How do I extend outlets after installing a backsplash?
In walls or ceilings with a surface of concrete, tile, gypsum, plaster, or other noncombustible material, boxes employing a flush-type cover or faceplate shall be installed so that the front edge of the box, plaster ring, extension ring, or listed extender will not be set back of the finished surface more than 6 mm (1⁄4 in.).
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2020年6月16日 · The physical part where you plug something in should be fully extend past any cover that you add. Steps: Turn off power to those outlets. (or leave power on, let electricity travel through thinset and trowel, shock you and then trowel jumps up and you have a permanent scar on your thumb) Unscrew the outlets from box. Install tile.
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2014年6月26日 · Watch out if you are going to use Decora (the big flat switches or square outlets [like what the GFCIs you should be installing look like]) as the screws holding the cover plate on extend about a 1\4in above and below the box, depending on orientation.
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2020年5月16日 · An angle grinder with a diamond-dust blade will cut that tile easily. It's very messy, of course, so have a helper hold a strong vacuum right near the blade as you cut. You might also be able to just file enough material away to get it to fit. A common rasp or other abrasive tool could work.
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2016年5月16日 · You can also buy tabs (outlet shims) that interlock together to extend the box out. Used often for tile (I believe they are sold in the tile and electrical sections at Lowes). If what you're doing results in the outlet/switch sticking out further than the box though, then the above would be the way to go.
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2014年1月10日 · Customary in France if you put up a backsplash is to extend it before putting up cabinets. There is no caulking usually between the backsplash and the cabinets. Also the cabinets would be floating on the bottom most of the time. And the bottom cabinets are on legs - where in America they are almost always enclosed.
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2011年9月27日 · I am about to install a tile backsplash in our kitchen, using these tiles, in 2" x 4" "mosaic" sheets. When I tiled my bathroom I used thinset (unmodified on the floor and modified on the wall/shower)...
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2022年2月10日 · Installations within or behind a surface of concrete, tile, gypsum, plaster, or other noncombustible material, including boxes employing a flush-type cover or faceplate, shall be made so that the front edge of the box, plaster ring, extension ring, or listed extender will not be set back of the finished surface more than 6 mm (1∕4 in.).
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In walls or ceilings with a surface of concrete, tile, gypsum, plaster, or other noncombustible material, boxes employing a flush-type cover or faceplate shall be installed so that the front edge of the box, plaster ring, extension ring, or listed extender will not be set back of the finished surface more than 6 mm (1⁄4 in.).
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2018年4月30日 · Those outlets are likely much higher on the wall than you will want height wise in a finished space, extending the wire is not an option unless you leave accessible junction boxes. Supply-wise you can only really reside the outlet(if they didn’t use backstabs), but you need a different style box and plate.