Home Automation - Did I remodel correctly?
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04-23-00, 01:26 PM
I added new ceiling fixtures several years ago. The existing installation had switched half hot receptacles. The most convienient way to install was to cut the wire in the attic that ran from the switch to the receptacle. Then I installed a new junction box in the attic and from there connected to a new ceiling box and fixture. The J-Box is exposed in the attic but not to a habitable room. The attic is an unfinished truss area with minimal headroom and access only through a ceiling panel. I'm about to sell the house and want to know it this approach is acceptable under code or if I'll get hung on a house inspection. Help Please???
04-23-00, 03:39 PM
hello gnmix,
thats not the way i would have gone abought it, but from the info contained in your post it sounds like its a legal instulation as long as u put covers on the boxes and used wirenuts. the code states that a junction box must be axcessabel which yours r. it does not say they have to be easly axcessed only no part of the structure need be removed to gain axcess which from your post yours do not require removing any part of the structure.
thats not the way i would have gone abought it, but from the info contained in your post it sounds like its a legal instulation as long as u put covers on the boxes and used wirenuts. the code states that a junction box must be axcessabel which yours r. it does not say they have to be easly axcessed only no part of the structure need be removed to gain axcess which from your post yours do not require removing any part of the structure.
04-24-00, 10:37 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gnmix:
I added new ceiling fixtures several years ago. The existing installation had switched half hot receptacles. The most convienient way to install was to cut the wire in the attic that ran from the switch to the receptacle. Then I installed a new junction box in the attic and from there connected to a new ceiling box and fixture. The J-Box is exposed in the attic but not to a habitable room. The attic is an unfinished truss area with minimal headroom and access only through a ceiling panel. I'm about to sell the house and want to know it this approach is acceptable under code or if I'll get hung on a house inspection. Help Please???
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Next time I'll try it the correct way. Thanks for the help.
GM
I added new ceiling fixtures several years ago. The existing installation had switched half hot receptacles. The most convienient way to install was to cut the wire in the attic that ran from the switch to the receptacle. Then I installed a new junction box in the attic and from there connected to a new ceiling box and fixture. The J-Box is exposed in the attic but not to a habitable room. The attic is an unfinished truss area with minimal headroom and access only through a ceiling panel. I'm about to sell the house and want to know it this approach is acceptable under code or if I'll get hung on a house inspection. Help Please???
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Next time I'll try it the correct way. Thanks for the help.
GM