While im messing with the panel i might as well redo my 220 dryer line. A long time ago a my parents had a friend install one for them. He used alot of used parts. Rather than use the last two knockouts and buy the right breaker he cut a hole in the sheetrock obove the panel and ran a little romex out to a box w/30A breaker he mounted on the wall above the recessed panel. Then he ran the 10/3 romex up the wall across the stairway ceilling down the other wall olonside the door frame then a few feet along the stairs trim and then over a distance across the basement ceiling to the cinderblock wall where it goes down through a piece of galvanized to a 10-30r. When the the incandescent hallway and stairway lights were replaced with 12" round flourescent ones on a grant, the wire was left hanging below the new much wider lights.
Its so UGLY. I dont know how bad it is code wise. The basement sheetrock ceiliing isnt finish, and the pipes are exposed so i dont care about that.
Thefinished stairsway area is so horribly ugly and the stapled romex is within easy hand reach on the wall. The box looks stupid. I wanted to paint that area soon. I want to get rid of that stupid box put the breaker in the panel, and maybe also reroute the 10/3 if i can make it better.
In the past i drilled a hole through the plywood at the the curled up edge of the vinyl floor at the top of the stairs and ran a cable wire through to a hole in the basement ceiling below. Im thinking that i might be able fish a wire throuth the sheetrock below the panel down to a hole in the basement ceilling, or if i cant do that(cinderblock, footers, etc??)) run conduit below the panel on the wall to another hole at the edge of the floor plywood and down to the hole in the ceiling below. Then i can just run it across the ceiling like before.
Is that okay to do? i mean Redo?
Its so UGLY. I dont know how bad it is code wise. The basement sheetrock ceiliing isnt finish, and the pipes are exposed so i dont care about that.
Thefinished stairsway area is so horribly ugly and the stapled romex is within easy hand reach on the wall. The box looks stupid. I wanted to paint that area soon. I want to get rid of that stupid box put the breaker in the panel, and maybe also reroute the 10/3 if i can make it better.
In the past i drilled a hole through the plywood at the the curled up edge of the vinyl floor at the top of the stairs and ran a cable wire through to a hole in the basement ceiling below. Im thinking that i might be able fish a wire throuth the sheetrock below the panel down to a hole in the basement ceilling, or if i cant do that(cinderblock, footers, etc??)) run conduit below the panel on the wall to another hole at the edge of the floor plywood and down to the hole in the ceiling below. Then i can just run it across the ceiling like before.
Is that okay to do? i mean Redo?