Timeline for Best way to mount metal boxes on EMT run through 2x4 framing
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| Jan 14, 2021 at 15:33 | vote | accept | Ivan G. | ||
| Jan 14, 2021 at 15:19 | comment | added | Ivan G. | @FreeMan great, even easier. These kind of tips are exactly why I came here for review on my plan | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 14:40 | comment | added | FreeMan | @IvanG. they make stand-off mounts for EMT that will (I think) hold the conduit at the right distance from the wall for it to feed directly into the knockout in the side of the box. This would eliminate needing to put an offset on each side of every single box and would cover securing the conduit to the wall at the same time. | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 3:22 | comment | added | Ivan G. | Yep, just had only heard that term wrt low voltage. I like your suggestion to mount everything to a wood strip, would make a lot easier because then I just need offsets into the boxes and then 90s in the corners of the room. Thanks | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 3:09 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | A low voltage ring (self-mounting to drywall) and a mud ring for a box (screws to the face of the box) are different...as I hope you learned when you went looking. | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 1:56 | comment | added | Ivan G. | TIL: Mud rings aren’t just for low voltage, and have extensions. This helps out a lot with your idea of running EMT into the sides of the boxes, because I can push the box further back so that the EMT runs closer to the center of the studs | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 1:16 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Indeed, I'd more likely run a strip of wood/plywood on the face of the framing and mount the boxes and conduit out there - if you insulate and enclose the wall later, the board is easily insulated behind and sheathing/drywall can butt up to it above or below. Just working with the expressed desire to do it in the cavity, but trying to simplify that. | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 1:02 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Of course, there is absolutely nothing in the NEC that prohibits boxes from protruding from a wall | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 0:59 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |