Electrical outlet in the middle of a room

[Jeff]

Hello,

I want to install a lamp in my family room that will be about 5-7 feet
away from the nearest wall. I was thinking of installing an outlet
under the carpeting in the room and am trying to figure out the best
way of doing this while minimizing damage to the carpet (in case my
wife wants to move the furniture - which will probably be as soon as I
put the electrical outlet in....). Does anyone know of any good
products and or techniques?

Thanks - Jeff

[Robert Allison]

OK, first, remove all the furniture from the room. Next you will
need to remove all of the carpet and padding. Save this in another
area of the house for reinstallation later.

Locate the nearest outlet to the area where you wish to add an
outlet. This outlet will have to be deleted and covered by a blank
plate, unless you can be sure that adding an outlet to this circuit
will not overload it. Now that you know where your power will be
coming from, begin by sawcutting your slab in 2 straight lines, 4"
apart from directly below the outlet to the location of the new
outlet. NOTE: The slab will have to be jackhammered out in a
larger area at the location of the new floor outlet to accomodate
the floor outlet box.

Remove the slab to a depth of 5-6" between the sawcuts, removing the
slab below the plate beneath the existing outlet. At the location
of the new outlet box, remove concrete to form a circular hole 6-8"
in diameter and about 10" deep.

Remove the drywall from the wall below the existing outlet and
install 1" conduit from the wall cavity to your new floor outlet
box. Either delete the existing outlet on the wall or connect your
new wiring to it (see above) and run it into the new floor box.
Install your outlets. Replace your pad and carpet. Install the
cover plate, and you are finished.

Rearrange the furniture to your desired configuration.

HTH
--
Robert Allison
Georgetown, TX

[Robert Allison]

Forgot one minor step: Pour new concrete to fill in strip and
around new outlet box.

[Steve Manes]

On 1 Oct 2001 17:54:07 -0700, je...@stone.org (Jeff) wrote:
>I want to install a lamp in my family room that will be about 5-7 feet
>away from the nearest wall. I was thinking of installing an outlet
>under the carpeting in the room

Careful. A lot of municipal residential building codes prohibit flush
mounted floor outlets.

[-G.]

Is there a basement or a crawl space under the family room?

Jeff wrote:

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[Dan O.]

>(Jeff) wrote:
>>
>>I want to install a lamp in my family room that will be about 5-7 feet
>>away from the nearest wall. I was thinking of installing an outlet
>>under the carpeting in the room
>
>Careful. A lot of municipal residential building codes prohibit flush
>mounted floor outlets.
>

Many now require an outlet to be at least 12" above the floor. If you do
mount it in the floor, just be sure to tell the carpet cleaners before they
start with their shampooers on the carpet. >8~}

Dan O.

[John Dazzio]

Listed Floor outlet boxes are available from any electrical supply co. They
aren't cheap, about $20 for the box and $20 for the recepticle. But they are
flush to the floor. How its connected depends on what the floor is made of
and what's underneath. Not a big deal if you have a wood floor and a crawl
space.

John
PS- If you think that the wife will be moving the furniture again. Make sure
you carefully cut the carpet from around where the box will go and keep it.
You can use it to plug the hole when you remove the box.

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[Edwin Pawlowski]

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> Yes, I know that putting extension cords under a
> carpet is not recommended, but this sure beats tearing the whole
> place up, and if you remove it, there should be no carpet damage.

Good point. The carpet may not have to be torn up as it may be burned out
in that area. After the fire, you wife may want to put the new lamp in a
different location anyway.
Ed
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[Philip Lewis]

>>in that area. After the fire, you wife may want to put the new lamp in a

> A 16 guage wire can handle up to 1000 watts. How does the fire start?

in short, the fire starts when the wire insulation is worn from being
walked upon and you don't notice because it's under the carpet.

You've also got a heat dissipation thing not happening, and the
constant low heat can change the combustion point of the carpet,
usually to a point lower than it started.

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be safe,
flip

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