We just bought a house and one of the first things I want to do is rewire it to get rid of the aluminum wiring. I've been studying the Ontario Electrical Code Simplified book to get an idea of what's going to be involved. I'm going to be working with an electrician on this (although I will hopefully do most of the work), but I don't want to bother him yet, since it's still 6 weeks before we actually get the house.
I have access to all the floors (except for the finished basement) from either the attic or crawl space, so I'm hoping this will require very little opening up of the walls. There is one question I have though .... on a rewiring project, do I need to comply with the rule that requires the wire to be attached to the stud within 12" (30cm) of the box and 5' (1.5m) thereafter? If so, then this would definately require more holes in the walls? If I don't need to comply with this rule on a reno, does anyone know which rule says so (remembering it's the Ontario, Canada codes that apply to me, not the NEC or CEC).
Oh, one more thing, if I infact don't need to secure the wiring inside the walls, would it be advisable to use BX wire instead of Romex, since there will be a greater chance of accidentally hitting the wires with nails, etc. when hanging pictures, etc.
Thank you so much, Harry