314.21 and Electrical panels?

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We are working on a whole house remodel. Installed the electrical panel so that the cover of the panel sits above the drywall..

It is now ready for trim and the GC added Plywood and then the drywall on top (this was not previously discussed). Now the panel cover no longer sits flush :mad:

I don't think the panel can be pulled out anymore that it already is.... Does Eaton make a panel spark ring or something? Thoughts?
 
See nothing new with that happening. Likely correct not going to get the panel out any farther unless all connections are in back row only. GC has 2 options remove all the excess wall treatments, or make cutout of the excess depth materials to allow cover to set flush then trim it out and keeping cover removable. Never heard of a box extension for a panel box, even if they did the breakers would not be positioned correctly within the cover with the likely 1inch of added material (extra sheetrock and ply).
 
Is the service entrance piped in?

I recently went through this in a finished basement. That wasn't my project, it was already finished. But I rewired the kitchen and the insspector required me to get the panel cover on correctly.

I pulled the panel out a whole inch off the plywood behind it. Home runs werentquite long enough, so had to reaise the panel an inch, too.

I drilled (4) 5/32" holes through the sides of the panel, 2 on each side. I put them 3/4" from the front edge of the panel so as to hit the center of the plywood thickness, behind the 1/2" rock.

Plywood wasn't tightto the panel, so I used 2-1/4" square drive trim screws.

Then to support the back of the panel a bit, I used (4) 3" deck screws at an angle into the plywood behind. A bit rigged, but I got the cover one right, with minimal drywall patching
 
This problem is the builders to deal with not you, however you and try to recess the cover flush with the panel but that will look terrible unless the builder uses some "J" bead on the sheetrock.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
This problem is the builders to deal with not you, however you and try to recess the cover flush with the panel but that will look terrible unless the builder uses some "J" bead on the sheetrock.
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I've had one similar circumstance but builder was cooperative and made a build in that looked like a nice picture frame, and a nice door that went with the decor. And still had full access to the panel.
 
Commercial and industrial panels usually have box extension available as special order. These panels often have depth adjustment capability for the interior assembly, making this an easy fix.

Load center/residential panel boards do not usually have a means to adjust the interior, so you are not likely to find a factory offered solution.
 
jim dungar said:
Commercial and industrial panels usually have box extension available as special order. These panels often have depth adjustment capability for the interior assembly, making this an easy fix.

Load center/residential panel boards do not usually have a means to adjust the interior, so you are not likely to find a factory offered solution.
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Some of the older load centers had two screws that stuck thru the panel cover that adjusted the interior. You don't see that any more.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
Some of the older load centers had two screws that stuck thru the panel cover that adjusted the interior. You don't see that any more.
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The ones I have seen more recently don't give a full inch of adjustment, dont even know if I'd get a half inch.
 
The cabinet that holds a panelboard is not covered by 314.21. It is covered by 312.3 and there are major differences between the two rules.
The rule in 312 talks about the construction of the wall itself, and not about the finish of the wall like the one in 314.
 
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