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Is there a code-legal way to conceal a box?

10 years ago

I'm putting a small bathroom in the corner of a finished room. Where the back wall of the tiled shower will be is a receptacle box. It's in the middle of a run so whatever I do with it means I will have to worry about what's downstream from it. I know all about why you don't bury boxes, so I was prepared to take out some pretty big sections of drywall to rewire. However, I have a friend in the construction trade and he said that it is now legal to conceal a box under certain conditions as long as the wires in the box are connected with some new kind of splice/crimp.

Can someone please comment on whether this is in fact true/legal and, if so, where can I find some more info?

Comments (3)

bus_driver
10 years ago
Friend is wrong. A provision similar to that applies to HUD code dwellings-- but not to your situation. Is that wall an outside wall? If an inside wall. can the box face that other side?
Ron Natalie
10 years ago
There are some connectors (AMP) that are approved in certain circumstances, you don't even need a box, but I have to say they are not without issues. I would try to relocate the wires if at all possible. Drywall is easy to patch.
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kudzu9
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks, guys. It's an outside wall, so I'll do it the old-fashioned way and relocate it.

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