On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 4:47:26 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:20:58 -0700, bob wrote:



I want to add an electric outlet on the other side of a wall that has an outlet.

The wiring would be trivial.



However, I don't like the common retrofit box that uses a pair of fly-out

plastic tabs to grab the drywall. Hard pulls on electric plugs may break the

tabs or the drywall.



If I put the retrofit box next to a stud, is it kosher to add some screws inside

(at an angle) or use glue to attach it to the stud?



Or is there a more secure type of retrofit box?



???



http://i.stack.imgur.com/KI1s8.jpg

That sort of assumes you don't mind making a bigger hole.

There are metal fold in things you can also use in old work. But I've never had any problem with the plastic swing out flanges breaking or the wall board breaking around them. I don't know if it's kosher code wise or not but on a few occasions I have run a short deck screw or two from inside the box into the adjacent 2x4.