[Seholland1130]

Was just wondering, when you guys wire a house, do y'all prefer running wire through the walls and rafters, or running underneath the floor?

 

[bml215]

Was just wondering, when you guys wire a house, do y'all prefer running wire through the walls and rafters, or running underneath the floor?

Depends on obstacles and amount of wire. I prefer walls and rafters, but if the ho says well I want a recp. added/moved here I'll go down to the below floor rafters over and back up

 

[Seholland1130]

Depends on obstacles and amount of wire. I prefer walls and rafters, but if the ho says well I want a recp. added/moved here I'll go down to the below floor rafters over and back up

yeah, I prefer walls and rafters all day, but one of the guys I work for, runs everything under the floor regardless.

 

[bml215]

yeah, I prefer walls and rafters all day, but one of the guys I work for, runs everything under the floor regardless.

I would say maybe he doesn't want to bring up ladders; leave them on the first floor or basement and work like that, but what about the switch legs and lighting?

Maybe he feels people are less likely to open up or damage ceilings so his wires are safer? Gives more versatility to HO's if they want to put recessed shelving?

I would just ask him why he does it like that.

 

[Voltron]

yeah, I prefer walls and rafters all day, but one of the guys I work for, runs everything under the floor regardless.

That seems kinda foolish for him to say or do that. Each house will be different and the house itself and service location will tell you witch routes will be best. (Best being shortest and fastest )
Sometimes it's up and over, sometimes it's down. Most of the time, it's a combination of both.

 

[FrunkSlammer]

The shortest and easiest path is the way I go.

 

[Seholland1130]

The shortest and easiest path is the way I go.

I think that is his mindset. I don't know, the mind of an electrician can be a cloudy place sometimes. Lol

 

[Dennis Alwon]

When I worked alone I used to drill all my holes down into the crawl space and set up a reel under there. I was pretty good at remember the layout so I would run all the wires from underneath and stub up. When I was done underneath I would then run the switch legs and then cut in.

Of course some crawls are a PITA but I was talking new construction.

 

[Speedy Petey]

yeah, I prefer walls and rafters all day, but one of the guys I work for, runs everything under the floor regardless.

He must take pride in being either the most expensive, or slowest, electrician in town. :laughing:

 

[Speedy Petey]

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[99cents]

The first rule of thumb when pulling wire and running pipe is to do it with your feet on the floor unless obstacles, safety or (sometimes) esthetics say otherwise.

 

[rewire]

before I wised up and realized their was no money in wiring houses I did everything from above. I drilled one hole above each box and strung wire across the rafters using a four foot ladder. I used 1000 ft reels at the panel and pulled all home runs at once.

 

[FrunkSlammer]

I've been doing a reno house with most of the wires going through a crawlspace.

I definitely think that is not the way to go if there's another way.. it sucks!

 

[Next72969]

I've been doing a reno house with most of the wires going through a crawlspace. I definitely think that is not the way to go if there's another way.. it sucks!

following hurricane sandy last year, i found out the hard way that a majority of homes on the south shore were wired that way. Not fun