Thought my stud finder was defective
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dnewton3
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That is some fine carpentry there ...
An electrician!
That's a pretty recent pic too. 14/3 just recently changed to blue sheathing within the past year.
"Who would do this?"
It's not that crazy to want an old work outlet - say in the center or specific location on a short counter, for example. This is a light switch, maybe perfectly placed.
But I would have built a braced box! Less cutting!!
PS Stud finders SUCK. Use a stack of strong neodymium magnets. Much better.
It's not that crazy to want an old work outlet - say in the center or specific location on a short counter, for example. This is a light switch, maybe perfectly placed.
But I would have built a braced box! Less cutting!!
PS Stud finders SUCK. Use a stack of strong neodymium magnets. Much better.
I guess the electrician was not familiar with a $4 old work box!
I wonder if it was leftover cutoffs, and zero cutting was done for this--literally picking up scraps to make it work. Way too many construction screws though.
You might be surprised what any tradesman will do when they don't have something on hand. Maybe not!
Looks like they had plenty of drywall work going already, I suppose.
PS I have stacked 2 more than once. Never 3+ though!! Hahahhahahaa
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I don't remember working on that one.
Lemonade from lemons. I see a perfect place to mount the toilet paper holder using deck screws...hate when those tear out of the drywall!
