I have an unfinished room in my basement which contains the electric water heater and electric furnace. The room is about 12'x8'. My washer and dryer are in a closet next to this room. I would like to move them into this room and make it a dedicated launry room. 1. The washer already has a dedicated 20A circuit that can be moved into this room. Can I put four more receptacles on this circuit in the same room? 2. Threre is about 3 feet of space between the heater and the furnace. I would like to put a 25" utilty sink between them. Is there any code or requirement preventing me from doing so? Thanks.

So I decided to bite the bullet and pull permits for the electrical work I’ve done in my residential home over the past year. Is there any reason to tell the inspector that this work was done prior to pulling a permit? The work is pretty basic and up to code (from all my research and questions asked on this site). It also seems cheaper to pull one permit for all this work than to take out 4-5 individual permits at a cost of $40 a permit. The inspector said I could do all the work on one permit. He inspects AFTER the work is done and only wants to see a drawing of the final product. He also didn’t seem very pushy in making sure walls stayed open before the inspection (as evident by me asking him about stapling and him saying, “I don’t even think staples are needed in that instance”). As someone who is somewhat affluent in basic electrical work, is there any harm in my approach? I’ve really been trying to wrap my head around permits in regards to home insurance claims, selling the home, etc. We’ve had a rash of electrical fires in my area so I’m a little paranoid (although somewhat unfounded paranoia) god forbid anything bad ever happen. Am I opening up a can of worms by inviting in an inspection? Yes, I know “you need to pull permits” but as a 9-5’er, it’s just too hard to [B]repeatedly [/B]and [B]continuously [/B]file paperwork at town hall in order to do every single piece of weekend electrical work on my home.