[Kidd6488]

You know, it really, really scares me to think that there are "electricians" out there that not only do little "tricks" like that on a regular basis, but they also think that what they are doing is all ok!

When we were doing our big remodel/addition, I caught the "electrician" that worked for our contractor drilling out the back-stab holes on all the outlets, so that they could back-stab the 12AWG wire into them. Never thinking once that "hey, maybe these holes are only this big for a reason?!"

I've recently been working on re-wiring a house that was all K&T at one point. And you do just find little tricks along the way when you're doing stuff, and I guess I've just went into it thinking "Well if this drill bit comes out in the wrong spot, there's no drywall that can't be patched, and no floor that can't be fixed". And I've learned to be creative - we've unwired a feed from a junction box, and used it to pull some pullstrings from the basement all the way to the second floor, and then re-wired it back up. Made the job very easy..