Hi all,
I live in a condominium with commercial construction. My walls are supported by metal studs and the sheetrock wall is two layers thick.
Current outlet is on the bottom left of the picture below. I'm looking to add an outlet behind my tv wall mount (or otherwise getting power to my tv without having a hanging cord).
The blue tape marks three metal studs between the existing outlet and where I'd like to pull MC cable. I've checked and unfortunately I cannot find any cutouts in the studs for me to try to fish the MC cable horizontally across.
What are my options? I think they are:
1. Cut lots of holes through my double sheetrock, punch or drill holes through three metal studs and run the MC cable to the new outlet. (I imagine this would be a very messy and time-consuming job.
2. Install surface wiring. Would not look as nice, but would probably save me a weekend of work between drywall patching and painting.
3. Try to run MC cable behind the wall stud. I believe there may be enough room to do this, although it will be hard. But there is some space between my wall and my neighbor's and I might be able to run the MC that way. Not sure if this is up to code though.
Appreciate the help.
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I live in a condominium with commercial construction. My walls are supported by metal studs and the sheetrock wall is two layers thick.
Current outlet is on the bottom left of the picture below. I'm looking to add an outlet behind my tv wall mount (or otherwise getting power to my tv without having a hanging cord).
The blue tape marks three metal studs between the existing outlet and where I'd like to pull MC cable. I've checked and unfortunately I cannot find any cutouts in the studs for me to try to fish the MC cable horizontally across.
What are my options? I think they are:
1. Cut lots of holes through my double sheetrock, punch or drill holes through three metal studs and run the MC cable to the new outlet. (I imagine this would be a very messy and time-consuming job.
2. Install surface wiring. Would not look as nice, but would probably save me a weekend of work between drywall patching and painting.
3. Try to run MC cable behind the wall stud. I believe there may be enough room to do this, although it will be hard. But there is some space between my wall and my neighbor's and I might be able to run the MC that way. Not sure if this is up to code though.
Appreciate the help.
