Can we talk about that job at the old theater on 4th Street?

I was running a new drop to the projection booth and found the original 1950s conduit runs were still good. The manager told me they had been rewired three times since the 80s, but never used the old path. Saved me about 75 feet of cable and a full hour of work. Anyone else run into a spot where the old way was actually the best way?

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willow_martin9d agoMost Upvoted

Ever read about how they built the old Pennsylvania Station? The stonework was so overbuilt that modern crews find it easier to anchor new stuff to the original structure than to put up new supports. Sometimes the old methods just had a different kind of smart to them.

ryanh919d ago

Totally get what you mean about the old methods having a different kind of smart. My grandpa was a carpenter and he built a shed in the 50s that's still standing solid. We tried to add a new workbench inside last year and just bolted it right into the original beams. That wood is so dense and true, nothing we buy today even comes close. It's wild how they built things to last forever back then, not just to pass an inspection. Makes you wonder what we're building now that will still be that solid in seventy years.