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Old 11/16/08, 10:15 AM
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That's not wiring that's plumbing. PEX
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Older home 1930. Crawl space. Updated electrical & plumbing. Any idea what type of wiring/cable is this???
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you guys are too tough it's almost half right

the courts will take this into consideration when determining the settlement

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Older home 1930. Crawl space. Updated electrical & plumbing. Any idea what type of wiring/cable is this???

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Thanks guys. I'll pass the info. to the inspector. He was not sure and I figured it was water. Just wanted to bounce it with the experts. He send another picture with single stranded electrical wire and cloth wiring as well. He said that the house has settle almost three inches in the East side due to rott. What a mess!!!!!

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Thanks guys. I'll pass the info. to the inspector.
So you are not the inspector?
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It took me a few minutes to recover and get up off the floor. I believe if the "the" inspector would have read the writing on the sides of the PEX and looked at the metal crimps at all the connections, he should have figured out it was plumbing but to tag this as electrical wiring leaves me almost speechless. This inspector needs to go get some education or get his money back if he did. I will go out on a limb here and say they should not be doing inspections and taking people's hard earned money yet. This mistake could have costs everyone.



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Hello Murder Board. I just got these two additional pictures from the supposed updated electrical system. Quite interesting I love the spaghetti exposed electrical wiring system and the chewed cloth wiring. No mentioned of glass fuses, most likely they were replaced by breakers.....that is a breaker box....... .Easy boys...
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Hello Murder Board. I just got these two additional pictures from the supposed updated electrical system. Quite interesting I love the spaghetti exposed electrical wiring system and the chewed cloth wiring. No mentioned of glass fuses, most likely they were replaced by breakers.....that is a breaker box....... .Easy boys...
"updated" is a meaningless word realtors use, which has nothing to do with how much of the system is new, or if it's even safe.
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I COMPLETELY agree. "Updated electrical" is a term that should be ignored! It is useless.
If they added a new receptacle for a basement freezer they could claim "updated electrical" and still not technically be lying.
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Agree, but unfortunately the Realtors and most insurance companies are on the same page with this "updated" terminology.



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Agree, but unfortunately the Realtors and most insurance companies are on the same page with this "updated" terminology.
Around here, the insurance people starting to take a tour of the place themselves before they insure it. That's been a pretty steady source of work for me.
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