Tom Drake
Member
- Location
- West Palm Beach, FL
334.30 States that the romex is required to be supported and secured every 4.5' min. In an attic where it is accessible, this is the method we use. A house that has a flat roof and second floor. The entire attic is NOT accessible. We only secured it when we ran with the trusses per code. But along the horizontal trusses we only secured as needed at turns. The trusses are supporting cable. We passed inspection with flying colors. The home owner hired a separate inspector. He wants us to secure all to code. Question is..... Is there anything in code that allows us not to secure ALL the cable every 4.5'. Our City inspector agrees that as long as it is supported. He does not require all the wire running over the trusses to be secured. Again this is a inaccessible attic. Less than 2' of space. No scuttle holes.