Where does liability start and stop?
140 yr. old hse., partial remodel, demo, some damage to knob and tube in work.
Redoing kitchen and dining area complete. This requires a new 200A service to handle the new juice, as well as help out the overloaded existing house. About a 5000 sqft hse. that has seen a few additions already, plus the add-on electric scenario a few times. We got knob and tube, AC, NM, EMT, lampcord. I tossed a price off the cuff not being able to see all that was bad, expecting the worse. Eliminating all knob and tube, fishing AC from base to 1st, attic to 2nd, with new HR's base to attic to wire 2nd properly(new master bath with all the goodies),EMT everywhere possible, gutting the fire hazard of a base.
$40,000-$50,000... they said that was the budget for the whole project. So, they want the new service, the kitchen, and dining done. Put GFI's in all the locations not grounded, don't replace any knob and tube. Too bad the knob and tube passes through the kitchen for the rest of the hse, and that is where the vaulted ceiling is going to be, now all of it gets touched.This is all to sell as soon as the work is done.
Do you take on all this LIABILITY? If the service alone is changed, how much liability do you take?
