Wall space

[Jon P]

Do you count the back side of a breakfast bar with a 12in overhang as wall space. Or do you start your measurement once your past the bar. My question is about the back side of the bar or penisula were you would put stools or chairs, the dinette side. Thanks for all the input.

 

[stickboy1375]

There is an existing thread on this, but I believe the overhang nulls the receptacle rule...

 

[charlie b]

Welcome to the Forum. This one is going to be fun, for reasons you might not know yet. Similar discussions have taken place, but this is a new twist to the story.

I'll not give my answer just yet. I'll give other members a chance to state opinions that differ from my own, then I'll "pronounce the truth." :wink: :grin:

Just to clarify the question, please tell us what is on each side of the breakfast bar? That is, does this item separate the kitchen from a dining room, or separate the dining room from a hallway, or what?

 

[stickboy1375]

Charlie I just love cliffhangers! Be right back after the commercials!

 

[Dennis Alwon]

We need more info, but my guess is this is a kichen peninsula--thus the kitchen on one side and the breakfast nook on the other. Yes????

 

[LarryFine]

I can say that the overhang prohibits any such receptacle from qualifying as serving the countertop, but I have been required to place a receptacle in such a location, complying with the 6-12-12-6 rule, for the living-room side.

I can also also say that I have not been required to place a receptacle anywhere along a big island with greater-than-6" overhang all the way around; it was considered a table that just happened to have cabinetry beneath it.

Charlie I just love cliffhangers!

Yeah, especially 12" cliff-overhangers! :grin:

 

[ryan_618]

(2) Wall Space. As used in this section, a wall space shall include the following:
(1) Any space 600 mm (2 ft) or more in width (including space measured around corners) and unbroken along the floor line by doorways, fireplaces, and similar openings
(2) The space occupied by fixed panels in exterior walls, excluding sliding panels
(3) The space afforded by fixed room dividers such as freestanding bar-type counters or railings

Reading item 3, you could certainly argue it.