Just trying to hunt around for other opinions aside from our (rather ignorant) realtor. Regarding #3 above, does anyone have experience with the cost or time expense of installing GFCI protection on your own - and / or is it a huge good idea for me to spring for the GFCI-is-included-as-part-of-the-cost option for that reason?.If not (or if so), would you advise simply choosing the most economical bid? All of the vendors I've checked are extensively and highly rated on Yelp so I don't think I'll be getting any kind of hacked-together low quality job from any of them.Is there a particular solution among these options that is particularly bad or good in your experience?.Please dumb down your responses for me if you can :-) On top of that, well, to be honest I am only just now hitting the tip of the iceberg in terms of learning-to-do-stuff myself, so I don't really know the second thing about electricity and wiring. We got a very competitive bid on #3 but I know almost nothing about what that really is. These are actually listed in decreasing order of price. Installing "COLAR" devices, which I understand very poorly but the vendor said some of this work would be done in the attic, and it would include GFCI protection where we need it, which is another repair item that we're considering doing soon.Purple wire nuts (from Ideal Industries) which I believe are similar to #1 but less sophisticated (?), again at each outlet or device location.AlumiConn connectors (a little purple set screw thing) at each outlet / device.In my research and shopping around, I've heard from electricians who use the following methods to remediate aluminum branch wiring: House was constructed in 1972 so probably right before everything switched over to copper. One of the items up for immediate repair is the aluminum branch wiring that is throughout most of the home. My wife and I are buying our first house, woo hoo! But help me out if you have any experience here. I'm afraid this is more of a help-me-choose-the-best-electrician question than a strictly Do It Yourself question.
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