DIYorBust
Active Member
On this project it looks like the electrician failed to properly account for the double sheetrock specified for the ceiling. In some areas it's relatively close, and in some it's really too far. The NEC seems to allow 1/4 inch of non-flammable material to be exposed. The sheetrock layers are 1/2" and there is a about 1/4 inch of cork in between the layers. One box is round, but most or octagon.
No problem, I thought. There is surely an extension ring for just this type of situation. It happens all the time when people tile walls, or sheetrock over plaster and such. But oddly, I have not been able to find such a product. It looks like there is a garvin/southwire 57111 which appears to fit the round box, but probably not the octogan box.
I can't be the first person to encounter this, what am I missing?
Thanks!
DIY
No problem, I thought. There is surely an extension ring for just this type of situation. It happens all the time when people tile walls, or sheetrock over plaster and such. But oddly, I have not been able to find such a product. It looks like there is a garvin/southwire 57111 which appears to fit the round box, but probably not the octogan box.
I can't be the first person to encounter this, what am I missing?
Thanks!
DIY