electrical box for horse hair plaster wall I am upgrading the wiring in a 125 year old house with horse hair plaster walls. There is still a lot of knob and tune wiring which has to be replaced. I am hiring an electrition to . $9.99
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The multitool made great cuts in the plaster, but was terrible at cutting the lath(it shook the lath away from the plaster which weakened the wall). I haven't tried a rotozip, so a . Just cut a bunch of boxes into some 100 year old horsehair plaster. I used my dremel tool with a fine cutting wheel to score the plaster, removed it, and a spiral bit to cut the .
I am upgrading the wiring in a 125 year old house with horse hair plaster walls. There is still a lot of knob and tune wiring which has to be replaced. I am hiring an electrition to .If your electrical was redone at any point since original construction, the electrical boxes will likely (but not always) be attached to the side of a stud. Open the box after turning the breaker off .
What I'd like to do to fix this is patch the entire hole, then cutout a square and install a proper, old-work electrical box, and put a wall plate over the outlets. The issue is these are . I usually place the face of the box against the wall, trace it out with a sharp pencil and cut out against the inside of the line especially if I were dealing with horse hair plaster. It also may be one of few opportunities to add or replace wall insulation. Also update your electrical wiring – old plaster usually hires old electrical wiring behind. You can .The electrical boxes for those items should be mounted to a stud. Take the cover off and figure out which side of the box is mounted to the stud. Measure 16” from there and with a little luck .
Electrical boxes which may have been added in the plaster field will require extension rings added to them, so the devices in them will be seated on something more solid .
An easy and low vibration way to cut in for electrical boxes is to use oscillating blade multi tool with a metal cutting flat blade. Dust is present but easily removed with small shop vac. First cut through the plaster along box outline.. Then make another cut in the center area and remove the plaster .
The multitool made great cuts in the plaster, but was terrible at cutting the lath(it shook the lath away from the plaster which weakened the wall). I haven't tried a rotozip, so a multitool/rotozip setup might be the right combo. Just cut a bunch of boxes into some 100 year old horsehair plaster. I used my dremel tool with a fine cutting wheel to score the plaster, removed it, and a spiral bit to cut the lath. Worked great, except the spiral bit got that old lath to smoking a bit. I am upgrading the wiring in a 125 year old house with horse hair plaster walls. There is still a lot of knob and tune wiring which has to be replaced. I am hiring an electrition to do the wiring, but am hoping to save some money by running all or some of the cable myself. If your electrical was redone at any point since original construction, the electrical boxes will likely (but not always) be attached to the side of a stud. Open the box after turning the breaker off and look for some nails or screws inside the box at an angle.
What I'd like to do to fix this is patch the entire hole, then cutout a square and install a proper, old-work electrical box, and put a wall plate over the outlets. The issue is these are old plaster walls and I'm not sure how best to patch the hole. I usually place the face of the box against the wall, trace it out with a sharp pencil and cut out against the inside of the line especially if I were dealing with horse hair plaster. It also may be one of few opportunities to add or replace wall insulation. Also update your electrical wiring – old plaster usually hires old electrical wiring behind. You can more power points, light switches and add new cheaper. The electrical boxes for those items should be mounted to a stud. Take the cover off and figure out which side of the box is mounted to the stud. Measure 16” from there and with a little luck you will find the next stud.
Electrical boxes which may have been added in the plaster field will require extension rings added to them, so the devices in them will be seated on something more solid than the edge of a drywall cut out. An easy and low vibration way to cut in for electrical boxes is to use oscillating blade multi tool with a metal cutting flat blade. Dust is present but easily removed with small shop vac. First cut through the plaster along box outline.. Then make another cut in the center area and remove the plaster . The multitool made great cuts in the plaster, but was terrible at cutting the lath(it shook the lath away from the plaster which weakened the wall). I haven't tried a rotozip, so a multitool/rotozip setup might be the right combo.
Just cut a bunch of boxes into some 100 year old horsehair plaster. I used my dremel tool with a fine cutting wheel to score the plaster, removed it, and a spiral bit to cut the lath. Worked great, except the spiral bit got that old lath to smoking a bit. I am upgrading the wiring in a 125 year old house with horse hair plaster walls. There is still a lot of knob and tune wiring which has to be replaced. I am hiring an electrition to do the wiring, but am hoping to save some money by running all or some of the cable myself. If your electrical was redone at any point since original construction, the electrical boxes will likely (but not always) be attached to the side of a stud. Open the box after turning the breaker off and look for some nails or screws inside the box at an angle.
What I'd like to do to fix this is patch the entire hole, then cutout a square and install a proper, old-work electrical box, and put a wall plate over the outlets. The issue is these are old plaster walls and I'm not sure how best to patch the hole. I usually place the face of the box against the wall, trace it out with a sharp pencil and cut out against the inside of the line especially if I were dealing with horse hair plaster.
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Running wiring through horse hair plaster walls
It also may be one of few opportunities to add or replace wall insulation. Also update your electrical wiring – old plaster usually hires old electrical wiring behind. You can more power points, light switches and add new cheaper.
The electrical boxes for those items should be mounted to a stud. Take the cover off and figure out which side of the box is mounted to the stud. Measure 16” from there and with a little luck you will find the next stud.
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