Embed wire in floor? - 10/03/06 02:08 AM
My customer - builder - personal home - has constructed a "post and beam" style house - exposed beams in large kitchen - dining - family room area. Beams are 8x10. 2nd floor is decked with 2x6 planks.
He wants me to run up inside wall to 2nd floor, and then run out - across the decked floor - to hit the center of the beam and drop down to the room below centered on the beam, for the fixtures - 3 of them - cut in fan boxes - about a 6' run each across the floor. He proposes that he route a groove from the wall out the the point of drop down and protect it - overlay floor will be floating type "Pergo". Groove needs to be 1 1/4" to top of wire - right? If groove is 1 1/4" does it even need protection?
Several things come to mind.... romex inside EMT/RMC. MC wire. RWS Conduit. Metal wiremold. Could terminate the EMT/RMC with adaptors and bushings - could drill the 8x10 to accomodate the radius for the MC or RWS. Can't seem to find anything in the code that governs this.
Ideas? Suggestions? Appreciate the help.
He wants me to run up inside wall to 2nd floor, and then run out - across the decked floor - to hit the center of the beam and drop down to the room below centered on the beam, for the fixtures - 3 of them - cut in fan boxes - about a 6' run each across the floor. He proposes that he route a groove from the wall out the the point of drop down and protect it - overlay floor will be floating type "Pergo". Groove needs to be 1 1/4" to top of wire - right? If groove is 1 1/4" does it even need protection?
Several things come to mind.... romex inside EMT/RMC. MC wire. RWS Conduit. Metal wiremold. Could terminate the EMT/RMC with adaptors and bushings - could drill the 8x10 to accomodate the radius for the MC or RWS. Can't seem to find anything in the code that governs this.
Ideas? Suggestions? Appreciate the help.