mstrlucky74
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- NJ
Do you agree that this installation takes 50% longer than standard installation due to having to cut the conduit and install as the block goes up?
Do you agree that this installation takes 50% longer than standard installation due to having to cut the conduit and install as the block goes up?
no, i don't.
It depends. We usually pre-fab a bunch of stuff ahead of time so that there is not much installation required as the block goes up. Typically we'll have a box with a 30" EMT stub and a 2" mud cover. Depending on how the good the brick layer is we may just give him a layout mark and a height and he installs the entire pre-fab piece within the block. When he gets up a few courses we'll add a nipple on and so on. Occasionally we will have someone check to make sure that the box is installed correctly. Looks something like this:
I think that was the original question. I think it takes longer, masons are unpredictable. Always blame it on the masons.I would speculate that it would vary depending on whether you will be on site the whole time the walls go up, doing other work, or will have to make special trips to site periodically as the walls go up.
We would assign a guy to be with the masons anytime they are putting up block.
That is their only job and they have lots of wasted time.
It is, at least here in my area much much slower.
anyone who doesn't babysit the walls will usually be
pretty unhappy when time comes to pull wire.
nothing is slower than block.