I have a subpanel in the corner of the basement of my house. If I drill through the subfloor above the panel immediately at the corner then the hole ends up going through the bottom plate of a first floor wall. This is a perfect location since I can then feed wires from the subpanel to a stud cavity in the the first floor.
Between the panel and the hole in the subfloor I need to attach wires that go to the first floor. Does code allow me to staple them to the inside of a rim joist? This would be perfect because the rim joist is right next to the hole. What about stapling wires to the tops and sides of sill plates?
Ideally my wires would go as follows: panel to top of sill plate to rim joist then through the hole in the subfloor. Once I get upstairs I am fine. But, I want to make sure that my wiring immediately after the subpanel is up to code.
Thanks.
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