My plan was to install 2 inch conduit in a 2x4 wall from above that
would go to my panel. Well, before I left for work today I noticed a
shower inclosure in the house is on the opposite side of the wall the
panel is on. It looks as if it sticks into the wall meaning it does
not look like there is room for 2 inch conduit. I will know for sure
tonight when I take a closer look but am disgusted at this poitn
because I have already dug the ditch and tunneled under my sidewalk to
get to this point. My intentions were to go up the wall on the outside
of my house, into the attic and down into the panel from above. I was
going to use #3 wire in the 2 inch conduit.

On Nov 16, 5:17*am, stryped wrote:
My plan was to install 2 inch conduit in a 2x4 wall from above that
would go to my panel. Well, before I left for work today I noticed a
shower inclosure in the house is on the opposite side of the wall the
panel is on. It looks as if it sticks into the wall meaning it does
not look like there is room for 2 inch conduit.

How does the panel fit into the wall, if there's plumbing there?
If the panel is mounted ON the wall, just use a conduit atop
the wall surface, and if it's INSIDE, there must be some room,
or the panel wouldn't fit in.

A shower has typically got a brace inside the wall that supports
the shower-head fittings, you might need to open the wall enough
to remove that brace and engineer one for the conduit + pipes.
The rest of the shower-related piping is lower, or (like vent
pipes) cannot be assumed to be in any particular wall section.

whit3rd wrote:
On Nov 16, 5:17 am, stryped wrote:
My plan was to install 2 inch conduit in a 2x4 wall from above that
would go to my panel. Well, before I left for work today I noticed a
shower inclosure in the house is on the opposite side of the wall the
panel is on. It looks as if it sticks into the wall meaning it does
not look like there is room for 2 inch conduit.

How does the panel fit into the wall, if there's plumbing there?
If the panel is mounted ON the wall, just use a conduit atop
the wall surface, and if it's INSIDE, there must be some room,
or the panel wouldn't fit in.

A shower has typically got a brace inside the wall that supports
the shower-head fittings, you might need to open the wall enough
to remove that brace and engineer one for the conduit + pipes.
The rest of the shower-related piping is lower, or (like vent
pipes) cannot be assumed to be in any particular wall section.


My understanding of Code says there is no plumbing allowed above the
panel in the same stud bay.