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| New Ruff-In Pre-Fab electrical product line  Cooper B-Line, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, announced the availability of the new Ruff-In Pre-Fab product line as a major extension to the company's broad line of commercial electrical fastening and electrical box positioning products. "The Ruff-In Pre-Fab product line is an extension of our complete line of electrical fastening and electrical box positioning products, " explained George Dowse, vice president of marketing for Cooper B-Line. "The Cooper B-Line Ruff-In offering combines products from multiple Cooper businesses, including outlet boxes from Cooper Crouse-Hinds and wiring devices from Cooper Wiring Devices, and offers factory preassembled solutions that arrive at the job site ready to be installed. By eliminating most of the on-site measuring, cutting and drilling, Ruff-In delivers great labor-savings."New pre-fab electrical products reduce installation time, increase contractor productivity, and improve competitive bidding. In the electrical trade the rough-in phase that occurs before the drywall has gone up is typically a time consuming labor-intensive portion of any commercial construction project. Rough-in refers to the rough installation of the electrical wiring, boxes, fixture mounts, breaker panels, and sub panels. During this stage when access to the space between the studs, floor joists, and ceiling joists is most easily accessed, the electrical contractor must install the basic electrical foundation for all of the wiring devices for the project. After the rough-in phase, the installation of switches, receptacles, fixtures and so on is completed during the finish phase as the construction work nears completion. Electrical contractors devote a significant portion of their project man hours preparing the rough-in for the structure supports and fastening conveyances used to attach the electrical wiring devices to the building structure. It's a time-consuming job to select, measure, cut, drill, and attach the myriad of metal struts, braces, footings, boxes, and plaster rings required to establish a sturdy and well-constructed electrical infrastructure that is accurately and rigidly connected to the building's wall studs and framing. Despite how time consuming this rough-in work is, it is also critical to a well-installed code-compliant electrical wiring system. Of course, the rough-in work must meet the National Electrical Code requirements, as well as local community standards, which mandate how high to mount the outlet and switch boxes, how to fasten the wire near the boxes, and where to drill the holes to run the wiring or cable. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |