Buying a home with knob and tube wiring? You should be concerned with the safety of the wiring and the insurability of the home. I'll discuss both in this post, but first, some background. Knob and ...

Knob-and-tube wiring can be found in homes from the early 1930's and older. It gets its name from the cloth wrapped hot and neutral wires that travel separately and use white porcelain knobs and tubes ...

Q We purchased our home in July 2005. The house is about 120 years old and in great shape, but there’s a ton of knob-and-tube wiring. Someone mentioned recently that homes must have most or all of it ...

Question: I live in a beautiful home in San Roque that was built in the late 1920s and it still has the old original knob-and-tube style of electrical wiring. The original fuse box was removed and ...

Q: We purchased our home in Palmyra, Pa., in July 2005. The house is about 120 years old and in great shape, but there's a ton of knob-and-tube wiring. Someone mentioned recently that homes must have ...

Most insurers see homes with knob-and-tube wiring, aluminum wiring, and 60-amp service as high-risk, which prevents clients with those systems from easily obtaining home insurance. But are wiring ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Few of you have probably heard of knob and tube electrical wiring. But, it turns out you should know more, because insurance companies are now canceling and denying homeowners ...