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moving an electric stove to another wall?
I have an electric stove against the "firewall" in my condo. Im trying to move my kitchen around for remodel and want to move my stove to the wall that is 90 degrees of it, except that is the only wet wall (plumbing is there behind the drywall). Can I do that and do I have to change the drywall out to a more fire/heat resistant backerboard? I plan on tiling or placing a backsplash above the stove, but what about lower? Thanks
The "firewall" isn't for you stove. It is the wall that separates your condo form you neighbors and has a one or two hour rating depending on how old the building is. That's in case a fire breaks out on one side or the other and the wall should contain the fire for at least the term of the rating.
You can move your stove but you will have to have a 220v outlet at the new location. You can (make sure the breaker is off) take the current 220v receptacle off and run the wire into a junction box, then run a new wire from there to the new location and install the old receptacle. I wouldn't be concerned about the wet wall since the receptacle is going to be on the outside of the wall and not inside with the electrical wiring. I'm sure an inspector would disagree but I live in the real world and not in National Code Book for electrical sources.
Just a note about "fire" rated drywall. There is nothing special about it. There are no additives in the gypsum that retard fire. The only difference between fire rated drywall and regular drywall is that the former has more paper on the back. Look at is this way. Light a piece of paper on fire using a match. It catches on fire and flairs up rather quickly. Now take a "closed" phone book and try to light is on fire with a match. You won't have much success. The phone book is too dense and will take more than the flame of a match to ignite. That's the concept.
Feel free to contact me through my profile if you need anymore help. You weren't very specific about how you were going to get the wire behind the drywall.
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