It has been almost two months since we have been able to work on the house. We had planned on being in our office by Halloween, then Thanksgiving, now maybe Christmas, if not hopefully by New Years. We have had an out of town Business/Anniversary trip, ice storm that required removing tree debris from 17 houses, doctor appointments for Mom and Dad, and Bill's Sciatic Nerve problem.
Bill had half a day and said, "Let's get something done." Decided to run the vacuum system into the apartment. Easy job; right? Just run the pipe through the attic and down the wall. Cut a hole in the wall and attach the face plate.
See, simple job.
Not so simple, the Previous Owner and his shortcuts struck again. Discovered when the electrical was run through the walls that the wire was not protected as it passed through the metal studs. Through the years the wiring has been rubbed and there were exposed wires.
Into the Powder Room with my beautiful paint job and holes had to be cut.
Job finished and only took an entire day instead of half a day. My house can be vacuumed really well now.
Vacuum plate is the bottom plate on the left wall. Usually these are put down at the same level as the your plugs;but thinking ahead for when we are older. We put it at my arm height so I won't have to bend over several times a week to vacuum.
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