On Oct 25, 3:03 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article . com, DerbyDad03 wrote:

A neighbor added an outlet on the first floor stair landing for a fish
tank. The wall in question is the wall between the house and the
attached garage.

Since this wall sits on top of the block foundation wall and there is
a bunch of ductwork in the basement just below it, he wasn't able to
(easily) fish the wire up through the wall, so here's what he did:

In the upper front corner of the basement was an existing hole through

Through what? Romex may be fished through air voids inside a block wall, but
if it goes *through* a block wall, it must be protected by conduit. It's not
clear from your description whether this cable is coming through the block
foundation wall (in which case it's a violation) or through a stud wall (in
which case it's probably not).

which ran the wires to the outlets in the garage, the doorbell wires,
etc. He ran a length of Romex thorugh this hole into the garage, then
into a 6' strip of wiremold attached to the garage wall and came back
into the house through a hole drilled in the garage wall opposite from
where outlet was installed.

All the other Romex in the garage is exposed; he just felt that he
should protect this length of Romex because it runs horizontally
across the only finished wall in the garage, about 4 feet off the
slab, and looked very vulnerable.

Maybe it's legal, but in terms "workmanship-like manner" it looks
pretty iffy.

Your thoughts?

Romex is permitted to be installed either concealed or exposed.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Thanks. The Romex enters the garage through a stud so that's OK.

BTW, I don't really have a "problem" with the installation. It is just
that the look of the wiring seems out of place - you can see where the
Romex makes a right angle out of the end of the wire mold and
disappears into the wall about 4' feet off the ground. For some
reason, it's just not an aesthetically pleasing installation to me, so
that's what made me wonder about the "workmanship like manner" issue.
However, based on what you guys have said, it's fine.

Thanks again.