readydave8
re member
- Location
- Clarkesville, Georgia
- Occupation
- electrician
Failed an inspection on house rewire today, inspector says I need firestop caulk all holes in plates around the cables.
I asked him was it in NEC or building code, he said building code.
This is a simple wood frame brick veneer maybe 50 years old.
I told him I'd caulk all the holes I could reach, where the roof pitch comes down above outside wall we pulled new romex through with existing(unstapled) cable or used diversibit.
I know local codes vary, but in general :
1. Do I need to caulk all these holes? (I'm going to anyway).
2. Do I need to use firestop caulk in this kind of construction?
He also failed me for a hallway that has several doors opening into it, he thought it needed a light switch at every door. He was wrong and was real nice about it when I told him so.
Also wanted existing breakers changed to arc faults, told him I wouldn't on the circuits I hadn't touched (just rewired 3 br 2 ba this time, had rewired the rest of the house a few years ago, before Georgia adopted 08 NEC).
I asked him was it in NEC or building code, he said building code.
This is a simple wood frame brick veneer maybe 50 years old.
I told him I'd caulk all the holes I could reach, where the roof pitch comes down above outside wall we pulled new romex through with existing(unstapled) cable or used diversibit.
I know local codes vary, but in general :
1. Do I need to caulk all these holes? (I'm going to anyway).
2. Do I need to use firestop caulk in this kind of construction?
He also failed me for a hallway that has several doors opening into it, he thought it needed a light switch at every door. He was wrong and was real nice about it when I told him so.
Also wanted existing breakers changed to arc faults, told him I wouldn't on the circuits I hadn't touched (just rewired 3 br 2 ba this time, had rewired the rest of the house a few years ago, before Georgia adopted 08 NEC).