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Posted by Glenn on February 19, 2007, 1:03 pm
One note, if it IS plaster and you get in there with a rotary
tool, you're probably going to skin a lot of wires stuffed into
the box and then you Really have problems.
> Yaz wrote:
>> I have had some awful plasterers who had plastered over all my
>> sockets and
>> switches. I have my Electrician comming in this week for 2nd
>> fixing and I
>> need to to cut out the holes square and neat. Are there any
>> spcial ways in
>> which to do this neatly and squsre without over damaginf the
>> surrounding
>> plaster? Not no stud walls all solid brick. I have to do this
>> to about a
>> 150 points and need some easy and neat manner . Dont mind
>> buying some
>> reasonable tool etc?
>>
>> Any advice.
>
> Any advice what? ;)
>
> All contractors make more work for you, even the ones that are
> very
> neat, but it's another thing for a contractor to make more work
> for
> you or someone else needlessly. Cleaning out the boxes while
> the
> plaster is relatively fresh takes far less time and it should be
> part
> of the plasterer's usual procedure. For that reason alone, I
> wouldn't
> do the clean up - I'd make the plasterer clean up after himself.
>
> Call the plasterer and ask him to clean them out. If there's
> any
> resistance, inform him that the electrician offered to clean out
> the
> boxes at _cost_ and bill the plasterer, but you'd prefer that
> the
> plasterer take care of the trimming himself so you wouldn't have
> to
> get in between the two contractors.
>
> It's also possible that the situation is not as bad as it
> appears and
> that the electrician would clean the excess off in the normal
> course
> of events - with some grumbling.
>
> If you decide to do it yourself, and depending on a bunch of
> factors,
> you may be able to cut it back with a sharpened slotted
> screwdriver,
> if you Goetz the idea, and use it as a chisel. The smaller cut
> will
> prevent any big chunks of plaster from being blown out. You'll
> be
> cutting around a box and that will act as your guide - position
> the
> chisel against the plaster directly over the edge of the box and
> keep
> the chisel square. A few taps and you'll know right away how
> fast it
> will go.
>
> There are rotary tools, such as Rotozip, with bits meant to cut
> plaster and drywall. They make a hellacious amount of dust and
> noise
> but it leaves a cleaner cut. Another tool would be the
> vibratory
> detail sanders. With the correct cutting blade it will leave
> the
> cleanest cut and with less dust (still have a vacuum sucking up
> the
> dust as you do it, if you do it). Since your cut edges will be
> covered with plates you don't need the cleanest cut. Don't
> obsess
> about it. You really just need clear boxes for the electrician
> to
> work.
>
> R
>
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