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We are the process of a remodel, unfortunately the wiring is a mess. The previous owners had every wire running through one piece of two inch conduit from the main panel along the garage wall then into one large junction box/rats nest of wires then to the rest of the house.

This is the plan: The main panel is located outside on a brick wall of the garage. I would like to run the all the wiring through the brick into the garage from the panel then 3 feet down a finished garage wall. Then 90 degree turn through brick into a finished wall and through the rest of the house.

My questions are:

Since the garage wall is finished I do not have to run conduit, but what size hole and how many wires can go through brick from the panel and then through brick wall I will be using a metal conduit sleeve for protection through the brick. These will be the circuits:

50 amp breaker 6/3 wire for the stove
20 amp breaker 12/2 for frig
20 amp breaker 12/2 for GFCI in the kitchen outlets
20 amp breaker 12/2 for dishwasher/diposal
20 amp breaker 12/2 for microwave/hood vent
20 amp breaker 12/2 for GFCI in bathroom
20 amp breaker 12/2 for bedrooms
15 amp breaker 14/2 for kitchen lights
15 amp breaker 14/2 for living lights
30 amp breaker double pole 10/2 for dryer
20 amp breaker 12/2 for washer

Thanks in adavance I am new to the forum and has lots of info
 

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Since the garage wall is finished I do not have to run conduit

Are these cables going to run on the surface of a finished wall? If you are running nm cable they will need protection from damage. If it were me I wouldn't mess with bringing all of those individual circuits through two brick walls, I would install a sub panel on the inside of that second brick wall and run the individual circuits out from there.
 

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The other option is shorten and use the existing conduit and move the junction box. The current one is right in middle of where the kitchen cabinets will go.
So will that meet NEC based on two inch metal conduit and a 12x10x4 junction box for the

50 amp breaker 6/3 wire for the stove
20 amp breaker 12/2 for frig
20 amp breaker 12/2 for GFCI in the kitchen outlets
20 amp breaker 12/2 for dishwasher/diposal
20 amp breaker 12/2 for microwave/hood vent
20 amp breaker 12/2 for GFCI in bathroom
20 amp breaker 12/2 for bedrooms
15 amp breaker 14/2 for kitchen lights
15 amp breaker 14/2 for living lights
30 amp breaker double pole 10/2 for dryer
20 amp breaker 12/2 for washer

Thanks for your input and patience, its a learning curve!! Waiting on wiring simplified in the mail!
 
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