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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
Not too much pride in workmanship shown there!
Pex water lines, mixed with rigid plastic lines. 
If the owner decides to sell this home later, a home inspector is going to cite all the faults.
Are you sure about the breaker rating? 15 amp is the smallest rating for a #14 wire. |
Yes, I'm sure, I know what I saw.
I was running some space heaters (oil filled radiators) one winter because my side of the house which used to be the garage that the previous owners of the place had converted it into additional living space, and so when they did it, they didn't do it correctly including the HVAC runs and insulation.
So my side of the house even with the heat cranked up wouldn't get above 55 degrees in the winter without the use of a space heater or two.
Unfortunately the breaker blew whenever I had the spaceheater(s) set on high and when I looked at the breaker that controlled the outlets that were in my office and bedroom (one half of my bedroom and one half of my office) I saw that the breaker was only rated for 10 amps.
When I pointed it out to my landlord he had an electrician come over and the electrician said that the 10 amp breaker was all that could be used on that circuit because of the size of wire that was being used (18AWG) which is the size of wire you would normally use to wire up a table lamp or an old radio but not to wire up several sets of outlets...
The odd thing is that the rest of the breakers in the house that are associated with several runs of outlets are 20 amp breakers.
Also another odd thing is that the only place where there's GFCI Outlets are in the bathrooms, they don't have any GFCIs in the Kitchen anywhere, which AFAIK NEC calls for GFCIs wherever you have outlets near a water source (e.g. a sink) that includes the kitchen.
So unfortunately there were lots of corners cut in this house, and part of the reason for that is because my landlord (my housemate's dad) is a cheapskate and always tries to get things done as cheaply as possible even if it means using repair guys that have questionable credentials in order to save a few bucks.