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Electrical wiring and junction boxes that are designed for usage in an existing home.
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How can I trim off the corner of this stud?
As long as the board is not attached to anything I would attempt to split off a section of the board that is 1/2" to 3/4" wide. You may be able to hold a wood chisel in position via a vice grip pliers …
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Need Tips for Mounting screw-in Slider electrical Boxes
I would like to suggest that, as with many things, it just takes practice. If you do it enough times you will learn just how much to hold the box proud of the wall surface when starting the screws - k …
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How to remove old-work ceiling light fixture box attached to conduit pipes
Removing this box is not a good solution when there are rigid conduits bringing wires into this existing box. The main reason for this is that those wires would still need to terminate into an accessi …
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