No old work 2 gang boxes
#1
04-23-14, 06:22 AM
No old work 2 gang boxes
I am installing 2 new light switches. I went to Home Depot for old work 2 gang boxes. They didn't have any. They had single gang retrofit. I also went to another big box store. I am curious as to why. It seems like this would be a fairly common thing.
Online I seem to be seeing plastic ones.
Is there something else I am supposed to use?
Online I seem to be seeing plastic ones.
Is there something else I am supposed to use?
#2
04-23-14, 06:38 AM
Have you tried a hardware store? Older ones use common sense not a clueless computer to stock their merchandise. Are you looking for metal or plastic. If metal you can use madison clips and gangable boxes.
#3
04-23-14, 06:55 AM
You mean there is no place for these in the shelves? Odd. Carlon, 2-Gang 25 cu. in. Zip Box Blue Old Work Non-Metallic Switch and Outlet Box, B225R-UPC at The Home Depot - Tablet
#4
04-23-14, 07:47 AM
You mean there is no place for these in the shelves? Odd. Carlon, 2-Gang 25 cu. in. Zip Box Blue Old Work Non-Metallic Switch and Outlet Box, B225R-UPC at The Home Depot - Tablet
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#5
04-23-14, 07:52 AM
Have you tried a hardware store? Older ones use common sense not a clueless computer to stock their merchandise. Are you looking for metal or plastic. If metal you can use madison clips and gangable boxes.
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#6
04-23-14, 07:54 AM
Super Moderator
Aren't you supposed to use conduit in Chicago? That could be why they don't carry the plastic locally.
#7
04-23-14, 07:56 AM
Aren't you supposed to use conduit in Chicago? That could be why they don't carry the plastic locally.
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#8
04-23-14, 08:01 AM
Super Moderator
Yep, sorry, I spoke too soon... should wake up fully before posting. They don't carry them out here either...and a google search didn't show any images of 2 gang old work in metal.
#9
04-23-14, 08:02 AM
Yeah, can't use conduit or flex in the Carlon old works. You will have to go metel and do as Ray sagely stated in his post. He was reading location, and I should have too.
#10
04-23-14, 05:24 PM
Member
No. When I look online and put in my zipcode (Chicago) no stores carry them.
#12
04-23-14, 09:54 PM
I was looking for metal.
I guess I can gang 2 single boxes. I bought the ones with wings for another part of the project. Those aren't gangable though.
Flexible conduit is allowed on runs less than 6 feet.
#13
04-24-14, 07:29 AM
I did just get 2 gangable old work boxes and it worked fine.
I get they can't stock everything, but they have a huge selection of boxes and am surprised they don't carry one of those. A lot of the variations they have are very subtle.
I get they can't stock everything, but they have a huge selection of boxes and am surprised they don't carry one of those. A lot of the variations they have are very subtle.
#14
04-24-14, 08:56 AM
I get they can't stock everything, but they have a huge selection of boxes and am surprised they don't carry one of those.
#15
04-24-14, 09:02 AM
I saw online one company makes a 2 gang box for old work. It has clips that attach and you can add as many as you want (instead of the ears that expand attached to most old work boxes). It was by Garvin.
It is not a big deal for me as I only have a few, but if you are doing a major remodel it seems like the cost is much higher ganging the boxes.
It is not a big deal for me as I only have a few, but if you are doing a major remodel it seems like the cost is much higher ganging the boxes.
#16
04-24-14, 09:11 AM
I don't even spend time looking for them. I buy the gangable ones by the case and use them as singles or multiples as needed. A few pennies more in materials - if that happens - is immediately wiped out by savings in labor.
Time is money. I only look for and invest in different materials when they will either save installation time or produce a better result with essentially no increase in time. Besides, on many jobs materials are a pass-through cost.
Time is money. I only look for and invest in different materials when they will either save installation time or produce a better result with essentially no increase in time. Besides, on many jobs materials are a pass-through cost.
#17
04-25-14, 11:32 AM
The other thing is they don't have the standard screws for mud rings. It seems I need different kind of extension? The switches will be in a backsplash.
#19
04-25-14, 03:23 PM
What don't? Two device boxes ganged together? If so, why do you need a mud ring on that?
