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paper hanger,painter
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Switch Plate Screws
I am sure this has been gone over in the past but as a painter, paper hanger,I remove and replace countless switch plates,outlet covers and was just wondering what the professional electricians prefer, horizontal or vertical screw placement?I must say,I rarely( I can only think of one other time) seen horizontal ,but the job I was on yesterday in Baltimore county, they were. Just wondering.
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Electrical Contractor
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
They must be vertical. Anything else is a violation of the International "SP" Electrical Code section ps109.42.
Anyone caught violating this particular section of the code is subject to fines and/or points.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Vertical.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Vertical ... catches less dust over time.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Ahhhhh, who gives a ****!!
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Re: Switch Plate ScrewsQuote:
Long live screwless plates! |
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
I don't understand the question. Don't switch plate screws just get screwed into the holes and turned until they are tight? How do you have a choice between horizontal or vertical?
Here's a pic if it helps.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
What difference does the direction of the slot make to a painter?
They just lose the covers and screws anyway, and then the HO or builder calls the electrician back to replace them.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Up, down, all around, just make sure it's tight enough..... When you hear a "pop" you got it on good...
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
75% of the plates I take off have just been painted around or in place! I though painters just used screwdrivers to open cans of paint
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
In the chicago area, they call the screw slot "soldiering them up" meaning vertical. I like "timeless" idea that they catch less dust, but in the overall scope of things, it just doesn't matter.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Is this discussion seriously about how the slots of the little screws are turned?
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
I think so
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Re: Switch Plate ScrewsQuote:
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Absolutely. Marriages have been dissolved over the toilet-paper-over-the-top-or-down-the-back issue, and some electricians are just as adamant about what direction the screw slots go.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
On a serious note, verticle.
or just hot glue.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Makes our punch list every time...vertical for us...
I couldn't care less in my house....I'm still missing 1/2 my plates. When I actually put them on I allign them, guess it's about "dotting your "I""s and crossing you "T"s"....dust collection is the first real argument I've ever heard. As long as both screws are the same, it looks better IMO whether Hor., or Vert.
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Re: Switch Plate ScrewsQuote:
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
Well, now I am glad I asked.
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Re: Switch Plate Screws
vertical -around here is a local code
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