Putting range hood wiring in a surface mount electrical box?
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Fixing range hood wiring
Comments (3)Unless you're living in some place with bizarre code restrictions you can just replace it all with NM. However, if you want/need armored cable, type AC and MC are both available readily (Lowe's here even has it). You definitely need to get rid of the "flying splice" either by replacing the cut cable or moving it into a box. I can't follow some of your other questions or description of the problem. "old stuff from stove below" means what? If your hood is tapped off the power for the stove, this in itself is a violation even before people started tapping off microwaves. You don't need to have a junction box if you can bring the cable directly to the fitting on the hood. If you do need a box, then yes, you need to use an appropriate fitting. In fact, you may need to replace the fitting on the hood to match whatever cable you end up using....See MoreType of Electrical wire behind stucco in brick
Comments (1)It will depend on your local code amendments. Most areas with homes of your type of construction have local amendments to allow for wiring solid walls after the fact. For instance, in Tucson, we are allowed to place UF cable in chases carved in mud adobe. We may also place it in the mortar joints when building with burnt adobe bricks, which have no cells. We have to protect any cable that is not channeled in deep enough with 1/16" thick metal. We are not allowed to use MC cable unless it is the kind with a PVC coating listed for use in concrete. If your town does not have provisions for these methods, you might have to use conduit and THHN....See MoreInstall electrical boxes and connect wiring AFTER the drywall is up?
Comments (43)JuneKnow, you do not know what you are talking about. The contractors are NOT talking to each other about how they can fleece me. That is absurd. The problem is that I don't know what are the correct installation methods. Most homeowners don't! We have to trust people because they are the pros. AND... I am not looking for CHEAP contractors. My roofers drove over two hours away because they were the ONLY licensed roofers I found. Oklahoma did not require roofers to have a license until 2011 or 2012. BUT, no one in Oklahoma does anything about the illegal contractors out there. I have complained and called the Oklahoma licensing board. This is a Good-Old Boy state. Drywall contractors drove from the metro area and screwed up my drywall seams. Appliance repairman drove from the metro area and my oven needs repaired again. He also scratched up my cabinets. Pool repair guy came from metro area and screwed up my pool liner. The list goes on... JuneKnow, you have NEVER been helpful with your comments. Many people have posted to ignore your comments. You seem to have no purpose except to degrade homeowners who are doing the best they can with limited knowledge. I don't know why you like doing this, but, please don't bother answering my posts. I can live without your unhelpful and asinine comments. I don't accept incompetence...and I don't know people are incompetent until they have done the work incorrectly. I don't know that the work WAS done incorrectly because I am not an "expert" like you. You seem to believe that HOUZZ is only for "pros" to get jobs and resent anyone who does DIY. It is also for homeowners to ask questions. That is why Garden Web forum was added to HOUZZ. For everyone else, I am beyond frustrated right now and beyond pissed at JuneKnow, but I apologize to anyone else. Weedmeister, did you have a chance to look at the pictures of the hot water tank? Ron, thanks. I had the electrician back out to question him. He says the boxes with blanks inside the wall are legal and that any inspector would approve them. I called another electrician and paid him to come out. He said they are legal because the house is "grandfathered in". His exact words. A third electrician said "because the work was minor and no walls were moved or added that the work is grandfathered in." His exact words. I don't trust anyone now. I will call the electrician that I used before he moved two hours away and beg him to drive down here. I hope he will. He fixed a lot of illegal electrical work in 2012 before he moved away. I think we spent over $42,000.00 just for the electrical work that he did. Part of the problem is that apprentices learn "on the job" here, so they think they are experts. If the licensed contractor that they learn from is incompetent, then the student will be too, but they don't know they are incompetent. The homeowner doesn't know either....See MoreNeed a junction box to hardwire install wall mounted range hood?
Comments (17)Say what? I've had gas stoves from antiques to 48" "professional" ones installed next to the drywall. The IRC, building, and fire codes are silent on this. The installation for various appliances may place clearance limits, on the side/rear, but many that have a raised rear (i.e. not drop ins) have 0 rear clearance requirements. Drop-ins typically have a 6" limit on the rear. And none of this has squat to do with gas versus electric. The only thing different about gas appliances typically is venting and the requirement for CO detectors....See Moregroundrod
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