junction boxes and wood
#1
01-29-17, 08:44 AM
junction boxes and wood
Did it not used to be code to put a metal junction box right to b flush with wood? Almost every junction box I find in this house, the junction boxes sit just behind the wood like they do with drywall.
I'm not sure if it's because the wood panelling was installed later or because it wasn't an electrical requirement 30 years ago?
I have a 3 gang box that I therefore need to extend. However, they don't seem to sell 3 gang extension boxes. I can find the arlington 1 or 2 gang box but nothing else and even those are very hard to come by.
Is my only choice then to replace the entire junction box with an old work 3 gang that can be attached to the wood panelling?
...or can I somehow join 3 single gang extenders together?
I'm not sure if it's because the wood panelling was installed later or because it wasn't an electrical requirement 30 years ago?
I have a 3 gang box that I therefore need to extend. However, they don't seem to sell 3 gang extension boxes. I can find the arlington 1 or 2 gang box but nothing else and even those are very hard to come by.
Is my only choice then to replace the entire junction box with an old work 3 gang that can be attached to the wood panelling?
...or can I somehow join 3 single gang extenders together?
#6
01-29-17, 10:13 AM
Group Moderator
Boxes that are installed where a finished wall or ceiling will be are required to be flush with a combustible wall surface and no more then 1/8" set back in a non-combustible wall surface. If the boxes are set back more then that a box extender is required to be used.
This code has not really been enforced very much except for extreme circumstances. Lately though I am finding inspectors are starting to look for it. Especially when tile is installed on a wall.
This code has not really been enforced very much except for extreme circumstances. Lately though I am finding inspectors are starting to look for it. Especially when tile is installed on a wall.
