Moved into my house.

dcarlson
dcarlson Posts: 1,740
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
After a week of painting my butt off, I moved into my house today.

In my livingroom there's only 3 outlets. I'd like to add a couple of outlets but my walls are plaster. Any tips on how to go about it without tearing into the walls too much? My house is a bungalo and the wiring will be pretty strait forward in the basement.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited August 2004
    Sure, buy a Monster Power Unit. Problem solved with top of the line A/V filters and surge protection.........
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    Thanks, but no thanks. ;)

    The current wiring to my livingroom might be original from the 50's and no ground. I'm thinking of wiring a dedicated circuit.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited August 2004
    Congrats on the new house.

    Conduit or floor mounted.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by gidrah
    Congrats on the new house.

    Conduit or floor mounted.
    I'm not sure what you mean by conduit. The floors are original hardwood and in beautiful condition. I thought about floor mounting a couple of outlets but I don't have the heart to cut into the floor.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited August 2004
    You'd have to have conduit running up and/or along the wall. If you're coming up from the basement, you could get away with a hole the size of a quarter. The only downside is that the conduit doesn't alway look so good. If you look in the Showcase, I believe Vr3' used conduit to hide the wires for his surrounds.

    Going through the plaster shouldn't be too bad though. You might also be able to mount it to the baseboard.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited August 2004
    1950's - good lord, no Home Theater in those days. Take up a new hobbie like.............




    Square Dancing ;)
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    I see. :)

    I was thinking of cutting a hole in the one bedroom which shares the same wall and just poke through the wall in the livingroom from the behind.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited August 2004
    Atleast his house was built last century, unlike mine.:)
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    It's got a little charm. :)
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    The wiring's going to make some work for me though. The original rooms have the 2 prong wiring and the basement and rear addition have newer wiring.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2004
    Congrats on the new place.

    My place is ca. 1930 with plaster walls. The electrican had no problem running new lines into the walls.
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  • scottnbnj
    scottnbnj Posts: 709
    edited August 2004
    many tools will work but a drill and a jigsaw will probably be the least painless.

    liberal use of wide blue masking tape will help protect new paint and prevent surface flaking. trace receptacle on the tape. drill holes in each corner and for the screw tabs/ears of the box a little larger than the saw blade. then connect the dots with the saw.

    slower speeds keep the dust down but will be more difficult to control. have someone hold or prop a vac nozzle against the wall near the cut line.

    home depot has long drill bits that bend in the house wiring section. they allow you to drill down to the basement through the receptacle hole.

    as always, wear ear, eye, nose, throat and lung protection, and don't cut buried wires or pipes.

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2004
    Congratulations. Here are a couple options for you to ponder.

    http://www.hometech.com/techwire/resigard.html#wiretracks

    http://wiretracks.com/pdfs/wt-brochure.pdf
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited August 2004
    Thanks guys,

    I'll probably make a trip to the Home Depot and find that drill Scott is talking about.

    I had all week off getting this place ready to move into and it was nice to sleep in this morning and even though I've got crap all over that needs to be unpacked it's also nice to sit back a relax for a second. It's wierd not having my system setup though.

    I still have some painting and other stuff to do but nothing urgent. :) It's amazing what a couple coats of paint can do.
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2004
    In some older homes they have a fire break in the wall. Which is a board between the studs to stop or slow a fire from going up inside the walls. Usually you will have a real hard time getting through without punching out the plaster or atleast damaging it.

    Dave
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by dave shepard
    In some older homes they have a fire break in the wall. Which is a board between the studs to stop or slow a fire from going up inside the walls. Usually you will have a real hard time getting through without punching out the plaster or atleast damaging it.

    New homes have them too. My house is a little over two years old. When I had in-wall wires run for my HT surrounds, the installer used a special drill bit with a very long shaft to drill through the fire breaks.
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