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  1. K

    adding sconces to existing outlet/switch

    Shoulda been more specific; it's like a doorway with no door, if you take my meaning. Not sure of the technical name; maybe "hole in the wall"....
  2. K

    adding sconces to existing outlet/switch

    It would leave the wall and run along the intersection of the wall and cabinets (wall extends an extra foot or so, but doesn't go to the ceiling. It would be shielded, though. Cabinets are about eight feet high, tops inaccessible without a ladder, basically a dust bunny collection site (nothing...
  3. K

    adding sconces to existing outlet/switch

    Sorry, I meant in the basement. The previous owner ran a couple of miles of cable, speaker wire, defunct phone lines and everything else imaginable around the house, been pulling it out for a year.
  4. K

    adding sconces to existing outlet/switch

    One socket is on, the other switch-controlled, yes. As for going down rather than up, up just seems easier due to the configuration of the wall (easy access, good visibility) and the already tangled web of crap wired from below. Especially when it comes to getting a wire to the second sconce...
  5. K

    adding sconces to existing outlet/switch

    I'm planning to add two wall sconces to a receptacle that's controlled by a light switch, on either side of a three-quarter wall pass-through (wall on the living room side, cabinets on the kitchen side, not floor-to-ceiling). I want to run a wire from the receptacle up to the first sconce's...
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