Just hit 10,000 feet of 12/2 pulled in a single week

I was doing a rewire on a 1920s house in Portland and the old knob and tube was a real mess. We had to run new circuits to every room, and by Friday I realized my spool counter was at 10,000 feet. It hit me that my grandpa, who taught me, would have done that same job with just a hacksaw and a spool of cloth-covered wire. Makes you appreciate the tools we have now, but also miss the slower pace. Anyone else get that feeling on a big old house job?

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josepha3215d ago

Honestly, that post changed how I see it too.

hart.sage15d ago

Markt23's right... my grandpa built a whole barn with just hand tools, and it's still standing. There's a weight to work done slow, you know? @josepha32 gets it. Now we just zip through projects, and sometimes it feels like the soul of the thing is gone before you even finish.

markt2316d ago

That part about your grandpa doing it with just a hacksaw and cloth wire really got me. Do you ever feel like the speed we work at now, with all the modern tools, actually takes something away from the job? Like you're just moving material instead of really building something that lasts.