Thread: Messy electrical

Do you include this in your reporting. Also is Romex permitted to be run along supply ducts.

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can you explain when this is located, i can see the plumbing can be damaged and should be behind sheetrock so should any romex wires

Originally Posted by mathew stouffer

Do you include this in your reporting.

Absolutely. Electrical wiring unsupported and subject to abrasion and damage, PARTICULARLY where it contacts the edge of the metal duct, creates fire and shock hazard.

Originally Posted by mathew stouffer

Also is Romex permitted to be run along supply ducts.

Yes, as long as it is not secured to them.

This is in the mechanical room, house was built in 02.

Originally Posted by Bob Knauff

Yes, as long as it is not secured to them.

Would you be kind enough to support that statement with a code section?

Originally Posted by Bob Knauff

Yes, as long as it is not secured to them.

Originally Posted by dana1028

Would you be kind enough to support that statement with a code section?

Dana,

Which part?

You mean screwing the NM cable straps to metal duct or flex duct?