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How would one attach an electrical box to stone foundation gorehound 04-30-2007
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on April 30, 2007, 10:54 pm


>
> > My house was built in 1848. I was wondering what I would do to put an o=
utlet
> > on the wall of the stone foundation. I have put them on block but I fee=
l a
> > little leary of trying to drill holes in the rocks of a stone foundatio=
n=2E
> > Anyone have any ideas?
>
> > Thanks
> > Shane
>
> I mounted a single switch box to a block wall around 20 years ago. =A0It
> is still there. =A0All I did was glop a bunch of Liquid Nails (TM) onto
> the back and stick it to the block. =A0Propped it in place overnight
> till the LN dried.
>
> The LN bonded to the block and the box plus extended into small screw
> holes in the box making 'keys'.
>
> Harry K

how about a outlet in a weatherproof box mounted on a short piece of
conduit concreted in ground.

you drill thru foundation below ground, use direct burial cable, and
dont have to mess with the foundation but still have a outlet.

I installed one like this near my driveway in the late 70s for working
on vehicles and yard clean up. the pipe inally rotted off a couple
years ago so I added a pile of cement around it, and its as good as
new.

amazing how time flies............


Posted by mm on April 30, 2007, 11:03 pm


On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:07:34 -0400, "gorehound"

>My house was built in 1848. I was wondering what I would do to put an outlet
>on the wall of the stone foundation. I have put them on block but I feel a
>little leary of trying to drill holes in the rocks of a stone foundation.
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>Shane

If not now, some day you're going to have an old house question you
need to be answered by an old house guy. Make friends with someone
like that or join a club. If you don't know where to start, ask the
curator of some historic home that age, or just knock on the door of a
house that looks that age. He'll be glad to show you around and tell
you who he consults with.

He'll probably even admit it if he doesn't know what he's doing or if
he's made mistakes, but maybe not so don't rely 100% until you have
some experience. If he has a clearly good method, you can judge
yourself.


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