Tim Moreira
04-01-2007, 11:52 PM
who will?
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Had an "electricion" just call me in reguards my report. He was upset that I stated in my report presence of live know and tube wiring, and I stated this as a hazzard and saftey concern. He kept telling me that there was no code that states that this is a hazzard and he stated that according to engineers the knob and tube is the safest and best system out there if installed properly. My statement to him was that I did fine live K&T wiring and noted it in my report and that I also stated the safety hazzard and it should be replaced by a qualified electrician. He said that I was scareing the customer and I shouild not mention this much less bring it to the customers attention.
What I am asking for is 2 fold.
1 Am I not right in stating this in my report as I said?
2 Where is there info that I can givve to my customer to better explain the hazzards of K&T from another source other than my and or the "electrician's" word.
Any thing would help.
Also Is there a web site that I can acess on the electric codes? Thanks ------------------
Brian Kelly
Kelly Home Inspections
http://www.inspectionnews.com/ubb/icons/icon1.gif posted March 14, 2007 06:04 AM http://www.inspectionnews.com/ubb/profile.gif (http://www.inspectionnews.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getbio&UserName=Brian+E+Kelly) http://www.inspectionnews.com/ubb/email.gif (http://www.inspectionnews.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/Ultimate.cgi?action=email&ToWhom=Brian+E+Kelly) http://www.inspectionnews.com/ubb/edit.gif (http://www.inspectionnews.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/postings.cgi?action=editpost&forum=Electrical+Systems&number=4&topic=001704.cgi&ReplyNum=000000&TopicSubject=knob+and+tube+wiring)
Had an "electricion" just call me in reguards my report. He was upset that I stated in my report presence of live know and tube wiring, and I stated this as a hazzard and saftey concern. He kept telling me that there was no code that states that this is a hazzard and he stated that according to engineers the knob and tube is the safest and best system out there if installed properly. My statement to him was that I did fine live K&T wiring and noted it in my report and that I also stated the safety hazzard and it should be replaced by a qualified electrician. He said that I was scareing the customer and I shouild not mention this much less bring it to the customers attention.
What I am asking for is 2 fold.
1 Am I not right in stating this in my report as I said?
2 Where is there info that I can givve to my customer to better explain the hazzards of K&T from another source other than my and or the "electrician's" word.
Any thing would help.
Also Is there a web site that I can acess on the electric codes? Thanks ------------------
Brian Kelly
Kelly Home Inspections