goldstar
Senior Member
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
I recently wired a warehouse that is used strictly for the storage of car batteries. It has one entry door and one overhead door. There are two levels and the bottom level is sheet-rocked (both ceiling and walls). The ceiling height is 9'. The owners chose to install quad duplex receptacles in the ceiling at various locations because they were not sure where they wanted to install light fixtures. The EI tells them that these receptacles had to be GFCI protected because they have a concrete floor. Not sure what Code he got that from. If anyone knows of this requirement please post it here. To make matters worse each receptacle location was a quad duplex receptacle (16 locations in total with # 12 solid - can't begin to tell you how much fun this was).
To make matters even worse the sheet-rockers (in their infinite wisdom) decided to install 5/8" sheet-rock on the walls and double 5/8" sheet-rock on the ceiling. I know this is done in a residence where there is living space above or attached to the garage but I never heard of this in a warehouse situation. If there's an obscure Code in existence that anyone knows of please post it here. AND, to make matters even worse than that. because I used a 1/2" raised mud ring the sheet-rockerts, with their Roto-Zip Rebels didn't cut square holes in the ceiling, they rounded the corners. So, I had to use my Fein Multi-master to cut away the sheet-rock and then use an Arlington plastic extension collar (which also had to be cut in order to fit properly) at each location.
If no one has any clue as to the Code references I asked for then this is just a rant about rocket scientist sheet-rockers
To make matters even worse the sheet-rockers (in their infinite wisdom) decided to install 5/8" sheet-rock on the walls and double 5/8" sheet-rock on the ceiling. I know this is done in a residence where there is living space above or attached to the garage but I never heard of this in a warehouse situation. If there's an obscure Code in existence that anyone knows of please post it here. AND, to make matters even worse than that. because I used a 1/2" raised mud ring the sheet-rockerts, with their Roto-Zip Rebels didn't cut square holes in the ceiling, they rounded the corners. So, I had to use my Fein Multi-master to cut away the sheet-rock and then use an Arlington plastic extension collar (which also had to be cut in order to fit properly) at each location.
If no one has any clue as to the Code references I asked for then this is just a rant about rocket scientist sheet-rockers