Can we talk about the number of junction boxes I found in one attic?

I was doing a rewire on a 1970s split-level in Spokane last month. When I got into the attic crawlspace, I counted 14 junction boxes just for the lighting circuits. The original installer must have been terrified of running a home run more than six feet. It took me a full day just to map and consolidate them all. Has anyone else run into a job with that many unnecessary splices?

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lane.cameron1d ago

Fourteen boxes in one attic crawlspace sounds like a nightmare to trace out. What was that installer even thinking?

paige861d ago

Absolute nightmare fuel. Trying to trace one wire through that mess would take hours. You'd be up there sweating, moving boxes labeled "misc cables" from 2005. Just picturing it gives me a headache. Some people have no respect for the next guy.