I am building a new house on a tight budget. I plan to add built in cabinets in the dining room and elsewhere as my budget and time allows. What is the proper way install outlets and still have enough wire in the wall to later snake it out and put outlets in the toe kick of the new cabinets?
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Hire an electrician that knows how from the box the last staple needs to be.
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Use conduit
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Scooter
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One way is to cut the old box into the back of the cabinet, then use it as a junction box to run new wires to the toekick. Hard to leave 2' of wire in the wall and still meet code, from what I understand.
Is this a kitchen? Why do you want outlets in the toe kick?
Is there a basement under this area?
Scooter's suggestion makes sense.
Install a length of flex conduit from the bottom of the box just long enough to extend a few inches through the wall; leave it there behind the drywall. Later, you can break into the wall at the sill plate to pull out your conduit, splice another length long enough to reach the box in your cabinet kick plate and pull wires, using the old outlet box as a J-box.