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Install Electrical Boxes and Route Kitchen Wiring

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Rewiring New Electrical in an Old House

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What happens here

Using a cordless drill and spade bits, holes are drilled through the center of the wooden studs to accommodate the new 12/2 Romex wiring for 20-amp circuits. Electrical boxes are then accurately measured and installed at the designated heights and locations. The new wiring is pulled through the drilled holes, carefully routed to each electrical box. Staples are used to secure the wires to the studs, preventing movement and ensuring code compliance. This step includes running dedicated circuits for the refrigerator, dishwasher, and garbage disposal, along with general appliance outlets.

Goal: Install new electrical boxes at planned locations throughout the kitchen and route new 12/2 Romex wiring through drilled holes in the studs to each box, ensuring proper securing and organization.

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill
  • Hammer
  • Measuring Tape
  • Safety Glasses
  • Spade Bit
  • Work Gloves
  • 12/2 Romex Wire
  • Electrical Boxes
  • Wire Staples

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mounting our receptacles. We're looking good. We have our outlet for our refrigerator. This is going to be like a countertop area. We got our outlet there. Moving on here, this is going to be a two-way switch or no, sorry, three-way switch cuz you're going to control it from there. Got a receptacle there. Receptacle here cuz this is a nice little corner for appliances. We have a nice little receptacle here and one over here where you're sitting behind the island here. And then you can just plug in your phone and have fun doing so. Now, one more thing we need to do is we got to throw in one for the dishwasher and then one for the garbage disposal. Uh, in terms of height, I don't know if I mentioned it, but an average countertop with the countertop, you know, granite, whatever, on top is 35 in, uh, up to about yay. And then the receptacles typically are recommended to be placed at 43 [music] in from the floor. So, if you're like, where do I go? That's kind of like the gold standard. Uh, these are going to be 20 amps. They're going to be on its own individual circuit. So, we're going to run it from both sides and bring it out to our breaker box. This is the part I don't like cuz a lot of pushing and pulling through this cable. It's like wrestling a snake.

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