[Greenbuilding] Floor electrical outlets in Ontario House

[Joe Killian]

Lynelle,

    Faced with the same situation, I created a chase at the bottom of 
the outside walls with 2x2s, one on the floor, one above with ~4" space 
between.  In that space I ran the wire & placed plug boxes (wire 
fastened to the wall).  I covered the chase with a baseboard (cutouts 
for the plug boxes of course).  Sort of like a home-made wiremold.   
Above this "fat baseboard" I place our baseboard hot-water radiators.
    I was uncertain whether the inspector would like it, but was 
similarly unwilling to punch holes into my outside walls.  The inspector 
saw it and said nothing at all.
    An extra bonus, with the baseboard radiators a few inches above the 
floor, they don't suck in so much dust like normal.

   Don't know if a sketch will come through, but trying to attach one....
Joe


On 12/8/2017 9:10 AM, John Salmen wrote:
>
> There is no problem in the electrical code with floor outlets. 
> Depending on the inspector though there may be an issue as to whether 
> they replace the wall outlet requirement i.e. there is a requirement 
> for where outlets are located and maximum spacing. I know in the NEC a 
> floor outlet can be included in the wall outlet count if it is no more 
> than a certain distance from the wall (I think it was 18``).  I don`t 
> know the Ontario code and some inspectors are very particular about 
> wording and because the wording `finished wall`is used  in the 
> canadian codes some inspectors may not allow the substitution. It is 
> one of those things that I would question the inspector or local 
> authority first.
>
> John
>
> *From:*Greenbuilding 
> [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Lynelle Hamilton
> *Sent:* Friday, December 8, 2017 4:18 AM
> *To:* Green Building
> *Subject:* [Greenbuilding] Floor electrical outlets in Ontario House
>
> This isn't a "green building" question, but the house involved is 
> attempting to be built green. I am using Nexcem/Durisol and would 
> prefer not to cut into the block for the wall outlets that fall on the 
> exterior walls. I'd like to install floor outlets in place of the wall 
> outlets. I have had conflicting information as to whether these are 
> code in Ontario Canada residential construction.  I've heard that the 
> OBC does not discuss floor outlets in residential construction, so 
> therefore they're not OK, but also heard that they are not prohibited. 
> No one has given me a specific code reference, though.
>
> Has anyone had experience with using floor outlets in lieu of wall 
> outlets in Ontario or knows how this situation is treated?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Lynelle Hamilton
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