Hey--
Going to start working on my basement/home theater here pretty soon on the house I just moved into, and I've got a question. For some reason, the electrical panels (2 of them, btw) are in the garage instead of in the basement. The garage is completely finished and drywalled, so there's really no access to add in any additional wires.
I guess I was wondering what my options are. Right now I can think of two:
1) Install another electrical box downstairs (probably expensive because I'd have to hire it out)
2) Cut a section of drywall out of the garage wall running from the electrical box to the basement. Cheap but would mess up the drywall pretty good since it's textured and painted already.
Anyone else have this same problem? Seems like the previous owners were somewhat shortsighted on this--2 electrical boxes aren't going to do you any good if there's no access to them, lol.
Thanks
Taylor34
Going to start working on my basement/home theater here pretty soon on the house I just moved into, and I've got a question. For some reason, the electrical panels (2 of them, btw) are in the garage instead of in the basement. The garage is completely finished and drywalled, so there's really no access to add in any additional wires.
I guess I was wondering what my options are. Right now I can think of two:
1) Install another electrical box downstairs (probably expensive because I'd have to hire it out)
2) Cut a section of drywall out of the garage wall running from the electrical box to the basement. Cheap but would mess up the drywall pretty good since it's textured and painted already.
Anyone else have this same problem? Seems like the previous owners were somewhat shortsighted on this--2 electrical boxes aren't going to do you any good if there's no access to them, lol.
Thanks
Taylor34
