rrue
New Member
Hello All,
I'm installing a washer hookup into the unfinished back side of an existing wall (bare studs on the back, painted drywall on the front). All the boxes I see at the Big Box Store(and online) are set up to go on to the front of bare studs, before the drywall. I guess I could try to pry the drywall out a little and sneak the four plastic ears into place, then press the box onto them. Then I'd have to screw through finished drywall to hold them to the studs (and try to hit those little holes blind as the plastic looks like it would splinter if I missed the hole) and have some spackling and painting to do. This feels like a hack.
Is there some other kind of outlet box that can go in from the rear? Some trick for using or modifying the one I have?
Seattle
I'm installing a washer hookup into the unfinished back side of an existing wall (bare studs on the back, painted drywall on the front). All the boxes I see at the Big Box Store(and online) are set up to go on to the front of bare studs, before the drywall. I guess I could try to pry the drywall out a little and sneak the four plastic ears into place, then press the box onto them. Then I'd have to screw through finished drywall to hold them to the studs (and try to hit those little holes blind as the plastic looks like it would splinter if I missed the hole) and have some spackling and painting to do. This feels like a hack.
Is there some other kind of outlet box that can go in from the rear? Some trick for using or modifying the one I have?
Seattle