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This house had baseboard heaters when we moved in, and we quickly installed a F/A gas furnace. However, we haven’t been so quick to disconnect the electric heaters. I’ve removed most of the upstairs ones and shoved the wires back into the wall. There are a couple of wall thermostats that I’ve disconnected and now need to drywall over the holes.
When this was installed, the heaters were on a separate meter and breaker box, so my question is… What do I have to do at the box? Do I just reach as far back in the wall as possible and cut the wires so they can’t be reconnected (and burn the house down). There’s a VERY GOOD possibility we’re selling this house I hate next year (oh, the hassle involved in severing a piece of farmland) and I don’t want the guilt and responsibility (and liability) of someone reconnecting the wires and electrocuting themselves. But, pulling out every one of those wires would involve ripping out most of the drywall. Any ideas??
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This house had baseboard heaters when we moved in, and we quickly installed a F/A gas furnace. However, we haven't been so quick to disconnect the electric heaters. I've removed most of the upstairs ones and shoved the wires back into the wall. There are a couple of wall thermostats that I've disconnected and now need to drywall over the holes.
When this was installed, the heaters were on a separate meter and breaker box, so my question is... What do I have to do at the box? Do I just reach as far back in the wall as possible and cut the wires so they can't be reconnected (and burn the house down). There's a VERY GOOD possibility we're selling this house I hate next year (oh, the hassle involved in severing a piece of farmland) and I don't want the guilt and responsibility (and liability) of someone reconnecting the wires and electrocuting themselves. But, pulling out every one of those wires would involve ripping out most of the drywall. Any ideas??