Timeline for Plastic electrical cut-in boxes with 3/8s tabs
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| Oct 16, 2020 at 1:32 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | Buy a good supply of those plastic electrical shims and give them to the finish electricians. That way you won't have either recessed or springy receptacles. | |
| Oct 16, 2020 at 0:01 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | I personally don't see boxes being proud of the surface as a major issue, but I'm not nearly as aesthetically minded as most of those folks who ooh and aah over every last detail of a "finished look" then forget to leave any room for the mechanical closet :P | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:50 | vote | accept | maplemale | ||
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:50 | comment | added | maplemale | @JeffWheeler Yes, I understand what he meant. Oh man! That thing is amazing! I'm so buying that asap. My wife does all the mud, I do the drywalling. She'll be a lot happier if i've got perfect cuts. lol | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:46 | comment | added | Jeff Wheeler | By proud of the surface, Ecnerwal means proud as in not flush or recessed; like a nail that didn't go all the way in. Regarding finding the plastic boxes after drywall is hung, I bought a tool called Blind Mark which can be a time-saver. It comes with magnetic pieces you temporarily snap into the box right before hanging the drywall. After hanging, you use the other part, also magnetic, to find the then-hidden boxes and trace their outline. Then cut where you traced. Here's a video from the mfr youtube.com/watch?v=AgNaWe0pWLI | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:45 | comment | added | JACK | I never had problem with using plastic boxes for switches. I've always used metal for ceiling fixtures and naturally for all conduit jobs. +1 | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:18 | comment | added | maplemale | Good point, being proud of the boxes is the big issue. On the metal, I guess I always thought it was more personal preference. I don't really like the idea of metal near my receptacle posts. I have remodeled lots of areas and seen metal burns on the box, but I guess that's mostly from bad installs / loose receptacles. I guess the only time I really appreciate metal is when i'm drywalling because I can smack the drywall and get a nice imprint of the box for me to cut out. Doesn't work that great with plastic. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 22:11 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |