I was told my wires aren't "grounded". What does that mean?

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

8. You don't need to have your house rewired right now.

when you rewire an old house there is also a matter of a service change-could be from 100 amp upgraded to 200 amp.
That would require a change of the feed wire from the pole to the house,and from the meter on the outside of your house into your box which would also require changing .

And from there restringing new wire throughout the house. That's mega bucks.

And most likely it isn't necessary.
The person that reads your meter from the power company will most likely tell ya the same thing.

The thing of it is in a older house,you don't want too many things going on one circiut .It helps a lot to understand the distribution of power in your home.And how the circuits are divided.

Adding ground wires to critical areas such as kicthen recepticles or bathroom if there is a plug in there and recepticles or a recepticle where you plug in yer expensive electronics ,is a job a good handyman can do for you without it costing a bundle.If you add the ground wire in teh kitchen recepticles,you can than add a GFI recepticle-GFI is a ground fault recepticle -it's a safety thing.

You have to set your priorities in older homes.
It's slow going. I've done a lot of remodels in older homes,a lot of contractors don't want to do old home remodels because everything takes twice as long to do.

I have to replumb ours now-it's going to be quite a job. I really shouldn't be the least on that list !I already did the electrical work-but never got to the upstairs rooms. Don't think I will either !

As the saying goes-when in doubt,-Ask !

Good luck.