Residential floor outlets

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Im working on a house that is built out of cinder block and concrete. Too meet code, the architect has drawn floor receptacles. The home owner does not want to spend the money (its a rental) and would just like the floor outlets cut into the floor and trimmed out as a wall receptacle would be. The receptacles will be close to the wall, say, withing 6" so is there any code stating that we have to use a floor box with metal trim or anything of the sort? Please refer me to any code sections possible as I do not find anything stating that we have to install a specific product.

Thank you in advance.
 
You'll need a listed floor box for this application.

314.27(B) Floor Boxes.
Boxes listed specifically for this application shall be used for receptacles located in the floor.
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The labor should far exceed the materials cost, not to mention the difference in materials cost.
 
Not to avoid your original question, but since your close to the wall could you drill close enough to mount the receptacle on the wall?
If not go with a floor receptacle kit of your liking.
 
You cannot use standard receptacles and a plate for a floor receptacle. What the homeowner wants is irrelevant and should not be your concern. Tell them what is required and leave it at that
 
Dennis Alwon said:
You cannot use standard receptacles and a plate for a floor receptacle. What the homeowner wants is irrelevant and should not be your concern. Tell them what is required and leave it at that
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Roger
 
They just tell it like it is. It’s a very code oriented forum. This forum has many highly educated, and knowledgeable people with much to offer.

Jim
 
Sorry wasn't meant to be brutal but you cannot let the home owner decide code. I do custom homes and I work with owners all the time but I will not do something that is non compliant because they don't want to pay for it.
 
I see you're near Sacramento and maybe you don't get all that much rainfall. Still, the possibility of water intrusion should be considered on a basement floor. Here in the Chicago area I can't imagine a code official approving a receptacle in a residential basement floor unless unusual measures were taken to prevent water from reaching it. And maybe even then it would not be approved.
 
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480sparky said:
Any property owner who doesn't want to spend the money to do it right is a slum-lord. And yet, hires an architect for said project..... very odd.
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Maybe not. I removed a lally column in my basement for a pool table. My insurance company required either an architect or structural engineer spec the new beam and sign off on it.
 
Srv52761 said:
Maybe not. I removed a lally column in my basement for a pool table. My insurance company required either an architect or structural engineer spec the new beam and sign off on it.
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Not exactly the same thing. One doesn't need an architect to design the placement of a floor receptacle.
 
This is my line when I choose to use it.
As a licensed electrician in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts I can not "do what ever it is you asked me to do." Fill in whatever you want.
 
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