Home Construction, Was: [U.S.] Protest Thursday - Nobody is Above the Law

[Labster]

in the family home I'm presently living in, old enough to have actual lath-and-plaster walls and ceilings over the timber frame, and electrical wiring running along the walls in those little conduit strips due to having been added well after the ol' pile was constructed. Only having one or two outlets per room can be a hassle, though.

My house used to have lath-and-plaster walls, but we replaced them back between the mid-80s and mid-Noughties (renovating 1 room at a time).  Had to pull out and replace some old Knob-and-tube wiring too (shudder).  Luckily Dad is a licensed electrician.  I remember him commenting that some of it hadn't been legal since the 40s.

Oh, my house was fun too.  Finding open electrical boxes concealed behind drywall is always fun.

Some comments on the fires, now that they've mostly died out.  First, the Paradise fire was mainly an urban fire, despite being surrounded by trees.  In fact, the trees largely survived, but the buildings were decimated.  All of the raking our American President could want would do nothing against a urban fire.  Second, we're at the limits of current fire control regulations.  California has had strong building codes for decades and defensible spaces, and they didn't prove exceptionally helpful in the latest conflagrations.  We had homes with stucco walls and tile roofs burn down.  Ventura County has been in a drought since 2012, so we can't just throw water at our landscapes to defend them.