93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
11/20/19 4:35 p.m.

So I am redoing a small room on our house. It had some thin wood paneling instead of the sheet rock. The room had water damage so I ripped out the wood paneling and put sheet rock in. But now the sockets are seriously recessed and the covers dont really fit. Is there some easy way around this? 

 

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/20/19 4:38 p.m.
Shadeux
Shadeux GRM+ Memberand Reader
11/20/19 4:38 p.m.

Mount the switch on your new substrate.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
11/20/19 4:40 p.m.
EvanB said:

Extension ring? https://www.homedepot.com/p/ReceptXtenders-1-Gang-1-2-in-Electrical-Receptacle-Box-Extension-Ring-00004/100159668

Perfect. I assumed there was something like that. But I had no idea what it was called

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
11/20/19 5:22 p.m.

Take a lot of physics classes, invent a time machine, then go back in time and move the boxes out before you install the sheetrock?

paranoid_android
paranoid_android UberDork
11/21/19 9:33 a.m.

This would work too:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Electrical-Box-Extender-BE1-2/202708650

MINIzguy
MINIzguy HalfDork
11/21/19 9:45 a.m.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gardner-Bender-4-Pack-0-75-in-W-x-4-in-L-Green-Plastic-Wall-Plate-Spacers/1054139

I've used these spacers to get the outlets flush to the wall. Just keep stacking them until the height is what you need.

ebelements
ebelements Reader
11/21/19 10:20 a.m.

Another vote for the stackable outlet spacers. They're magic.

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo SuperDork
11/21/19 11:17 a.m.

Do your outlets still have the little ears on them?  You can bump those onto the surface of the drywall and you will be all good.

 

If your outlets are missing the years then box extensions as mentioned are the ticket.  

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