top and a small hole in the box through which you now have to fish the wire.

Black/hot goes to black, white/neutral goes to white, bare wire/green/ground goes to the green or bare wire

$34.52

1 might be taking power from The switch while the other one is probably bringing power and the other one is taker power to light

With a low, New England upstairs ceiling, a room fan would give any modestly tall person a free hair cut.

Wires will hold it

No.

Why is everybody so afraid of cloth wiring? If it was so "dangerous" the house would have burned down years ago. I am an electrician and have worked with alot of it no issues. Besides, this house most likely has "BX" cable which has a spiral wrapped flexible steel outer jacket to protect the wires within and provide a grounding path to all the metal boxes. Even if it is old knob and tube, with open single rubber insulated cloth covered wires (type R wire, and it is insulated with rubber and the cloth braid is there to protect the rubber) on porcelain knob insulators and porcelain tubes where the wires pass through framing members, and a mouse chews it bare, nothing will happen because the wires are several inches apart (minimum 4 inches for concealed, in-wall, floor and ceiling knob and tube wiring) and on insulators, so they cannot short or arc. In fact it is a very safe wiring method as is armored BX cable, if left alone, not overloaded by installing too large of a fuse on each circuit, and not tapped into or meddled with by homeowners "adding into" the system. I also have many vintage lights and appliances etc with original cloth cords, and they are as safe as any modern cords, as long as they are in good shape. People are actually afraid to plug in old lamps, etc with cloth cords, and ones in perfect condition! It is a phobia imparted on us by companies wanting us to buy new and get rid of good old stuff, and electricians looking to make money off of rewiring a house that doesn't need it. There is nothing at all wrong with older cloth wire, and ANY wiring can start a fire, regardless of insulation type if it has issues or is bodged and incorrectly installed or fused/circuit breakered. Cheers!

You can remove the switch wires and reuse them. The outlet will have to be replaced though, because for a switched outlet like you describe the metal strip that links the two gangs together was cut to allow consent voltage for one and switched voltage for the other.

Buy cutting access holes at every joist and at the top of the wall and running the wire. Unless the drywall is mounted to strapping on the joist there is no other way. If there is already a switch and line voltage then the big box stores carry a retrofit fan box and mounting bar for easy change out with out cutting a huge hole.

Exposed

Call an electrician.. stick to puzzle building .

It 100% does not matter. There is debris in every wall cavity

Give vin diesel a break he's an actor not a electrician

How does something “fail code”.

Make a false/drop ceiling

Exposed

Stick to puzzle building , don’t even try

They're wire stripper plyers. Here is a pair I most frequently use www.graytools.com/toolcatalogue/?page=product&name=Stripper%2FCutter&itemNo=1842&s_filter=&recPage=9&startRow=1&pageNum=1

“Ugly”

Artex

With the old cotton insulation?? Shoddy work and not safe

I think it is merely an observation. A huge amount of heat loss is through the ceiling, less through the walls and even less through the floor so insulation in the ceiling is the absolute most important when it comes to saving energy and money. So we do hope the family puts insulation in their budget - sooner the better especially if living up north. Take care.

@@ForwardGuidance i noticed it too. I did the same work to install a ceiling fan in my office.

It's an insulation rod- used to hold fiberglass insulation in a joist bay. The ends are pointed so they can be used as a feeler bit.

how did that rod drill through the floor board?

RangerCaptain11A I was wondering the same exact thing

You can also use a piece of beefy coat hanger with a sharp tip.. you be surprised what it will drill through

manorin thanks for the tip! I actually just finished this job in my own house and used a coat hanger as a locater rod and it worked great! Thanks again

Like fanboy 20

Not only light

I’m betting about $500

@@bgrady24 about right

I use fine steel welding rods for oxy-acetylene welding and grind a point on them.

@@donl1410 I guessed that and got some! They worked great, thanks

That was a ground wire, and you are no electrician

The bedroom light is being added* to the circuit. It doesn't replace the other run. The other fixture/outlet you're referring to is still tied in.

It's an insulation rod- used to hold fiberglass insulation in a joist bay. The ends are pointed so they can be used as a feeler bit.

This Old House hey thanks very much. Great video!

@@thisoldhouse Thanks for that! I was going crazy trying to figure out what he was using. I used to use old wire clothes hangers and just cut em up. Insulation rods would be much better and thinner.

Its called a "PEEP WIRE BIT" .032 x 36 inches

Are you talking about those things that he was using as a drill bit to drill through into the ceiling? I believe those are the steel wire bat insulation holders that you can buy in the insulation department at most home centers and you just sharpen the end a little bit and they act as a drill bit!

They are called "PEEP WIRE BITS" they are .032 x 36 inches. But you could cut them down to any length.

Hahaha. Means nothing . Electricians can improve as well . Especially masters

Single pole light switch - you screw the two black wires to the switch posts and tie off the white to each other separate from the switch.

Dunno about where you are but I find old rubber/ cloth wiring here in the UK the customer is immediately advised to get it rewired.. The stuff is dangerous as once it's disturbed it usually cracks then falls to bits exposing the conductors, not to mention the circuits they feed (generally lighting nowadays) aren't earthed

i dont know about where you are but in the us knob and tube wire is still up to code. as well as cloth bx wire, if you done mess with it and ring it around it is safe.

Ceiling is too low for a fan.

Altenarian i have celing that low with low profile fans. plus a metal box anchored to structure is always better, and he had open attic there to where it would of been easy to do.

That box is rated for 20 pounds and the fan I have is 15 pounds

The old insulation, What was wrong with it other than being ancient mummy wrappings?

Unravel - Toru Kitajima

ceiling looks way to low even for a flush mount fan.

Yeah, or at least a large chandelier.

If you look at the gap between the top of the window and ceiling, it's pretty low.

Did he ask for a fan? No he asked for a light.