How To Run Conduit From Basement To Attic

Builder can put in an 1 1 2 pvc conduit from basement to attic for 412.

How to run conduit from basement to attic.

On the first floor run wires up the wall from the basement. Each room would have a wall plate but the end in the attic would be open. In addition since you re exposing that feeder to attic temperatures you may have to increase the conductor size as per 310 15 a 2. I would like to run 1 1 4 conduit from the basement to the attic in a new house to run telephone and cable tv cables.

This pipe utilized a chase which is about 12 x 18 x 16ft high so there s plenty of room to run conduit for future electrical circuits or low voltage runs from the basement to attic if needed down the road. It s just the meter outside mounted on the exterior of the home then the wires run up the studs into the attic then down into the utility room where the breaker panel is located. On the second floor run wires down the wall from the attic. Ambient temperature would apply running through walls or through a basement.

The only spot i can run a pvc conduit from basement to well almost to the attic is alongside a forced air heating duct. Is this a fire issue. When necessary use existing ducts or pipe runs to get wires from the attic into the basement. Could anyone explain the benefits of this conduit.

Okay fellas i replaced the main 4 soil vent stack from the basement up through the roof in my solid masonry 1942 colonial home. Are there code issues with this idea. Attics are much hotter than ambient so you now have two different ampacity situations to consider. Do i need to pack each end with some sort of fire stop.

I would also like to run conduit in each room on the top floor to the attic.