Ok, all you DIY'ers....

[Pico and ME]

I'm at an impasse with my husband over the use of conduit pipe for wires in homes. Ive been telling him that it was used much more extensively than it is now, where romax is king. He keeps saying that pipe was hardly ever used - mostly just for exterior installations. I just spent the last 30 minutes googleing, but I cant find any confirmation for my stand, beyond the fact that conduit pipe is a good way to protect wire from moisture, gasses and nails that get pounded into walls.

I know that one of the houses I lived in as a kid had pipe running the electrical - well at least what I could see in the unfinished basement ceiling. Also, I dated an IBEW electrical apprentice for a while, who constantly bemoaned the use of romax, saying that is was less safe. He felt that laying pipe was becoming a dying art.

What say you?