Son moved out so mama is renovating upstairs bathrooms to go with the new media room I just set up. She asked to change out the bathroom mirror and vanity light….and this is the bull**** I find. Man I wish I could go back in time and find this electrician and kick him square in the nuts.

I know I should just cut out some sheet rock and fix this…… but dang….mama's projects always turn into my projects. Somebody tell me to just put a new vanity light over this and call it day please LOL!

I can't get an idea of size but can you put a round old work box in that hole and make the connections in that instead? Hell, put a double gang old work box, or a triple gang, whatever it takes. I don't like it and I wouldn't leave it if it were me.

BrazosDog02 said:

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I can't get an idea of size but can you put a round old work box in that hole and make the connections in that instead? Hell, put a double gang old work box, or a triple gang, whatever it takes. I don't like it and I wouldn't leave it if it were me.

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yeah...I'm going to actually put an extension on that box to make it flush. Back to home depot I go now......

RoyVal said:

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Son moved out so mama is renovating upstairs bathrooms to go with the new media room I just set up. She asked to change out the bathroom mirror and vanity light….and this is the bull**** I find. Man I wish I could go back in time and find this electrician and kick him square in the nuts.

I know I should just cut out some sheet rock and fix this…… but dang….mama's projects always turn into my projects. Somebody tell me to just put a new vanity light over this and call it day please LOL!

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I guess it is just me and I am kinda in the industry but I just dont see how this is a big deal

Buy a remodel box with wings
Or
Take out old box install a 1x4 and drill 1 1-2 hole in it first and install and install light to that

But I am getting older and cant see

It's more than a 1/4" gap so it's a code violation. And looks like hell. And suggests the installer saw it on a Friday at 3:15 and said F it.

UnderoosAg said:

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It's more than a 1/4" gap so it's a code violation. And looks like hell. And suggests the installer saw it on a Friday at 3:15 and said F it.

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exactly......

As a DIY-guy, that looks pretty crappy and if I encountered that I'd recognize that it may need to be addressed.

But as a non-electrician, what is the danger/risk?

ETA: Reminds me of a late-1960s home that we bought and lived in a couple of decades ago. The basement was "finished". I decided to paint the paneling in the basement.

When I went to remove the outlet and lightswitch covers prior to painting, I found that the outlets and switches were "mounted" only via the screw connecting the covers to the outlet/switch. So, when I removed the covers, the outlet/switch "fell" inside the cavity/space between the paneling and the basement's concrete wall.

UnderoosAg said:

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It's more than a 1/4" gap so it's a code violation. And looks like hell. And suggests the installer saw it on a Friday at 3:15 and said F it.

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You forgot the part where he cursed the drywaller for creating whatever situation made the box so far in there,... whether or not it was actually their fault.

Use a non metallic round electrical box extender and call it a day.