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Posted by Harry K on November 13, 2006, 10:43 pm
Eigenvector wrote:
> We finished routing the wires for the outlets and lighting in the basement
> and now am stuck wondering if we should put the drywall up or not.
>
> This is for a basement re-wire job that I recently completed.
>
> I mentioned to my buddy that I intended on putting the ceiling drywall on
> first, as is recommended, then finishing with the walls. That said, he
> mentioned that it might be a better idea to leave the ceiling unfinished so
> as to make other rewiring jobs easier. The thought is that by leaving the
> ceiling open you could push wires down from the box, through the floorplate
> and into the basement. From the basement you could then route the wires
> over to where you need to go. I'm on the fence as I think that routing the
> wires from the attic would be much easier and would allow me to finally
> close up the basement into a nice cozy room.
>
> So a couple of questions. Is it vital to put the ceiling on first when
> drywalling a room? Second, does his argument make sense given that the
> wires are run from the attic currently?
I vote for closing in the ceiling. It makes a huge difference in the
looks down there. I my case I figured that I would need access to
wiring/plumbing, etc. at times but I wanted to close it in. Low
ceiling (7 ft) so I couldn't use a drop ceiling. Solution was to use
chipboard and pressed board (depended on price when I got to each
area). Installed with screws, painted and doesn't look bad at all.
Yes, I have had to go back in several times and currently need to go
back and reinstall a batch of panels I pulled to trace a circuit.
Harry K
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