I have old house and all electrical wires are aluminium.
The electrical panels or sub panels i have to small if i want to upgrade electrical panel with big size to fit more circuit breakers for doing kitchen remodel do i have to replace all aluminium wires for all house or just the area need to do remodeling and leave old aluminium wires already used in rooms and bath rooms,hallway,garage out side without replace
My dad says he’s going to completely remodel the kitchen, replacing everything, and doing the electrical work himself. He doesn’t have any experience with electrical work, and tends to overestimate his abilities with this kind of thing. Is this going to pose a serious fire risk? Should I be worried? Aren’t there any laws requiring you to get a fire inspector to come and check your work?? Any info would be very much appreciated! Thanks!!
We’re thinking about having a built in stove on the other side of the room after we remodel our kitchen. The electrical wire to the current stove is 220. Can you move the 220 electrical wire behind the cabinets- do I have to run them through the studs?
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I’d like to remodel my kitchen and add a built-in microwave. I’m not sure I’m using the correct terminology, but basically I want it over the range. I read that built-in microwaves need their own circuit. Since my house is older, I’m assuming I will have to add a circuit. Does anyone know how much this will cost for an elctrician to do this? My house is a split level, if that helps. Thanks for any info!
I am in the process of finishing the basement. While I was considering laminate flooring..I am also thinking about slate/tile. I am looking into Radaint floor heating (electrical)I have quite a large area to cover. My question is what is the best way to install radiant floor heating. Is it best to lay it on concrete directly and tile over. Put down a substrate. (I’ve read backerboard attached to floor etc. I think that creating a subfloor would defeat porpose of radiant heating because now it is insulated. Also how efficient is radiant floor heating? IS it similar to baseboard heating costs? Has anyone installed it before in a basement. I live in Canada and any comments or links would be welcome. Tahnks
this is remodel work and several outlets have been added and now they are overheating with use…even if only one outlet is being used. If more than one counter top appliance is being used it will trip a circuit breaker. The outlets are very hot to the touch..we have stopped using all of them until we come up with a solution to prevent a fire hazard……circuit testers show wiring ok (the yellow ones with the lights.
I’ve bought electrical heating mat kit to put in the new kitchen, but although a layer of the cement floor has been taken out – it is still not deep enough to put the thermal boards and mats and tiling on – or the flooring in the kitchen will be higher then everywhere else and being an open plan – this is not going to look good..
Does anyone know if there is any substitute for the Thermal boards? Something you can just roll out.. Or pour in.. Because I guess there is very little point laying electrical thermal mats directly on the concrete floor – all the heat will go right into the ground.. Although it does say in the product description “produced with PTFE insulated heating elements and a 100% earth screen” – I have no idea what that means..
Thanks!
Oh, here is the link of what I mean, just in case I am not making myself clear:
Thermal boards: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Underfloor-heati…
thermal mat kit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-underfl…
Should we do the the other electric plates in kitchen the same or try to match paint of wall?
A friend of mine had his kitchen remodeled and the wiring for the cabinets is visible in the back of the cabinets. It is also stapled to the side and the back of the cabinet and runs to the bottom corner to the recessed lights. I told him electrical wiring should not be stapled and not visible. I have never opened a cabinet with exposed wiring. Not only that but the molding is not secured to the external cabinet. The doors on the front also have a 1/4″ or so gap when closed. I said the doors need to be flush, almost touching. Not a gap like Dave Lettermans teeth.