macmikeman
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Customer calls, fixture fell out of ceiling. I wired the house around 2011. I went right away to check, and the ceiling box was falling apart. I was able to break it into small pieces with my fingers. Repaired it using a Smart brand fixture box with the inside screws , but homeowner was very uneasy as there is another 5 or 6 other flushmount ceiling alike fixtures in the house. Anyway, after some ''remembery'' time, I recalled that the next morning after I got my rough in inspection I went back to get my check and upon entering
that house everything including ceilings and wiring was soaking wet and a very strong and easily identifiable smell of bleach . The owners run a large plant nursery. They had the farmhand spray inside to prevent mold. I scolded the GC at the time of it , telling him doing such a thing is likely to have it's effects on the wiring sometime down the road. I cannot say what might have really caused that box to deteriorate like that, but I think there is possibly some link to the bleach spray. Anybody know about bleach causing this to a plastic nail on box?
that house everything including ceilings and wiring was soaking wet and a very strong and easily identifiable smell of bleach . The owners run a large plant nursery. They had the farmhand spray inside to prevent mold. I scolded the GC at the time of it , telling him doing such a thing is likely to have it's effects on the wiring sometime down the road. I cannot say what might have really caused that box to deteriorate like that, but I think there is possibly some link to the bleach spray. Anybody know about bleach causing this to a plastic nail on box?