You're bang on about the electrical.
But then, I once convinced a client in an 80 yr old house that they needed sconces above the new mantel I had just made for them. When I dug in to start making holes for the electrician, I found that there had already been sconces there. The boxes were there, so were all the wires. They were merely secured with electrical tape, on a still live circuit. They had just slapped plaster over them and called it a day.
I'm sure they'd been like that for decades and the house didn't burn down. There are lots of instances where existing code violations aren't really gonna cause any serious problems. You just have to be sure which ones they are and asses the risks. intelligently.
Last edited by BobKay; 12/10/10 04:25 PM.
