Richard
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I didn't know how to make the title make too much sense
I'll attach a picture.
Setup: We installed this fireplace 8/9 years ago and now, the wife wants to redo the finish of it, taking down the panels and hiring someone to put up a stone finish.
All that is fine & dandy.
She MIGHT also want to have some lights on the structure that is rebuilt and we don't have power anywhere near HOWEVER, I'm thinking I can easily cut a hole in the floor and take a line to the basement which will have some electrical work done to it later this summer and I can tie it in then (the electrician can)
I'm thinking I should bore a hole either in the bottom left corner or through the floor plate so it will be as far from the firebox as I can. I'm also thinking it's a good idea to run it through some conduit. For heat protection if nothing else, although it really doesn't get that warm over here. I was taking this apart while the fireplace was running all morning and frankly, don't think I felt ANY warmth here. Metal conduit? plastic?
Regardless of that, I'd rather be double safe than 1% sorry so I'm putting it here to see if some electrical experts might have a suggestion for me so it's ok.
Frankly, I'd rather simply drill the hole and put the conduit in myself, (and pay an electrician later to attach everything) than to hire an electrician today to simply drill a hole and maybe put a stick of conduit in, then pay them again later, to hook up the ends.
Any thoughts?
I tried to mark one of the spots where I was thinking on drilling. also, that is the gas line coming into the house on the left. It snakes behind the fireplace to the OTHER side and I actually have more congestion over there than I do here because of the shutoff valve and little drip tube (or what ever it's called for water in the line to drip into)
I'll attach a picture.
Setup: We installed this fireplace 8/9 years ago and now, the wife wants to redo the finish of it, taking down the panels and hiring someone to put up a stone finish.
All that is fine & dandy.
She MIGHT also want to have some lights on the structure that is rebuilt and we don't have power anywhere near HOWEVER, I'm thinking I can easily cut a hole in the floor and take a line to the basement which will have some electrical work done to it later this summer and I can tie it in then (the electrician can)
I'm thinking I should bore a hole either in the bottom left corner or through the floor plate so it will be as far from the firebox as I can. I'm also thinking it's a good idea to run it through some conduit. For heat protection if nothing else, although it really doesn't get that warm over here. I was taking this apart while the fireplace was running all morning and frankly, don't think I felt ANY warmth here. Metal conduit? plastic?
Regardless of that, I'd rather be double safe than 1% sorry so I'm putting it here to see if some electrical experts might have a suggestion for me so it's ok.
Frankly, I'd rather simply drill the hole and put the conduit in myself, (and pay an electrician later to attach everything) than to hire an electrician today to simply drill a hole and maybe put a stick of conduit in, then pay them again later, to hook up the ends.
Any thoughts?
I tried to mark one of the spots where I was thinking on drilling. also, that is the gas line coming into the house on the left. It snakes behind the fireplace to the OTHER side and I actually have more congestion over there than I do here because of the shutoff valve and little drip tube (or what ever it's called for water in the line to drip into)