It's OT just the homeowners... the "pros" can behave badly, as well!
My house was built in 1981 and we've been in it for about 12 years, The previous owner had electric baseboards installed (by a licensed electrician) and set up for off-peak heating to supplement the oil-fired hot water heating system, which required snaking some wiring through various walls, etc..
Recently, I snaked some TV co-ox and ethernet cable to several rooms.
As I drilled through one wall, I felt a sickening grab and pull and pretty much knew I had snagged a wire. Cut it in two, actually.
Turned out to be the wire between a wall switch and some ceiling "pot lights" that were not "on" at the time.
I devised a plan to access the wire at both sides of the break and get it into boxes to properly splice it. I cut the wire and the damaged piece didn't want to pull out of the wall. When it finally came out, it was wrapped in a big wad of tape!
Turns out there was a wire to an electric baseboard nearby and when the pros had installed it they hit the wire within a foot of where I did and simply taped it up and stuffed it buck into the wall! I'm GUESSING the young guy on the team didn't want to 'fess up to the damage and suffer the boss's wrath so he taped it and hid his mistake!
Here's a picture of the wire with the outer wad of tape removed...
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