Rick 0920
Senior Member
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL
- Occupation
- Electrical Instructor
I've thought about this many times, but just figured the inspector knew that it was impossible to maintain the 1.25" clearance required. I always took my cables after stapling and pulled them to the center, minimizing the length of Romex that was within the 1.25". I guess if I had an inspector that was enforcing this, I would just scab a short piece of 2x4 onto the original framing member and put my box to that. Then my argument would be that my box is even 1.5" away from the original framing member. It would be a pain to do that for every box, but the scrap pieces of 2x4's are plentiful around the site.