On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:13:50 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

I was poking around my basement, made all the more attractive now that
Seattle has broken 100 for 3 days straight (yeah I don't want to hear it
from all you hot climate people). Anyway I was contemplating putting up
some drywall, seeing as the walls don't have any. I noticed however that
the previous owner didn't bother to run the romex through the boards, but
rather stapled it on the side the drywall should go. I trust that I'll have
to pull that wire and re-route it through the studs before putting up
drywall.

I guess my question is, and I will get an inspector for this job as well,
but the wires should be routed through the middle of the wall stud -
correct?


imho:

Depending on the stud size(2x4) and orientation(thinest edges facing
inside and out of the room), generally yes. The idea is to have the
wire(this case NM) atleast 1.25" from a nailing surface.

To save time, and provide you more insulation, have you thought of
picking up 2x2's and just notching out areas for the wire, and attach
them to the existing studs? This will provide you the insulation
potential of 2x6 construction(assuming the orginial is normal
studding). Also, if you want further nail protection, install nail
plates.

Now all this is based on teh limited description you provided, so only
use this for a starting point deciding what to do. Not a How-To.

hth,

tom @ www.WorkAtHomePlans.com