Knob-and-Tube Replacement Across Philadelphia
Philly Knob & Tube coordinates knob and tube replacement anywhere in the City of Philadelphia, carried out by licensed electrical contractors. The whole city sits under one permit office, L&I, and one electric utility, PECO, so what changes from one address to the next is the building itself: whether a rowhouse shares party walls, whether the basement ceiling is open, how much original plaster and trim survives, and whether the property sits in a local historic district such as Society Hill or Southeast Spruce Hill. Each neighborhood page covers what that means for the wiring.
| Area | What changes the work | Historic districts | Permits naming K&T |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Falls | A 1928 house the seller called modern | Tudor East Falls Historic District | 50 K&T permits since 2007 |
| Germantown | Outlets on a stone exterior wall | Colonial Germantown Historic District; Tulpehocken Station Historic District; Germantown Urban Village; Manheim Square; Awbury; East Logan Street | 46 K&T permits since 2007 |
| Manayunk | The front door is up a public stair | Main Street Manayunk Historic District; Manayunk Main Street Historic District | 25 K&T permits since 2007 |
| Mount Airy | Eleven rooms, three floors, one budget | Blakemore Street Historic District; Central Mt. Airy Commercial Historic District; Lutheran Theological Seminary Historic District; Colonial Germantown Historic District | 140 K&T permits since 2007 |
| Society Hill | A restored house with an unknown rehab date | Society Hill Historic District | 2 K&T permits since 2007 |
| South Philadelphia | A new row next to an old one | Girard Estate Historic District; Christian Street Historic District (Black Doctors Row) | 144 K&T permits since 2007 |
| Spruce Hill | A twin split into three apartments | Southeast Spruce Hill Historic District; West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District | 25 K&T permits since 2007 |
- 1.East Falls
- 2.Germantown
- 3.Manayunk
- 4.Mount Airy
- 5.Society Hill
- 6.South Philadelphia
- 7.Spruce Hill
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