That one attic run that took me 5 hours instead of 30 minutes

I had a job last week in an old house in Richmond where I needed to run a line from the basement to the second floor attic. Looked simple on paper, but the fire blocks were placed in the worst spots ever. I spent a solid 2 hours just trying to find a path through the walls with my glow rod. Then I hit a nail plate that stopped me dead for another hour. Ended up having to drill three extra holes in the drywall and patch them after. My boss was not happy when I rolled in 4 hours late to the next job. The whole thing took me from 9am to 2pm and I didn't even have lunch. Has anyone else dealt with those old balloon-frame houses that seem designed to make you suffer?

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the_oscar4d ago

I read somewhere those old houses were built with whatever wood was cheap back then.

oscar7434d ago

Cheapest lumber they could get.