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I see wiring cut up and chewed on by rotozips all the time. When it comes to trim out time, I give the drywaller the option of they removing the walls so I can replace (at a extra) the damaged wiring or i will use a hammer or ax to open the wall back up. This is nothing more than an example of other trades destroying your work.

[This message has been edited by nesparky (edited 12-29-2003).]

[This message has been edited by nesparky (edited 12-29-2003).]

Ian, so how did you fix it? Did you take "after" shots? Would be interested in seeing.

todays drywall men put a small pencil mark in the general area of the box and apply the sheetrock. they come back later and butcher the box with there rotozip 'till they encounter the edge of it and then cut around the box. i agree with the hammer and axe method of fixing it.note the right side interior of box! pic 3 of 4

I've threatened 'rockers with snapping their roto-zip in half and buying them new ones IF I find NO hack jobs on my NM. The roto is the #1 reason I leave 6-8" of NM looped behind the boxes.

" quote:...Hate those "push and pray" connectors on receptacles and switches.

I can't stand those back-stabbed receptacles...in my opinion,it should be a violation"

Than you guys don't want to work in my house...

I can't quite figure out what I'm looking at here.

My first thought was that there was just way too much sheath in the box, but then I realized that neither of those cables is actually terminated! Were they hot?

And, is that even a cable sneaking in at the lower left, or is it just a pair of wires? There's no sheath at all, and I don't see a grounding conductor (unless it's hidden in the shadow). They don't meet the 6" length requirement, that's for sure.

I know you said the black wire wasn't looped, but it sure looks like it was -- otherwise why the yellow wirenuts?

It's just frightening to think how much stuff like this is hidden away like a ticking time bomb.


(p.s. I just noticed that this was originally posted a year and a half ago... Ignore the questions.)


[This message has been edited by John Crighton (edited 07-11-2005).]

theres nothing more satisfying than the look on the drywaller's face when he sees a hammer used on the drywall instead of a keyhole saw I once had to fix something similar and made extra sure I hammered out ~8" into the ceiling, for good measure. Although, payback, as they say, is a "female dog".. got nothing but solidly mudded boxes on the rest of the job after that..