On 12/30/2011 1:55 PM, Chuck Banshee wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:51:18 -0500, RBM wrote:
This is why you would cut the wall opening first. You can see what may
be in the path of your drill and avoid it. The opening also makes it
easier to negotiate the path of the drill bit.

Now you tell me!

Actually, it's a lesson learned for me. NEXT time (like when I do the
upstairs bedroom), I'll locate the studs and cut the opening first!

BTW, the little orange box didn't come with a template - so I reversed it
and poked four little holes in the wallboard with a sharp-tipped dart to
mark the corners.

I cut the wallboard with a utility knife - but I messed it up (and almost
cut into the electrical wire which I didn't know what there).

Do you guys use a 'punch' of sorts to cut out the wallboard rectangle?

personally, i just make a big enough hole for the back of the jacks, and
then use screw in sheetrock anchors to mount the plate. No box frame
needed.

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Steve Barker
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