Shallow electric boxes for basement wall - Fine Homebuilding
Jan 28, 2004 · Try to keep it a flat plane so the box won't rock. A couple of simple plastic anchors in the wall will hold the box but don't forget to get the conduits or cables into the box before mounting it. A shallow clearance hole for a ground screw is a good idea. Mount the box. Mount the mud ring. Patch the drywall, easier if you got the dimpled mud ring.
Pocket Door and Electrical Box clearance? - Fine Homebuilding
Nov 5, 2013 · We are installing fours Johnson 1500 pocket doors in two locations, each with two 24" converging doors. Space is limited so we are hoping to be able to put the electrical switches right near the door openings. We understand that there will not be sufficient room for these boxes and the doors so we are hoping to build out from the pocket door assembly. Will laying a 2x4 …
Choosing Electrical Boxes - Fine Homebuilding
Box capacity. The most common shape is a single-gang box. A single-gang box 3 1⁄2 in. deep has a capacity of roughly 22 1⁄2 cu. in., enough space for a single device (receptacle or switch), three 12–2 w/grd cables, and two wire connectors. Double-gang boxes hold two devices; triple-gang boxes hold three devices.
Small GFCI outlet - Fine Homebuilding
Jan 16, 2010 · Both my mom's house and my house, each circa 1960, have older outlet boxes that are too shallow for a standard GFCI. The boxes have the top and bottom that go in a little over an inch and then have a 45 degree slope section down to the back, which is probably less than two inches high (don't have one in front of me here...) A standard GFCI hits the sloped …
electrical boxes in pocket door walls - Fine Homebuilding
Feb 29, 2000 · The best thing to do is to get some shallow boxes to mount in the pocket-door wall. These boxes are approx.1-1/2" deep and the standard size. I have found that you will need to replace or cut the screws that hold wire cable connector in the box because they may interfere with the door. It does depend on the thickness of the door.
shallow electrical boxes - Fine Homebuilding
Dec 24, 2003 · Or you can try spacing out the recep's from the work box with nuts, outlet tab ears, little washers, wrapping #12 or #14 wire around the screw, or go swipe some copper tubing off your icemaker line to the fridge and cut your own thick washers to fit and incur the ire of an electrician for leaving an open gap between the box and the drywall.
Installing Ceiling Boxes - Fine Homebuilding
3) If a box position needs to be offset slightly from a joist, nail it to blocking. 4) For boxes that occur midway between joists, use an adjustable bar hanger. 5) Screw a metal box to the hanger. Make sure the box edge is flush to the surface. 6) Alternately, you can …
How to Install an "Old-Work" Electrical Box - Fine Homebuilding
An “old-work” electrical box is designed to be installed in sheetrock without nailing into a stud. Instead, the box has tabs that flip out and hold it to the drywall between studs. To start, use a stud finder to locate and mark the studs in order to avoid them. Then, measure up from the floor and mark where you want the bottom of the box to be.
fixtures at cathedral ceiling peak - Fine Homebuilding
Jan 28, 2005 · Doc, I like to run four 2x4's across the underside of the ridge, like collar ties. Usually two on each side of a pair of rafters. This gives you somewhere near a 7 1/2" square base for a light fixture, depending on roof pitch. A shallow pan box is usually ok for ceiling fans. Mike
stud in wall where elect box goes?? - Fine Homebuilding
Oct 27, 2009 · What CardiacPaul and others said - surface pan - steel, 1/2" deep, 4" diameter, also available in a "fan rated" model if your fixture is heavier than usual and relies solely on the box for support. Fixture support seem to work out best if you will orient the pan so that the screws form a vertical line rather than horizontal.