In article , "TURTLE" wrote:

This is Turtle.

I toally agree with you on this but Louisiana Home Owners can do what they
want.

So what? Unless the OP lives in Louisiana, that makes no difference. In a lot
of places, homeowners can *not* do whatever they want.

And I'll bet that's not true everywhere in Louisiana, either. I don't know one
way or the other, but I'll bet that your bigger cities have adopted the NEC,
or something similar, as law, and homeowners there are legally required to
follow it.