Can you install a receptacle box horizontally?
nuckphoto
14 years ago
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mounting receptacles horizontally - faceplates
Comments (3)Receptacle cover plates are designed to cover the receptacle box and a bit more to hide the edge of the drywall. If you don't have enough molding on top of the cabinet to hide a receptacle then put the receptacle somewhere else where it can't be seen. What kind of lighting are you putting on top of the cabinets? Some fixtures have junction boxes and don't need a receptacle....See MoreWays to extend receptacle outlets when a box extender won't fit?
Comments (4)Thanks; yes, moving them beforehand would clearly have been easier, but not really an option now! :) (It would have been a challenge to move the two older boxes anyway, though; we'd have had to open the wall to get at them since they're boxed in with hundred-year-old plaster. We did move the new boxes, since those were just screwed into the studs.) It looks like the link above should solve the problem of the older boxes being too small to fit the extenders, though---thanks!...See MoreWiring diagram for a receptacle & light switch in the same box
Comments (9)As a follow-up to texasredhead's post, why is it that when these older posts are resurrected, the poster's display name is displayed as an email address only, with no other info available? I've checked the "new registration" sign-up and it does not seem to offer an option to have a display name like that. I've seen the same thing on a couple other GW forums as well. Something doesn't seem right......See Moreinstalling outlets/receptacles into 3/4 inch brick veneer
Comments (4)The problem that occurs is that standard boxes are not set up for arbitrary thickness walls. They have some room, but if nailing flanges are going to be used they need to fall on the studs or blocking. The front edge of the box must be recessed no more than 1/8 inch behind the face of a non-flammable surface. Box extensions are another way of making up for wall thickness. Thin ones go under the mounting yoke of devices and are held by the device mounting screws. Deeper extensions use there own screws to attach to the box ad provide mounting tabs with holes for the device to than attach. You may have to trim the device mounting screw length, but that is a simple thing....See Morenuckphoto
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