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the_falconator t1_irwy7s6 wrote

Reply to comment by LeftyMcKnuckles in Any electricians that can fish a cable (internet?) line from the basement to a 2nd floor apartment, inside? by pcgamergirl

>every floor will have wooden blocking and sometimes masonry fire barriers.

I can tell you first hand that much of the housing stock in Providence predates that and was never updated.

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LeftyMcKnuckles t1_irx0ek2 wrote

I'm talking first hand, balloon framed houses all over Providence from the mid-19th century on. Older houses I see are post and beam. I don't always have to get in a wall for what I do, but I can't remember anytime not running into blocking, a masonry fire stop, or a timber on an old house. I think maybe you are PFD? Maybe you've seen something I haven't, but I've seen shit tons of walls in local houses.

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the_falconator t1_irx9yd2 wrote

Many have had fire stops put in during renovations, the multifamily I own drilling through the masonry was quite a bitch to run a new wire. Not that uncommon to be able to shine a flashlight up from the basement to the attic though. It sounds like you are a tradesman so I'm sure you've seen lots of walls but a lot of the multi-families I've gone into are basically maintained only to the point of passing section 8 standards and the slumlord landlords don't hire proper pros when doing work.

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sbaz86 t1_irxys1x wrote

Fellow RIer?

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the_falconator t1_irxzdkw wrote

This is the Providence subreddit so yeah

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sbaz86 t1_iry78xk wrote

Man, I’m a fool, my bad. But you are definitely right about the balloon frames not having fire blocking.

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the_falconator t1_irydggr wrote

No worries, sometimes I forget which sub I'm in too.

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sbaz86 t1_irye9wb wrote

Doesn’t mean I’m not a fool, lol.

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