adding 220 outlet to finished panel

[jfish]

Ive done alot of searching and couldnt quite land on the info I am looking for.

My garage is finished, sheetrock, taped/texture/painted, I want to run 220 for a heater and another for a welder. I can do all the work just fine, have all the materials. I have just been racking my brain about the best way to get into the panel and feel like there is an obvious answer that im not seeing.

my thoughts were cut in an old work box near the panel, punch panel, route wire from panel to old work box, then mount a open back 4 square to the old work box and run the 220 surface mount to my outlet locations?

am i on the right track?

 

[rockwithjason]

i have used that approach before. if you have attic access you can drill into the wall cavity and fish cable to the panel. i put a 12x12x8 box half in and half out of the wall above the panel with 3 1in conduits to the panel in my dad's garage so we could get anything anywhere we wanted.

 

[jfish]

should have added that part, no attic space, floor joists, finished storage area above the garage, ill take a picture of the panel tomorrow. Or maybe just buy a long bit and bore through a few stud spaces at a time, drop a box every 6' ?

 

[Mustang51js]

Just cut a peice of sheet rock out from stud to stud then screw it back in

 

[Ilikeike]

What's behind the panel? I was wondering because maybe you could punch through the back and get to the garage easier ? Surface mount a 4s box and go with EMT or MC cable.

 

[jfish]

The panel is on an exterior wall, the shop is detached with its own 200 amp panel / meter.

I'll get a few pictures this evening, im going to get this done this weekend.

I have all the emt to do a surface install. If I can borrow a long bit from one of my electrician friends I'll see how I feel about running inside. My main concern was if simply cutting in an old work box and screwing a surface box was the most logical access method.

I'm sick of seeing the heater sit in a box and I wouldn't mind a cozy workshop for a change so enough of my dilly dally. Time to get off my ***.