First of all, I'm a beginner.
Secondly, I've a renovation started in the basement (see picture here), so I need some help.
So in the bedroom, there's actually a socket already present just as you enter on your right. However, the rest of the two sockets that I want to add are, unfortunately, covered by newly placed drywall all around (I know… stupid). So the dry wall starts to the left of the first electrical socket as you enter on your right and goes all around.
So my question is, whether or not it is possible to run cable on the floor and then within (but not behind) the dry wall so that I wouldn't need to remove it? How can this be done? What about an Ethernet cable?
Best Answer
The short answer: no. Electrical cable needs to be stapled to the side of the studs, halfway between the two walls, to minimize the risk that anyone will nail or screw into the electrical wire and electrocute themselves. Any time an electrical wire or plumbing pipe comes too close to the face of the stud (e.g. if the hole going through the stud weren't centered), you have to install steel safety plates.
For ethernet, you can run it behind the trim or lots of other places without concern.