Electrical cable: between brick veneer and sheathing
I tried posting this in the electrical advice thread, but thought I’d also ask more broadly. My question is about running wiring for a new covered porch.
I am building a new front porch. I want install a ceiling fixture and two recessed lights. They will be on a new circuit with a switch in the basement. Lights will use Philips Hue bulbs (I'm already in the ecosystem) with Hue dimmers by the front door.
How can I bring power from the basement into the attic space of the new porch.
Option 1: punch out of the basement and use liquid tight conduit running along side one of the porch columns up into the attic. This is straightforward, but I would prefer not to look at the conduit on my new porch.
Option 2: This is my preferred approach because it would conceal the wiring. My question is: am I allowed to do this? I would punch out of the basement with bare cable (14-2 NMWU cable). I would run the wiring up between the brick veneer and the sheathing. I would punch a hole in the brick within the attic space and send it to the fixtures from there. The front door is being replaced so door brick mold will be off making this run easy to do. Once the new brick mold is installed the bare wire behind the brick would be at least 1-1/4" from the new nearest finish surface (the new brick mold, which in this case will be 1.5"x1.5").
Is option 2 permissible? Is bare wire (NMWU) allowed to be run between the brick veneer and the sheathing?
I am building a new front porch. I want install a ceiling fixture and two recessed lights. They will be on a new circuit with a switch in the basement. Lights will use Philips Hue bulbs (I'm already in the ecosystem) with Hue dimmers by the front door.
How can I bring power from the basement into the attic space of the new porch.
Option 1: punch out of the basement and use liquid tight conduit running along side one of the porch columns up into the attic. This is straightforward, but I would prefer not to look at the conduit on my new porch.
Option 2: This is my preferred approach because it would conceal the wiring. My question is: am I allowed to do this? I would punch out of the basement with bare cable (14-2 NMWU cable). I would run the wiring up between the brick veneer and the sheathing. I would punch a hole in the brick within the attic space and send it to the fixtures from there. The front door is being replaced so door brick mold will be off making this run easy to do. Once the new brick mold is installed the bare wire behind the brick would be at least 1-1/4" from the new nearest finish surface (the new brick mold, which in this case will be 1.5"x1.5").
Is option 2 permissible? Is bare wire (NMWU) allowed to be run between the brick veneer and the sheathing?