I remember when I was in my teens thinking "This Old House" was boring - (and this is when most of the homes done were in the Boston MA area) Until the day Bob Villa walked out onto a freshly finished concrete floor - while the finisher was still on his knee board. There was a quick edit, and Bob had what looked like a 'shiner'. (The begginings of a black eye)
From then on, the show was interesting only due to the condesending remarks of real people on the site became more obvious.
Although they do seem to shy away from showing electrical work - and I believe it is a good thing - as we all know it is not something someone can pick up on the intricacies of in a 15 second blip.
But on occasion I spot some winners.... Heres one recent one. "In all of the junction boxes in this attic - none of the wires were twisted in the wire nuts - Therefore, for safety reasons we're not going to take any chances - we're going to replace all the wiring."
Now - I too am a fan of twisting prior to the nut - but I do not see this a reasoning for replacing all the wiring.... Especially when it is not required in the first place.... Nor would it require a whole re-wire of the house!!!
