The boxes secure the cable Glenn, and i usually take advantage of the 12" offered.
(note pix#1 you can see internal clamps)
note the stacker usage on the single box mentioned in #2 & #5
I believe viking? lists for 2 'flat' cables under a staple, but the gist here is to get the wire away from the wood
I also use a about a dz bags of stackers per residence, all 2x4 walls get 'em.
The 1900's are actually cover wires 1 1/4" in due to them, yet if they want a banister, they're gonna have to use the hilti to get 'em.
You see, i don't have the advantage of an inspector for single fam dwellings here to berate the rockers.
One job, i placed a sign over the (in wall) panel "1000 VOLTS LIVE!" , one of the SR crew (sitting in his truck trying to hide the joint he was smokin' btw) said...
"Hey, you gonna shut that panel down so's we can rock it"
to which i replied
"Sorry, it's running the water pump for the mudders"
So you see, I do what i gotta do to survive here as an EC......
