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Mounting an electrical box vertically in old work
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| Randell Tarin 2007-02-25, 9:25 am |
| I need to mount a 4" octagonal (or circular) box within an exterior wall
for a porch light. Since this would be considered an "Old Work"
application, does anyone have a suggestion on how to hang the box.
Try as I might, I've been unable to find an old work box of this type.
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
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| Long Ranger 2007-02-25, 1:25 pm |
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"Randell Tarin" <thetarins@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>I need to mount a 4" octagonal (or circular) box within an exterior wall
>for a porch light. Since this would be considered an "Old Work"
>application, does anyone have a suggestion on how to hang the box.
>
> Try as I might, I've been unable to find an old work box of this type.
> Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
If it's residential, and romex, Carlon makes a winged box that will fasten
in there. Home Depot has them. You can also take the flanges off a metal
cut-in switch box and screw them to your round box, then use some
"bat-wings" just like you would have on the switch box. In extreme cases,
you can get one of those turnbuckle style expanding rods with the fan box on
it and unwind it in there. You can screw a box up from the inside if your
hole is located along side a stud. Just drill appropriate holes in the side
of the box, then angle a screw in from the inside of the box. If the stud is
even near the edge you can build it out with wood until it's flush enough to
hang your box on.
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