Ken Platt
06-05-2018, 3:56 PM
Folks - I need to run a romex line into the space underneath the stairs which go up to my attic (this is a ranch, so the line is coming from the basement). The line is to power a light fixture which will be mounted in the drywall underneath the stairs, which is the ceiling over the stairs down to the aforementioned basement.
I've got a hole drilled from the ceiling of the basement up into the wall adjacent to the stairs, opened up a small bit of the drywall, and have the line, which can be seen in the picture coming into the space under the stairs (in the pic, the one tread was removed for accessing the wall underneath).
The question: Can I just patch the hole around the romex and leave the romex just coming through the drywall? Since this is underneath the stairs it of course can't be seen. I can't think why that would be a problem but somehow it doesn't seem correct.
You can see in the pic that there is some wood trim below the hole I opened in the drywall, and somehow it seems like it'd be better to drill a hole in that and fish the line through it, but again I can't think of a reason why it'd be better (aside from looking tidier) , and the spaces are small and hard to work with, so all else being equal, I'd love to go the easy way.
Thoughts? Much appreciated -
Ken
North Granby, CT
I've got a hole drilled from the ceiling of the basement up into the wall adjacent to the stairs, opened up a small bit of the drywall, and have the line, which can be seen in the picture coming into the space under the stairs (in the pic, the one tread was removed for accessing the wall underneath).
The question: Can I just patch the hole around the romex and leave the romex just coming through the drywall? Since this is underneath the stairs it of course can't be seen. I can't think why that would be a problem but somehow it doesn't seem correct.
You can see in the pic that there is some wood trim below the hole I opened in the drywall, and somehow it seems like it'd be better to drill a hole in that and fish the line through it, but again I can't think of a reason why it'd be better (aside from looking tidier) , and the spaces are small and hard to work with, so all else being equal, I'd love to go the easy way.
Thoughts? Much appreciated -
Ken
North Granby, CT