Please Don't Do This....

Teetorbilt

The slip cover meets NEC for access to the previously hidden JB and gives Geraldo Rivera something to look for in the future.

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mdshunk

Right... just tell him that Al Capone's vault is behind that little white cover, and he'll do a TV piece on it. What an embarassment... he'll never live that one down. He's sort of the odd duck of TV journalism.

Sparky Joe

I don't blame you for the patch one bit, it's not that I'm horrible with sheetrock mud but that I hate doing it

mdshunk

I'm skilled at drywall patching, but I don't do it. I don't like it when a painter changes devices and puts up new light fixtures. I'm sure the drywall patchers of the world don't like it when sparky's do their job either. Plus, that faux finish would never be matched. The whole room would need a repaint. That blank cover buys them some time until they can budget to have the hole fixed and the room repainted. That is my general M.O. for covering up little holes that I might have to make on occasion. It "beautifies" the hole in the mean time, until the homeowner can do whatever it is they are going to do about it. On rare occasions, where I know I'm doing a major project and will need to make many larger holes, I'll get a remodeler to look the job over with me to give me his price on patching so that I can include that in the estimate. Painting is never included, in any event. If people are having the sort of major rennovation in their home done that would require me to make larger holes, they were probably already planning on painting the place anyhow.

Teetorbilt

md, need any of them? I pitch brand new ones away by the 100's, once used anyway. All from new construction. Might as well recycle the short way, they DO go into the plastic recycle bin.

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You can't solve you're problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems.

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eman54

Hey Everyone,
I'm New To The Site.
Was reading about junction box found hidden in wall. Here's one for you. Got a call from a fellow the other day asking me if I would come take a look at an Electrical problem for him. I took his name, number, and address, and set up a time to meet him. It was a good ways out in the country where he lived. Pretty nice place. When I got there he was already outside, so I introduced myself and he was a super nice fellow, about I would say close to seventy. He said we have lived her for about sixteen years and we're just getting too old to reset the breakers in our panel box. I said, I guess I don't understand Sir. he said come on I'll show you. He led me around to the side of the house, and a small access door about three foot high. He opened the door and the house was setting on old wooden peers. he said follow me, he got down on his knees and crawled to the center of the house. I followed him, still confused about what we were crawling under the house for. He said well here is the problem, pointing upword. I looked up and sure enough, facing down, was a 225A 42 circuit Loadcenter. he said it's not so bad on me yet, but if my wife has to reset a breaker, she has a heck of a time, especially if there happens to be an ole possum or other critter under there at the time. I couldn't help but laugh, and he as well. I said I think I've seen just about everything now. Anyway, we are in the process of solving the problem. It just goes to show, if you think you have seen everything, well................
I will try to get a picture posted.

eman54
Cleburne, Texas

MSSI

That is very strange, EMAN...So here is me being creative...The house was sinking and sagging so they sured it up with wooden piers and filled the basement up with dirt for good measure, after neatly mounting the breaker panel up out of the way on the ceiling????????????? oh, or maybe the house was moved, from, where it origionally had a basement?????

Tscarborough

There ain't no basements in Texas, PeeWee.