Buying a home with knob and tube wiring? You should be concerned with the safety of the wiring and the insurability of the home. I'll discuss both in this post, but first, some background. Knob and ...

Q. My older home has had major ice dams this year and I realize I need to get some more insulation in my attic to help take care of the problem. However, someone told me I can't put insulation down on ...

I’m buying a house in an older neighborhood to set up as a rental unit. The house has the older style knob and tube wiring, which is visible in the attic. I’d like to add insulation to the attic to ...

Q We purchased our home in July 2005. The house is about 120 years old and in great shape, but there’s a ton of knob-and-tube wiring. Someone mentioned recently that homes must have most or all of it ...

All these things can be major fire hazards. Add in the potential for deterioration due to age (sagging wires, fraying or crumbling insulation around the conductors, etc.), and some insurance companies ...

I thought I’d finished with writing about knob-and-tube wiring, but readers raised a couple of good points this week, so I’ll go one more time. Knob and tube is the earliest of the electrical wiring, ...

We're remodeling our old house and have found a lot of disconnected old wiring in the walls. Is it better to remove it or leave it alone? Stan C., Fort Mill, South Carolina Old, disconnected wiring is ...