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Posted by MiamiCuse on April 26, 2008, 9:23 pm
I am thinking of custom making a large table (about 120" long by 48" wide)
in the dinning room that will actually protrude about 1/3 of it into the
kitchen. One end of it will serve as an extra island counter for the
kitchen. Since this table will be in the middle of the space, I think I
will need an outlet in case I want to plug in and charge a cell phone, or
plug in a laptop to work on things, may be a juicer etc...
Only problem is the floor is a 4" thick concrete slab and the nearest wall
is 12 feet 2 inches away from the proposed outlet location.
I am not too excited about trenching 12 feet of concrete to put in a PVC
pipe for underground wiring, but I don't think there is another way around
it. I have seen some very flat 12/2 cables that are rated for outdoor UG
use but I am not sure. I will be using stone tiles in the kitchen and those
flat cables may be a possibility but I don't know if that is a good idea.
Another option is to go from the top, then put in a decorative pole from
ceiling to floor punching through the table and the wires go inside, I could
even do phone and cat5 cables in it too.
Thoughts?
MC
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Posted by James on April 26, 2008, 10:19 pm
Hmmmmmm......... i am not a contractor or much of a handyman, so this may be
silly, but.........
Instead of thinking about cutting through 4 inches of concrete and laying
pvc pipe down, why can't you rent a concrete cutter and just cut a 1/2
inch slit in the concrete, sufficient to lay down UG wire (or whatever
would meet the code) into the slit ??
Any reason why this would not work ?
James
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Posted by Robert Allison on April 26, 2008, 10:29 pm
James wrote:
> Hmmmmmm......... i am not a contractor or much of a handyman, so this may be
> silly, but.........
>
> Instead of thinking about cutting through 4 inches of concrete and laying
> pvc pipe down, why can't you rent a concrete cutter and just cut a 1/2
> inch slit in the concrete, sufficient to lay down UG wire (or whatever
> would meet the code) into the slit ??
>
> Any reason why this would not work ?
>
> James
>
>
It would work, but it is not to code. Any wiring (with the one
notable exception of grounding cable) in concrete must be in a
conduit.
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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
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Posted by James on April 26, 2008, 10:47 pm
Hmmmmmm. good point Robert. So, could the slit idea still be followed,
but simply be large enough to accomodate the metal conduit ?
James
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Posted by Robert Allison on April 27, 2008, 10:57 am
James wrote:
> Hmmmmmm. good point Robert. So, could the slit idea still be followed,
> but simply be large enough to accomodate the metal conduit ?
>
> James
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Absolutely. One would need to go deep enough to accomodate the
90s, but that is how it is done. The conduit can stop just out
of the concrete. I would go with pvc conduit instead of metal.
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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
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