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[cellio]

I always get a little nervous when contractors say "hmm, I think I can do that" to what I thought were simple questions. But the electrician we had in this morning says that yes, he believes he can add the new outlets we need in what will be my office, on a different circuit from where the air conditioner will go, and that he can put appropriate outlets in the new TV room. (This room currently has no outlets. How in the world did that ever pass inspection?)

A different contractor will be by in a few weeks to do some minor remodelling in the new TV room, so he'll be able to patch up any holes left by the electrician at the same time. Then we can go out and buy furniture, and maybe even a new TV. The current TV is starting to get flaky, and it's a little small for the current state of my vision anyway, and it's so old that it can't handle a DVD player. So we may enter the 1990s in terms of television technology. :-) (We're pretty sure we don't give a hoot about HDTV, at least at current prices.)

It's funny: I thought Dani was joking when he said he wanted to window-shop for TVs and gravitated toward the large flat-screen models. I think Dani has a secret vice he's been reluctant to let me see, as he is actually driving this more than I am.

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[cellio]

Oh yeah, grandfathering is definitely your friend on stuff like this. I believe the rule is that inherited non-compliant stuff is fine, but if you touch it you have to make it legal in the process. And, um, this room has been touched since these rules were created. But it's ok; we're going to fix it.

I know there's knob-and-tube wiring in my previous house, which I simply disclosed to the buyers and declined to do anything about.