Ceedubya
Well-Known Member
to keep SWMBO happy I've been doing a little remodeling. Currrently working on converting our spare bedroom (formerly storage overlflow) into my oldest daughters new room. We are slowly updating all of the windows in the house, so while replacing the windows I discovered the insulation in this room was horrendous, so i completely stripped the walls and re-insulated and then sheet rocked both outside walls (formerly covered with paneling).
soooooo, a few questions that arose during the process.
1. should I have moved the outlet boxes out to make up for the difference in the depth of the sheetrock? I replaced the outlets with new ones and just cut the hole, poked the wire through and screwed the outlet into the box sandwiching the metal bracket between the box and the sheetrock. Is this OK? I kind of forgot about the boxes until I already had the rock up.
2. And speaking of forgeting the boxes...... SWMBO seems to think there were outlets on these walls, but I only have 3 accounted for. I already pulled the one section of rock off where she thought the outlet should have been, and nothing, so I put it back up. fortunately I didn't have it completely srewed down yet. But, she is still convinced there was another outlet that I covered up. The rest of the rock is completely screwed down, and cut around the openings. If I remove the next piece to check, I will have to replace it from scratch. Sooooo.... is there a way to check for an outlet behind the rock like a meter, etc?? My only other thought is to cut the power and poke a small hole next to each of the 4 studs that could hold the outlet and feel into the hole with a wire or something.
I know there are a lot of handy people on here, and I'm sure (at least I hope) I'm not the only one to make this particular goof.
thanks!
soooooo, a few questions that arose during the process.
1. should I have moved the outlet boxes out to make up for the difference in the depth of the sheetrock? I replaced the outlets with new ones and just cut the hole, poked the wire through and screwed the outlet into the box sandwiching the metal bracket between the box and the sheetrock. Is this OK? I kind of forgot about the boxes until I already had the rock up.
2. And speaking of forgeting the boxes...... SWMBO seems to think there were outlets on these walls, but I only have 3 accounted for. I already pulled the one section of rock off where she thought the outlet should have been, and nothing, so I put it back up. fortunately I didn't have it completely srewed down yet. But, she is still convinced there was another outlet that I covered up. The rest of the rock is completely screwed down, and cut around the openings. If I remove the next piece to check, I will have to replace it from scratch. Sooooo.... is there a way to check for an outlet behind the rock like a meter, etc?? My only other thought is to cut the power and poke a small hole next to each of the 4 studs that could hold the outlet and feel into the hole with a wire or something.
I know there are a lot of handy people on here, and I'm sure (at least I hope) I'm not the only one to make this particular goof.
thanks!