Outlets in wall that touches house?

[mazeroth]

I've searched and searched Google and can't find any answers so I figured I'd ask the pros!

In my attached garage there is only one 15A receptacle in the middle of the back wall. I would like to run a dedicated 20A 120v circuit and install a receptacle in the wall that shares a wall with my house. I would also like to run a 240v 20A run near it and install a 4000w in-wall electric heater.

My concern is, I know there are fire safety codes with garages and after looking at my house, my parents' and my brothers', none of ours have "holes" in the drywall with the wall that is shared with the finished portion of our houses.

Is what I'm proposing permissible, or is it against code?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

 

[dw1]

I've searched and searched Google and can't find any answers so I figured I'd ask the pros!

In my attached garage there is only one 15A receptacle in the middle of the back wall. I would like to run a dedicated 20A 120v circuit and install a receptacle in the wall that shares a wall with my house. I would also like to run a 240v 20A run near it and install a 4000w in-wall electric heater.

My concern is, I know there are fire safety codes with garages and after looking at my house, my parents' and my brothers', none of ours have "holes" in the drywall with the wall that is shared with the finished portion of our houses.

Is what I'm proposing permissible, or is it against code?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

It would depend on where you live ? and what building code cycle your state/county is on? You could have a heavier (thicker) drywall on the wall of your garage that is on your house side (Fire rating), you can have outlets in that wall.

 

[mazeroth]

I'm in Columbus, Ohio. The drywall appears to be 5/8". House was built in 1987.

 

[PoorOwner]

Beside the fire rated drywall , there should be insulation behind that drywall. This makes it harder to fish wire than a typical interior wall. You can also consider running conduit along the surface of ceiling and walls within the garage.

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

Do you have a basement that has a wall with the garage? Run the electrical out of the basement in the short poured concrete or block wall between the garage floor and the studded wall above and then into conduit.

 

[Shiftless]

PoorOwner and **** have the best suggestions. The EMT gives the wires great protection and to my eye just looks like it "belongs" in a working garage. Plus you have flexibility for future additions or relocations of outlets and switches. My garage is 100% EMT to the wall receptacles and the switched ceiling receptacles for the FEIT shop lights up there.

Get a bender and some extra EMT to practice your bends. Check youtube for advice.

 

[ishiboo]

It's a fire separation wall, not a fire-rated assembly. No problems putting outlets in it. If you want to be **** about it, you could use steel boxes and fire caulking.

There are more rules about the door and ducts in that wall than anything electrical.

 

[Norcal]

It's a fire separation wall, not a fire-rated assembly. No problems putting outlets in it. If you want to be **** about it, you could use steel boxes and fire caulking.

There are more rules about the door and ducts in that wall than anything electrical.

A lot of single gang plastic boxes have a 2 hr rating.

 

[PhysicsDude]

There's nothing in the National Electrical Code that prevents you from putting an outlet in the wall that the garage shares with your house. Both the houses I've lived in as an adult had one.

I do believe its required by code for outlets in the garage to have a GFCI breaker.

 

[Norcal]

Anything prohibiting them is a building code issue, just like smoke detectors are a building code requirement.

 

[theoldwizard1]

It's a fire separation wall, not a fire-rated assembly. No problems putting outlets in it. If you want to be **** about it, you could use steel boxes and fire caulking.

We have a winner !

 

[raylloyd]

Had a garage built attached to my house this year. Contractor said if I drill a hole in the wall to snake a wire or something i need to fill with mud and tape. If i put a box in the wall i need to use fire caulk around it. Had him put in two boxes when he built it. Metal boxes, fire caulk around it...passed inspection.

I would check with your local building inspector to see what the requirements are there.

 

[Richard Cranium]

My shared wall in the garage has 10 outlets in it. Inspector never even said a word about it. (check with you local inspectors) you normally can call and talk to them early morning before they leave for their routes