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Yes Alan, if the Ufer connection is not buried in the concrete it must remain accessible. Typically they put in a ring over a hole in the wall with a 4" cover. This is an old picture but it shows the typical Florida Ufer. http://gfretwell.com/electrical/ufer.jpgThey will TapCon a 4" mud ring on the wall and the stucco guy will float it up level to the cover.
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Yes Alan, if the Ufer connection is not buried in the concrete it must remain accessible. Typically they put in a ring over a hole in the wall with a 4" cover.This is an old picture but it shows the typical Florida Ufer. http://gfretwell.com/electrical/ufer.jpgThey will TapCon a 4" mud ring on the wall and the stucco guy will float it up level to the cover. It's normal here for a ring to be used to access it.
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Yes, there are differences from coast to coast. BTW, access is required to a GEC connection over/up here also, with basically the same methods as previously described.
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There has been a lot of debate about whether the rebar stub out was acceptable but the alternative, a 4 gauge copper pigtail has the habit of being gone before you can get back there with the panel you need to terminate it in and there is no real way for most 1&2 family electricians to splice it. CadWeld molds and the big crimpers for a legal splice are not usually on their truck. As long as the rebar is protected from the weather it seems to work OK.
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