THE INSTALLATION.
the installation
is
not such a simple matter
with a careful, responsible firm
can
it
;
still
but
be
thoroughly well accomplished.
In the case of a decorated house the master should himself go into the details of the proposed wiring, that he
may
understand
how
it
to be done,
is
and that no unsightly casings, roughly painted or covered with wall-paper, should run up the walls or across the ceilings, and in such a house the firm
employed should be made responsible
damage done
any
for
to ceilings, walls, or cornices.
It is
wonderful what an experienced electrical work-
man can
" threadling,"
accomplish,
as
it
technically called, the wires round cornices
is
and
carved wood-work, and between ceilings, so that
when
the installation
is
finished
even an experienced eye
it is
impossible for
to detect the path of the
electric wires to the lamps.
In undecorated houses the estimate should be
made
inclusive.
should not be
The left to
plastering and
making good
the decorator, but the
work