Hi,
I'm remodeling my kitchen right now and I have a question about a non load-bearing wall I'm modifying. Instead of being a straight wall, about 5 feet of it is in one place, and the next 5 feet are set back about 3 inches. So for the first part - the room is a certain width, and for the next part - the room is 3 inches wider. Space is really cramped in that corner so I've attemped to push back the first part of the wall as much as possible so that the two parts are more level, and also to gain a few inches.
The drywall and plaster (I have both!) is only removed from the kitchen side of the wall. Taking the wall out completely and building a new one, offset the 3" all the way across, is not an option. Doing that would screw up the symmetry of an archway in the opposite room. So instead, I basically ripped 2" off of the existing 2x4's in the wall that I want to set back. My thought process in this is that when I put new drywall up, I will have gained 2" in kitchen width. I am going to put in some new 2x4's going the "other" direction for framing purposes. The end result will be a wall that is 3" thick from paint to paint (0.5" new drywall + 1.5" for "sideways" 2x4's + 1" drywall/plaster combo on other side of wall.
The problem, however, is that there needs to be one dedicated outlet in this new "thin" wall for the fridge. There will be one 12/2 romex wire coming up from the floor. I use metal boxes, and I was going to use some 1/2" EMT conduit in there to protect the wire in case for some reason some future owner decides to drive a nail in the bottom 12" of the wall in the opposite room.
Should I go with rigid conduit instead? I'd rather not because of the apprx. $17 price difference for a 10' piece, but if necessary, I will. Or how about some sort of metal protector plate nailed to both sides of the adjacent 2x4?
I'm sure this probably is against code, and if so, please tell me just so I know 100%. But I'm still going to do it, unless someone of course provides a very good argument convincing me not to. I just want to do it in the safest manner possible. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks!
Dave
*Mod, please move to Electrical if it should go there. Thanks!
I'm remodeling my kitchen right now and I have a question about a non load-bearing wall I'm modifying. Instead of being a straight wall, about 5 feet of it is in one place, and the next 5 feet are set back about 3 inches. So for the first part - the room is a certain width, and for the next part - the room is 3 inches wider. Space is really cramped in that corner so I've attemped to push back the first part of the wall as much as possible so that the two parts are more level, and also to gain a few inches.
The drywall and plaster (I have both!) is only removed from the kitchen side of the wall. Taking the wall out completely and building a new one, offset the 3" all the way across, is not an option. Doing that would screw up the symmetry of an archway in the opposite room. So instead, I basically ripped 2" off of the existing 2x4's in the wall that I want to set back. My thought process in this is that when I put new drywall up, I will have gained 2" in kitchen width. I am going to put in some new 2x4's going the "other" direction for framing purposes. The end result will be a wall that is 3" thick from paint to paint (0.5" new drywall + 1.5" for "sideways" 2x4's + 1" drywall/plaster combo on other side of wall.
The problem, however, is that there needs to be one dedicated outlet in this new "thin" wall for the fridge. There will be one 12/2 romex wire coming up from the floor. I use metal boxes, and I was going to use some 1/2" EMT conduit in there to protect the wire in case for some reason some future owner decides to drive a nail in the bottom 12" of the wall in the opposite room.
Should I go with rigid conduit instead? I'd rather not because of the apprx. $17 price difference for a 10' piece, but if necessary, I will. Or how about some sort of metal protector plate nailed to both sides of the adjacent 2x4?
I'm sure this probably is against code, and if so, please tell me just so I know 100%. But I'm still going to do it, unless someone of course provides a very good argument convincing me not to. I just want to do it in the safest manner possible. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks!
Dave
*Mod, please move to Electrical if it should go there. Thanks!