No, mersadrad, I didn't buy a new building code.
It would be very good if we had a rule about what was acceptable, but I want to know what the rule is in advance. It's never okay to have someone come by later and reject my work because it isn't what they would have done.
For example, I attach device boxes to the wall with #8 screws. They do not fill the mounting hole. No one uses 1/4 inch lag bolts to fill the mounting hole. It isn't a rule.
If there is no rule, there just is no rule. It doesn't mean that someone gets to make it up as they go along. I've been through that and I had to carry a map of which inspectors worked in each area. It sucked when one inspector went on a holiday and another inspector had a different set of rules.
By the way, when you bump old topics you have to buy everyone coffee. It's a new rule!
