Thread: SLICK- the sexy man of mans

Originally Posted by Slick

Love to have you guys...you know that. Congratulations, I hope you guys are doing well!! Say hi to Doc for me.



Not a lot slim but I used it a little. We used aluminum wiring for big stuff like AC's, electric cook tops and ovens...What's going on?

I am buying a house that was built in the '70s. It has aluminum wiring. I have been told that it is a fire hazard and needs to be removed.

Originally Posted by slim

I am buying a house that was built in the '70s. It has aluminum wiring. I have been told that it is a fire hazard and needs to be removed.

Don't listen to them, that is a bunch of Bs. Don't waste your money installing any type of fire alarm system either. the worst that can happen is that there is a pork roast. And how bad is that?

Originally Posted by bronconut

Don't listen to them, that is a bunch of Bs. Don't waste your money installing any type of fire alarm system either.

Are you being serious?

Or do you want my house to burn down?

Originally Posted by slim

Are you being serious?

Or do you want my house to burn down?

No offense, but I want your house to burn down with you in it.

didn't you recentlly pay off your mortgage Slim?

Originally Posted by bronconut

didn't you recentlly pay off your mortgage Slim?

Mind your own business.

Originally Posted by bronconut

didn't you recentlly pay off your mortgage Slim?

Yeah, but to not be in debt is un-American and slim don't roll that way.

I will only be in debt a short time.

I need to renovate the house I am buying and then sell my old house. In the end, it will be a wash.

Originally Posted by slim

I am buying a house that was built in the '70s. It has aluminum wiring. I have been told that it is a fire hazard and needs to be removed.

I think you're fine. I think the main reason they switched to copper was because it's a slightly better conductor. I don't ever remember hearing anything about aluminum being a fire hazard.

Obviously if you do a remodel, I'd switch to copper for the new wiring, but don't go tearing out wiring just to replace it.

Hell, people still have nob and tubing wiring in houses built around the turn of the century and it works great.

Sounds like a ploy from an electrician to make a buck.

Originally Posted by Slick

I think you're fine. I think the main reason they switched to copper was because it's a slightly better conductor. I don't ever remember hearing anything about aluminum being a fire hazard.

Obviously if you do a remodel, I'd switch to copper for the new wiring, but don't go tearing out wiring just to replace it.

Hell, people still have nob and tubing wiring in houses built around the turn of the century and it works great.

Sounds like a ploy from an electrician to make a buck.

Cool, thanks.

I was plannng on tearing everything out anyway (dry wall, insulation, everything). At the point, rewiring would probably be pretty easy anyway.

Although I hear copper is pretty expensive right now.

Originally Posted by slim

Cool, thanks.

I was plannng on tearing everything out anyway (dry wall, insulation, everything). At the point, rewiring would probably be pretty easy anyway.

Although I hear copper is pretty expensive right now.

It would be easier in that case to re wire but I don't see it as a necessity. If you're going to flip the house most people won't even ask or know the difference. I say leave it unless you find a great deal on wire.

Originally Posted by Slick

It would be easier in that case to re wire but I don't see it as a necessity. If you're going to flip the house most people won't even ask or know the difference. I say leave it unless you find a great deal on wire.

I was pretty skeptical about what I was told.

I mean, the house has been around for 35 years and obvisouly it hasn't burned down. How bad could it really be?

Originally Posted by slim

I was pretty skeptical about what I was told.

I mean, the house has been around for 35 years and obvisouly it hasn't burned down. How bad could it really be?

You can fix that. Just plug in a half-dozen or so space heaters . . .

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Also, once I complete all the class work and whatnot and come to you for the final 4, is there a timeline in which that needs to be done- between class work and final dives? I am asking because I believe I will have this all done (class stuff) this fall, but I also am forcasting a rather busy fall/winter and hopefully spring. If that is the case I probably wont be able to get down there til perhaps the next summer or fall. Will that be too long? Hopefully, things will be slow enough I can get down there for 5 days or so. But its hard to coordinate my gf schedule and my sons school and then me getting away.