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Author:  Colonel Angus [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Electrical ordinance
What is the current ordinance on how many electrical outlets there has to be in a small bedroom? My landlord is going to have the building rewired & the last guy to come out said that he was going to have to add a 3rd outlet to the bedrooms.

Also, how much damage is done when they rewire? I heard it only takes a couple of days, but I'd like to know how put out I'm going to be.
Author:  bigfan [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
Colonel Angus wrote:
What is the current ordinance on how many electrical outlets there has to be in a small bedroom? My landlord is going to have the building rewired & the last guy to come out said that he was going to have to add a 3rd outlet to the bedrooms.

Also, how much damage is done when they rewire? I heard it only takes a couple of days, but I'd like to know how put out I'm going to be.


Chicago?

Rooms not now wired or additions to homes now built, shall be done by the rules
covered herein and also shall have at least one circuit for each five hundred (500) square
feet of area for general lighting purposes.

At least one wall receptacle for each twelve feet (12') of lineal wall space as
measured horizontally around the room at the baseline, including all door or window
openings in all living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, library rooms and kitchens.
Receptacles not to be installed in floor unless of the approved type and must be within
two feet (2') of the wall to be counted as one required above.

However, adding an outlet the correct way does call for conduit inside the wall, so the wall needs to be opened and yes, then becomes a pain in the ass.

Just finished a place for someone today and one of the most often requested things is the outlet and cable moved over the fireplace.
Author:  IkeSouth [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
like big didn't know but looked up, its within 3 feet of any doorway, and every 12 feet thereafter. basically, at no point on the wall should you be more than 6ft away from an outlet (6ft is standard cord length for most electronics)
Author:  bigfan [ Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
The 6 feet away is standard architect talk and what I originally typed, chose to read the code, may as well let him see what they say.

Odds of it being inspected 1 in 500, unless you call it in.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
Thanks. This is an OLD building. I have one right next to the door, & the other is across the room (narrow), maybe a foot or two over. If they don't add one, I wouldn't call it in. I'd probably have my bookcase blocking it anyway.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
Colonel Angus wrote:
Thanks. This is an OLD building. I have one right next to the door, & the other is across the room (narrow), maybe a foot or two over. If they don't add one, I wouldn't call it in. I'd probably have my bookcase blocking it anyway.
Believe me Colonel, you can count on Slippery Pete.
Author:  Urlacher's missing neck [ Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
If its a room that has a basement beneath it then its pretty easy to cut a hole in and drop some flexible metal conduit down to the basement and tie into a junction box down there. If your in the middle of a complex though.....they are filleting your wall open. At least they are doing it right and not putting shitty exterior wire molding in.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Electrical ordinance
Yeah there's a basement. If they do this, that might be the way they'll go. Thanks everyone.
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