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General Forestry => Timber Framing/Log construction => Topic started by: jb9 on January 24, 2017, 11:33:34 PM
Hello,
I searched the forum and didn't find the answer I was seeking so I will ask a question here. I know it is common to put a strip of 5/8" strapping on the outside of a post so that a SIP panel can allow a 1/2" sheet of drywall to slip in behind the post. I am planning on running romex behind my posts horizontally and using a baseboard to hide my horizontal runs of wire. I am however curious to know if I can run romex vertically on the back of a post up to a 2nd floor location. I know it's not a huge cavity and I don't know if it could be planned out during the SIP installation but I thought I would ask. I am aware of the code requirement for staples at a specified length but I wasn't sure if that was for horizontal runs only.
I have attached a picture that hopefully describes what I am asking.
Thanks.
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I think you might run into problems. Code might dictate that you have nailing strips/protection. Steel covering the wires so that they don't get hit when you are nailing the SIPs in place. I'd probably make a bit of a groove in the back of the post (1/8"+/-) so that I could place a 3/4" conduit with sweeps on the ends. Then you could slide wires in after the SIPs are in place and before the drywall goes up.
I did that on both timber frame homes I've built for ourselves with no problems. Both passed electrical inspections. I wired them after the sips were on so there was no danger of hitting the wires with screws.