Pvc in footer?

[Copperclad]

Hi Guys,
Im sure this has been touched on before, but I cannot find the information I seek.
I have a small bldg that will be constructed from block. The block walls will be the finish walls, inside and out.
When I "stub in" a slab I usually run the conduit, for branch ckts directly in the footer. Every wall has a footer, so what else is a guy to do?
Now IM getting some flack from a local inspector, saying I cant run conduit in a footer. I can run through, but not within. He also does not want me to be below the footer?
Have you guys every had this problem?
Thanks for any help!

 

[GoldDigger]

Hi Guys,
Im sure this has been touched on before, but I cannot find the information I seek.
I have a small bldg that will be constructed from block. The block walls will be the finish walls, inside and out.
When I "stub in" a slab I usually run the conduit, for branch ckts directly in the footer. Every wall has a footer, so what else is a guy to do?
Now IM getting some flack from a local inspector, saying I cant run conduit in a footer. I can run through, but not within. He also does not want me to be below the footer?
Have you guys every had this problem?
Thanks for any help!

One problem with putting it below the footer is that the strength of the footer is dependent on its resting on "undisturbed" earth, so if you dig to put the PVC below the footer you may be throwing off the engineering calculations.
As long as the PVC is small compared to the cross section dimensions of the poured footer, there should not be a problem, but the inspector may want to see something from an engineer or architect that supports that in your particular case.
Putting raceway into a slab is not as much of an issue, since the mechanical loads on the slab will be a lot less critical.
For a "small" building, none of this may be important practically, but the inspector is probably within his rights not to accept it.
Can you just put the bulk of the conduit in the slab and just stub it up into the footer? You will have an additional 90 to pull through and may have trouble fitting in a sweep, but other than that it should keep everyone happy.

 

[mgookin]

Hi Guys,
Im sure this has been touched on before, but I cannot find the information I seek.
I have a small bldg that will be constructed from block. The block walls will be the finish walls, inside and out.
When I "stub in" a slab I usually run the conduit, for branch ckts directly in the footer. Every wall has a footer, so what else is a guy to do?
Now IM getting some flack from a local inspector, saying I cant run conduit in a footer. I can run through, but not within. He also does not want me to be below the footer?
Have you guys every had this problem?
Thanks for any help!

Stemwall or monolithic?
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