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I'd like to be as close to code as possible but my house is 72 years old so not everything can be accomplished (easily). That said, I added 4 new circuits to my fuse box and ran to 4 junction boxes in the attic. Now that I am re-doing the kitchen and have most of the walls in a bare state, I am putting in new outlets, adding some, and will convert to GFI. I'm changing the lighting to can lights and adding 3-way switches on some. It's fairly easy for me to put all the outlets on a single circuit of their own and actually will be two circuits for ease of wiring. I wasn't sure if I should keep the lighting blended with the outlets but can change pretty easily to their own circuit.
The lighting is the hardest because some walls are remaining intact and it's not easy to fish wires to switches in my walls. It seems like every wall has multiple fire breaks or diagonal structure supports that you have to go thru - not to mention that everything is stapled. I'm upgrading what I can and leaving as-is what I can't.
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