I have definitely seen the wooden box manuever used a few times too, usually during a remodel when it's cheaper to hide the blocks than to have them moved, but i'm sure it can be made to look good and save a few bucks at the same time on a new work job.

Hal, I definitely agree with most of the things you post, I just bite my tongue so I don't gain the [Linked Image from fadzter.com] "rip a confused guy a new one" reputation I saw given to you at a phone tech forum I poke around sometimes.