Unfinished Basement - Exposed Romex
#1
02-13-03, 07:40 AM
Unfinished Basement - Exposed Romex
If installing outlets on block walls of an unfinished basement, is romex permitted or must conduit / MC cable be used?
#3
02-13-03, 05:27 PM
online city codes
Giedge,
Try this link and see if your city has it's codes online.
http://www.municode.com/Help/site_in...ons.asp?link=2
Hope this helps!
Try this link and see if your city has it's codes online.
http://www.municode.com/Help/site_in...ons.asp?link=2
Hope this helps!
#4
02-13-03, 05:58 PM
Are you going to finish the basement or not? A nice secure way to do that is to take some emt and deep handiboxes and a few 4x4"s and get some 3 wire also. Anchor the box well and strap up on the floor plate. Cut the pipes in half. Then its good if you dont finish it and good if you do. That protects the wire well till its up in the joists. A little hammerdrill would be helpful to mount boxes and clamps.
#5
02-13-03, 06:54 PM
Member
Ordinary Romex is allowed where "fished in air voids in masonry block or tile walls" according the 2002 NEC article 334.10(A). However, you may not install it on the surface of those walls without additional physical protection (e.g., conduit).
