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Homeowner Forum / Construction / January 2005Ceiling Wiring: Drill or Staple?
Existing finished basement, I need to pull some more wires. Since I have an installed drop ceiling does NEC allow me to simply attach the newly pulled wires to the bottom of the joists or must I again (as I did when constructing) drill x # of inches from the joist edge? _________________________________________________________________ JG... Jeff Givens mailto:jgivensXX@comcastXX.netXX "My hovercraft is full of eels." > Existing finished basement, I need to pull some more wires. Since I have an > installed drop ceiling does NEC allow me to simply attach the newly pulled > wires to the bottom of the joists or must I again (as I did when > constructing) drill x # of inches from the joist edge? Its a closed, non occupied protected space in a building under 3 stories, so you can staple. Use insulated staples to you dont damage the wire. Over 3 floors the entire thing must be in conduit... you only have to drill the studs when you are inside a wall. Phil Scott ______________________________________________________________ ___ > JG... Jeff Givens > mailto:jgivensXX@comcastXX.netXX > > "My hovercraft is full of eels." >Over 3 floors the entire thing must be in conduit... you only >have to drill the studs when you are inside a wall. I was wondering if a drop ceiling is still considered "open space" and thus no stapling allowed. _________________________________________________________________ JG... Jeff Givens mailto:jgivensXX@comcastXX.netXX "My hovercraft is full of eels." >>Over 3 floors the entire thing must be in conduit... you only >>have to drill the studs when you are inside a wall. I was wondering if a drop ceiling is still considered "open space" No _________________________________________________________________ > >Over 3 floors the entire thing must be in conduit... you only > >have to drill the studs when you are inside a wall. > > I was wondering if a drop ceiling is still considered "open space" and thus > no stapling allowed. That is a local issue...depends on what your building inspector thinks when he looks at the job... there are variables...does he think the drop ceiling could be temporary? etc. Worst case you would have to run it in steel flex conduit...bx...thats with the wire already in it...not much of a problem at all. Phil Scott ______________________________________________________________ ___ > JG... Jeff Givens > mailto:jgivensXX@comcastXX.netXX > > "My hovercraft is full of eels." You can attach them to the joists if your wire run is with the joists, but if the cable crosses the joists, you need to have it between a couple of 1X2's.  SignatureRoger Shoaf About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. > Existing finished basement, I need to pull some more wires. Since I have an > installed drop ceiling does NEC allow me to simply attach the newly pulled [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "My hovercraft is full of eels." |
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