"Kitep" wrote in message
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I bought a house, a real fixer-upper One problem is that a lot of the
holes cut in the drywall to fit around the receptacles are too large, so
that the fins on the plug don't catch - it just keeps going till it's flush
with the box, which of course if flush with the stud. So, the plug sits
about 1/2 inch too deep.


Finally picked up some box extenders, so I thought I'd give an update.

The extenders didn't work. They depend on fins catching the drywall, and
the people who put in the drywall didn't unscrew the plugs, they just cut a
bigger hole. So here's what I did:

I bought a regular box. Set my table saw for 3/8" and cut. Put the
rectangle in the hole, and found I really needed 3/8" on 1 corner and 1/8"
on the opposite corner. So I marked it with a permanent marker. Then
pulled out my angle grinder and grinded away. Now it extends the box flush
with the wall and is code-compliant. Cheap too, if you don't count my time
Now I just have to do it again & again & again (about 12 times total).