Here's a tip for your guys when installing the Jiffy clips (Madison bars). Pull them in tight towards you and start to bend the in-towards the box and squeeze them closed with your strippers. Makes em' good and tight:thumbsup:. I wouldn't be caught dead installing them loose as those guys did.
I had made an opening to install a cutin box. I drilled all four corners and used my sawzall to finish the four cuts. First one was perfect. I had to make another one right beside it for the HDMI cable. Working off a ladder so I was holding on by the first hole and my drill broke out the side of the hole and jammed right into my finger. I was only doing it because I was 12' off the floor and I wanted to hold on
I've only been an apprentice for 7 months so I have no platform to judge from but the guys I work under would be all over me if I did work like that. Plus its a pride thing, obviously they don't care what their work looks like.
Which product in particular from this millennium are you referring too? As crappy as old work metal boxes with F=clips are, I have yet to find an alternative that is not equally crappy.
Which product in particular from this millennium are you referring too? As crappy as old work metal boxes with F=clips are, I have yet to find an alternative that is not equally crappy.
I've seen metal boxes that have extensions on the sides of the box so that when you tighten each screw it sucks it up tight to the drywall. Pretty nice, snug fit.
I've seen metal boxes that have extensions on the sides of the box so that when you tighten each screw it sucks it up tight to the drywall. Pretty nice, snug fit.
which product in particular from this millennium are you referring too? As crappy as old work metal boxes with f=clips are, i have yet to find an alternative that is not equally crappy.
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