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<blockquote data-quote="ExArmy" data-source="post: 555450" data-attributes="member: 37620"><p>whenever I find loads of old wiring under the floorboards I've taken up, I always think to myself "wow scrap copper must not have been worth much when this was rewired" and I take whatever I can easily for my own scrap pile</p><p>I think the best way is to remove all the old stuff even from walls, thats not always possible but it's the best way. I always remove old backboxes though,</p><p>has anybody ever tried to add an extra socket neatly in an already plastered and decorated room, drilled through a wall from another socket in an adjacent room and hit an old back box that had been fillered over and blasted a 30cm wide patch out of the wall? I have twice, it was a bit of a nuisance both times. thats one of the main reasons I always like to get shot of the old stuff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ExArmy, post: 555450, member: 37620"] whenever I find loads of old wiring under the floorboards I've taken up, I always think to myself "wow scrap copper must not have been worth much when this was rewired" and I take whatever I can easily for my own scrap pile I think the best way is to remove all the old stuff even from walls, thats not always possible but it's the best way. I always remove old backboxes though, has anybody ever tried to add an extra socket neatly in an already plastered and decorated room, drilled through a wall from another socket in an adjacent room and hit an old back box that had been fillered over and blasted a 30cm wide patch out of the wall? I have twice, it was a bit of a nuisance both times. thats one of the main reasons I always like to get shot of the old stuff [/QUOTE]
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