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how to run electric to island in basement
I have a concrete foundation, and am finishing the basement. We just
decided on putting in a bar, with an island bar about 4 feet off the nearest wall. I will need to run electric to the island in order to power the fridge and wine chiller, but just don't know what the code- friendly way to do this is. Can I just put the electric wire under the final flooring (seems doubtful), or do I need to break up the concrete, put in some sort of conduit, and put the wire inside it, then re-concrete the top? Is there another easier way I'm not thinking of? Thanks. |
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On Dec 11, 9:33 am, "Pete C." wrote:
wrote: I have a concrete foundation, and am finishing the basement. We just decided on putting in a bar, with an island bar about 4 feet off the nearest wall. I will need to run electric to the island in order to power the fridge and wine chiller, but just don't know what the code- friendly way to do this is. Can I just put the electric wire under the final flooring (seems doubtful), or do I need to break up the concrete, put in some sort of conduit, and put the wire inside it, then re-concrete the top? Is there another easier way I'm not thinking of? Thanks. If the finished flooring is going to be raised off the concrete for insulation you should be able to run conduit in that gap just fine. If not, then you would cut a small channel in the concrete with a suitable masonry blade in a circular saw, angle grinder or similar and remove just that thin strip to install the conduit and then patch over with fresh concrete. Of course the easiest option would be to drop down to the bar with a decorative column like polished brass tube. You could disguise this further by using two of them and installing some nice shelving for bottles on them, perhaps 1/2" thick glass shelves with brass rails front and rear. Most of these components are available as standard items, and any good glass place can produce the shelves (you could also use wood shelves). In any case, if you're going to all this effort you should put a sink in the island as well. Running PEX supply lines and a drain line from a small pump unit of the type often used with laundry sinks should be easy enough. We will be having a dry SS sink in the bar, figuring that there's really nothing we'd need a running faucet for right there. As for the glass shelves, these will be on the bar back, which will be up against the wall. I plan to have two outlets right above the counter on the bar back, but since that's up against the wall, that isn't the issue so much. The keg box and wine chiller will be in the island, which will stand alone with no connection to the ceiling or walls. I'll be putting in an engineered wood floor over a Delta-FL underlayment, but I don't think that will provide enough clearance to lay conduit underneath. So it sounds like I'll have to put the conduit into the concrete and re-pour new concrete over the top, right? Thanks for the help. |
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... On Dec 11, 9:33 am, "Pete C." wrote: wrote: I have a concrete foundation, and am finishing the basement. We just decided on putting in a bar, with an island bar about 4 feet off the nearest wall. I will need to run electric to the island in order to power the fridge and wine chiller, but just don't know what the code- friendly way to do this is. Can I just put the electric wire under the final flooring (seems doubtful), or do I need to break up the concrete, put in some sort of conduit, and put the wire inside it, then re-concrete the top? Is there another easier way I'm not thinking of? Thanks. If the finished flooring is going to be raised off the concrete for insulation you should be able to run conduit in that gap just fine. If not, then you would cut a small channel in the concrete with a suitable masonry blade in a circular saw, angle grinder or similar and remove just that thin strip to install the conduit and then patch over with fresh concrete. Of course the easiest option would be to drop down to the bar with a decorative column like polished brass tube. You could disguise this further by using two of them and installing some nice shelving for bottles on them, perhaps 1/2" thick glass shelves with brass rails front and rear. Most of these components are available as standard items, and any good glass place can produce the shelves (you could also use wood shelves). In any case, if you're going to all this effort you should put a sink in the island as well. Running PEX supply lines and a drain line from a small pump unit of the type often used with laundry sinks should be easy enough. We will be having a dry SS sink in the bar, figuring that there's really nothing we'd need a running faucet for right there. As for the glass shelves, these will be on the bar back, which will be up against the wall. I plan to have two outlets right above the counter on the bar back, but since that's up against the wall, that isn't the issue so much. The keg box and wine chiller will be in the island, which will stand alone with no connection to the ceiling or walls. I'll be putting in an engineered wood floor over a Delta-FL underlayment, but I don't think that will provide enough clearance to lay conduit underneath. So it sounds like I'll have to put the conduit into the concrete and re-pour new concrete over the top, right? Thanks for the help. Are you sure you can't find a decorative reason to have a wooden post running up to the ceiling from the bar? Route a channel in it, add conduit to safely contain the wire, and ba da bing you're done. |
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I have a concrete foundation, and am finishing the basement. We just decided on putting in a bar, with an island bar about 4 feet off the nearest wall. I will need to run electric to the island in order to power the fridge and wine chiller, but just don't know what the code- friendly way to do this is. Can I just put the electric wire under the final flooring (seems doubtful), or do I need to break up the concrete, put in some sort of conduit, and put the wire inside it, then re-concrete the top? Is there another easier way I'm not thinking of? Thanks. Go wireless Build a Tesla coil or buy a microwave setup. http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer |
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Perhaps a nice little decorative column from the ceiling down to the bar.
Could have an outlet in it. Two columns may make it look more better. s wrote in message ... I have a concrete foundation, and am finishing the basement. We just decided on putting in a bar, with an island bar about 4 feet off the nearest wall. I will need to run electric to the island in order to power the fridge and wine chiller, but just don't know what the code- friendly way to do this is. Can I just put the electric wire under the final flooring (seems doubtful), or do I need to break up the concrete, put in some sort of conduit, and put the wire inside it, then re-concrete the top? Is there another easier way I'm not thinking of? Thanks. |
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