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Posted by Pop` on June 29, 2007, 1:02 pm
Kitep wrote:
>> I bought a house, a real fixer-upper :) One problem is that a lot
>> of the holes cut in the drywall to fit around the receptacles are
>> too large, so that the fins on the plug don't catch - it just keeps
>> going till it's flush with the box, which of course if flush with
>> the stud. So, the plug sits about 1/2 inch too deep.
>>
>
> Finally picked up some box extenders, so I thought I'd give an update.
>
> The extenders didn't work. They depend on fins catching the drywall,
> and the people who put in the drywall didn't unscrew the plugs, they
> just cut a bigger hole. So here's what I did:
>
> I bought a regular box. Set my table saw for 3/8" and cut. Put the
> rectangle in the hole, and found I really needed 3/8" on 1 corner and
> 1/8" on the opposite corner. So I marked it with a permanent marker.
> Then pulled out my angle grinder and grinded away. Now it extends
> the box flush with the wall and is code-compliant. Cheap too, if you
> don't count my time :) Now I just have to do it again & again &
> again (about 12 times total).
The mark of a true home-owner; lots of things to work on <g>
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