I Uncovered Dangerous Electrical issues During A Renovation!

[@hexhex7220]

scary..a lot of homes have scary hidden electrical dangers. thanks for alerting us

[@canadiansparky64]

Good catch and nice to see you did it right. As a master electrician, i have seen some shady work from home owners or the lowest bidder. You are smart to video what you found and how you brought it up to code because if there are other issues in that house somewhere that you didnt see or touch, at least your butt is covered.

[@HouseImprovements]

Thank you , I appreciate pros who have positive comments.

[@canadiansparky64]

Thanks buddy, you are the pro, and I have learned a lot from your videos, especially the detailed shed build, decks, stairs, and the list goes on. A huge thanks to you for the effort you put into your videos.

[@Shift1dwn5up]

Thanks for the video

[@williamalbright8878]

Quality work sir. Hard to find someone who cares about the work.

[@gth042]

Dang! That same guy reno'ed my bathroom too. I wondered where he went off to. ...You're The Man, Shannon. Thank you for what you do.

[@lowwwery]

Love this stuff. Always interesting seeing to see these older homes along with all of these weird kind of problems

[@allaboutcanines]

We ended up ripping out all of the electrical to my project room (master bed-bath), it was from 1930's, scary looking & now it's so clean & safe. Almost ready for insulation & drywall.

[@mikechiodetti4482]

When you know what your doing, you make it 1. Correct, 2. Safe, 3. Clean and neatly done. Also when an inspector see your work from time to time, that inspector's job is much easier, that inspector praises your work, and tells the customer how he recognizes your good work. I've had some work done at my house, when the inspectors check the work and I tell that person who has done the work, they say "oh ya. I have no problems with that company and they know what they're doing." Obviously, you are in that same group of workers who know what they're doing. Good one!

[@eagl3ye]

Somehow Shannon itemizing every mistake made in his straightforward tone hits way harder than other KZbin renovators ranting for 10 minutes about all the “stupid” things the previous homeowner did.

[@lightning1086]

Men you got me here. I’m glad you are sticking around. I just came across your video yesterday after watching so many and yours is the best and thought me even to the tiniest detail all the things that I needed to know to get going on my project. Thanks Shannon.

[@HouseImprovements]

Welcome aboard!

[@rick4020]

Really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@bobp3738]

Always amazed what one finds when tearing the covers off construction work and having a peek behind. Good cleanup of a bad situation.

[@robavis4906]

Im an electrician and hate to say it but i have seen worse lol although that was pretty bad. I wonder what else they did throughout the house. You cleaned it up nicely.

[@scottsachs2547]

Wow! The wires sure look nice and clean now! You do great work Shannon!

[@HouseImprovements]

Thank you! 😊

[@timothycreasy2161]

"Shocking" to say the least

[@aaron74]

These deficiencies are incredibly common, unfortunately, especially in "handyman renos", they just don't know the code rules.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Shannon.

[@loumanotti]

Reminds me of the time I replaced all receptacles in a house I brought and found that no receptacles where grounded and someone put cigarette butts in the boxes behind the receptacles! 😮

[@johnlebzelter4208]

Great job Shannon!!

[@kaboom362]

I just kept looking at that metal accordion vent pipe right beside the raw exposed wire.😮 Sheesh

[@Phantomworks666]

I have done some electrical in my house and garage. I feel good about myself and knowing I would never do any of this 😊

[@vgmijpn8ball]

I was redoing the electrical in my kitchen and had what I assumed was a dead wire hanging in a pony wall. I had all the electrical shut off to the kitchen. I used my voltage tester... and it was hot. Just a random wire hanging in the wall, right next to an outlet too. Lazy contractor or homeowner. At least it had wire nuts and tape on it, but thankfully I didn't cut it before checking.

[@HouseImprovements]

I've cut a live wire before ,thinking it was dead. ruined a good part of linesman pliers ! lol

[@kitsurubami]

Thank you for sharing!

[@seandelevan]

Reminds me of the time I pulled out a hard wired oven out of my kitchen to replace it. And it was hardwired into a junction box spliced with only electrical tape 😂. Explained the scored marks inside the box and the burning smells we sometimes could smell when using it.

[@tamitam1670]

Greetings from ontarian Canada

[@kaboom362]

Ontario loves Shannon😊

[@HouseImprovements]

Hello there!

[@rdhudon7469]

This video is shocking .

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍.Thanks

[@YourFavouriteComment]

Makes you wonder what else is hidden in the rest of the house eh

[@Tibetan2]

Thanks for your great tips and this video. So how does the average (layperson) homeowner know when a contractor may be doing shoddy work, not up to code?

[@HouseImprovements]

When you as the home owner dont know the rules it can be pretty hard to know. Inspections could help.

[@michaelt1349]

Nice job! Please give that fan and duct a cleaning as well!

[@HouseImprovements]

Fan was replaced and a new fan installed in ceiling .

[@michaelt1349]

@@HouseImprovements Great! I wish you could do mine as well but I am in New Brunswick!

[@DO-bn9hg]

Question…..14/3 for a GFIC outlet? I would have thought 12 g would have been used. 20 amp outlet for a bathroom.

[@HouseImprovements]

Canada is 15 amp Min. for bathroom.

[@Maxid1]

Not to mention the total crap installation the original installer did. I've seen old wiring that looked amazing buy that guy didn't work here.

[@clintstevenson1214]

Personally, I couldn’t sleep doing work like that

[@robertp7209]

You are on the money, none of those are supposed to be there, only in boxes totally accessible except specification grade splices, anywhere else. Like why bother having any boxes. Electrocution is the problem hence the Electrical Safety Code, sure NFPA, but let the smoke and other type detectors wake you up if the house is on fire, that’s what the arc fault detectors were invented for, first the bedrooms. If you are caught by the power of being frozen by electrical energy, and no one there to save you, you are finished. Especially if it’s across your body from limb to limb or arm, and keep plug in the wall elec shet out of the damn bathroom. By the way, same goes for plumbing fittings except sweated. Yes Threaded. Can’t be hidden behind walls. Not sure with PEX or the new press fit stuff. Just thought I’d add a bit more, any questions ask, I write the damn codes the electricians have to conform to. Just like plumbers. Heck I worked on systems up to 345000 volts. No electricians can get everything near to that, me either. Peace 😮.

[@nenenene9744]

Hello Shannon, what state are you in please?

[@HouseImprovements]

I'm in Saskatchewan ,Canada.

[@Oliverlopez2007]

Can you be my dad