Hiding elecrical behind drywall

[SurfnSnow]

Hi everyone, sorry for the newb question but I wanted to make sure of something before I continue on with my garage project. Right now I'm drywalling my garage and I have 1 receptical that has the wires and the ground wire stapled on top of the studs. Now I don't just want to slap on the drywall on top of them because knowing me, it'll catch on fire, so I'd like to hide the wires. So the plan is to
1. Shut off power
2. Bore 3/4-inch holes in the studs
3. Re-route wires through the holes
4. Install everything as before
5. Dry-wall it all up and be done

My question is, is the above a good plan? Or am I missing something?

 

[darkk]

shouldn't even need to ask this question but, do it right. Drill and route the wires properly if you are dry walling over.

 

[SurfnSnow]

Yeah,I know it's a lame question but I wanted to make sure.

 

[carhunter]

Don't worry surf, dorkk apparently disovered a new emoticon and is using it on everyone.

Sounds like you've got a good plan, I don't know about anything code specific but looks right.

 

[djjsr]

There are some small metal plates available to attach to the front of your studs where the wires pass through. They're cheap and they will keep you from running a nail or screw through the wire after the drywall is up.

Here's an example ...........

 

[SurfnSnow]

Thanks for the info guys!!! You don't even know how long I've waited to get started on the garage, and not have to work on my jeep in the driveway

 

[Joe92GT]

Since there is a good chance the wire may end up being to short, you may want to plan on where you can add another outlet in between the run. Then cut the wire at one side, pull it out and re-pull to the new outlet, or accessible junction box, then run a new wire from that box to the other side.

Remember, you can not bury and kind of junction or outlet box behind sheet rock.

 

[DeadSock]

can someone explain the "no buried junction box" thing?

I can understand if they aren't covered, but how is a closed up "exposed" box safer than a closed up "buried" box?

I never bury them, and understand that *if* there is an failure in one, it's much easier to repair when the cover is exposed. Just don't see the safety aspect.

 

[nehog]

A buried junction box is a box that is totally covered (by sheet-rock, for example). You can have a box that has a blank cover with wires in it, as long as you can access the box's contents (wires) without breaking down sheet-rock! That's the whole reason for blank cover plates!

 

[Joe92GT]

can someone explain the "no buried junction box" thing?

I can understand if they aren't covered, but how is a closed up "exposed" box safer than a closed up "buried" box?

I never bury them, and understand that *if* there is an failure in one, it's much easier to repair when the cover is exposed. Just don't see the safety aspect.

So someone like myself, or an electrician doesn't have to go crazy trying to figure out why a circuit doesn't work.

Usually the same people that bury boxes also don't do electrical work every day, so its more likely a connection will come loose. I had to rip apart half of a wall in a brand new finished room at my friends house because of a buried box. From my experience, your statement "if ther is a failure" becomes a lot more like "when there is a failure".

Good old Murphy's law doesn't help the situation any either .

 

[mrb]

you say wires and ground wire....are these individual wires or a cable ie: romex?

post a picture.

 

[SurfnSnow]

Sorry it took long but here is what I'm working with: