Electrical Box

Bellaire · Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:00 pm

I have an electrical box where the screw keeping the switch flush to the box has snapped off, so the switch is attached at the top but not the bottom. Can the electrical box be removed without having to cut the surrounding sheet rock ?

Greg · Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:42 am

Usually yes, See the articles section "fixing a loose box" on how to remove it.

Greg

countrydan · Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:34 am

if just the screw snapped off, cant you pull out the switch and get a long nose pliers in there and romove the section of the snapped thread from the box?

Norm Frechette · Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:47 am

ya just pull the switch out of the box and remove the snapped of section of the screw

Bellaire · Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:47 pm

countrydan wrote:if just the screw snapped off, cant you pull out the switch and get a long nose pliers in there and romove the section of the snapped thread from the box?

Screw snapped off flush w/electrical box.

Bellaire · Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:48 pm

Norm Frechette wrote:ya just pull the switch out of the box and remove the snapped of section of the screw

Screw snapped off flush w/electrical box.

countrydan · Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:43 am

Bellaire wrote:
countrydan wrote:if just the screw snapped off, cant you pull out the switch and get a long nose pliers in there and romove the section of the snapped thread from the box?
Screw snapped off flush w/electrical box.

the screw snapped off flush on the outside of the box correct? if this is the case there will be a longer section, of the screw threads, inside the box... i use a long nose pliers to back this out or spin thru.

Norm Frechette · Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:41 am

get a small drill bit

easy outs

and that should get the broken screw out of the box

Norm Frechette · Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:44 am

if it this kind of box how do you get in there with needle nose pliers?

Greg · Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:56 pm

Norm Frechette wrote:get a small drill bit

easy outs

and that should get the broken screw out of the box

$20 worth of tools to save a 99 cent box ???

Greg

Bellaire · Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:31 pm

I watch the video " fixing a loose box " suggested by Greg. Easy fix, hope home electrical boxes are the same dimensions as MH.

Greg · Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:34 pm

The outside measurements should be the same or slightly larger (just open up the hole) check the depth first, there are deeper boxes available that may not fit.

Greg