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I did a horse barn a few years back and did it all in EMT and commpresion fittings.

Thanks Joey, I believe thats the route I'm going to take. How many GFI circuits did you provide, or was it even needed. My understanding is that the animal activist push on this pretty hard. Basically due to the fact that the animals could somehow chew into the wires. I personally don't see it since the wire is protected via the pipe.

Joey how did you bid that job? This barn will have right at 25 stalls. Lights and recpt.at each stall, lights down the ally way, lights and recept. in the tack rooms, and a restroom.

The barn I did was 8 stalls, a wash room, storage room, and a tack room. It also had a huge indoor riding ring and a hay storage area. Power requirment was not a lot. Keep attention to where the recepts go as the horses will bite the things off the walls if they can reach them from the stalls. Also in the aisle as you don't want the horses bumping into the boxes and getting hurt. The job I di the customer thought more of the horses than they did of their kids.
I bid it on a how long I thought it would take and stock list like any other job.
The plus side to a job like this is if the customer does not pay you can do what the Godfather did.

EMT 8 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ROMEX:

250 FT. OF 14-2 ROMEX $ 25.00

250 FT OF EMT CONDUIT= $ 75.00
FITTINGS AND DEVICES= $ 35.00
J-BOXES= $ 20.00
500 FEET OF WIRE= $ 70.00
TOTAL= $ 200.00

YOU WOULD NORMALLY RUN A FEW CIRCUITS INSIDE THE PIPE, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A WORST CASE SCENARIO. I WOULD DOUBLE THE LABOR AND TAKE MTLS 8 TIMES MORE THAN RESIDENTIAL. GOOD LUCK.