Doing a condo, which falls under the residential catagory, but we’re goign to use all metal studs. I plan to use a licensed electrician, but I want to know what to expect. Do we need to use EMT for all the electrical?
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Here in NW Oh, residential, we can use romex through the knockouts. But the knockouts need to be sleeved with a plastic ''grommet" that you can get at electical supply houses. There are also brackets you zip screw on the side of a stud when running up the stud. We have been allowed electrical taping the runs up and down a stud.
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Calvin's got it. The boxes they use will probably be different from wht you are used to, also. Romex in metal studs is a PITA.
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