I'm not able to get a satisfactory answer from the home improvement store. For general drywall repair, including embedding tape, and panel replacement (my intended use) I dont see a big difference between USG green lid General Purpose mud and USG Soquete. The Soquete seems to tout "lighter", but I guess that appeals to someone holding a mud tray all day long.
Based on my needs above, is there really an advance of one over the other? There are just soooooo many choices on USG site to pick from for a mud choice.
I'm installing recessed LED lights in my living room. I'll have two sets of lights and would like to locate the two switches on this wall.
The issue is this wall contains a pocket door (slid out in pic). From jamb to corner, the wall is ~40" wide. The door itself is ~30" wide. So that should mean I have ~10" less corner stud-width, so ~8.5" to locate double ganged metal old work boxes (~4" wide). But this assumes there's nothing else back there. I'm not familiar with how old pocket doors are framed out, and my very basic studfinder is acting erratically on this wall. Thumping the wall with my hand tells me there is probably no stud until I approach the corner. The corner is very firm, so likely a stud there, and the drywall is fairly firm a few inches from the corner, which could just be the drywall being more rigid so close to a stud.
Last thing I want to do is blindly cut in, discover this location won't fit the electrical box, and then have to patch drywall, mud, sand, prime, and paint. Above this room is the attic, so I could drill through the top plate (which is how I would drop romex down) and insert a borescope and see what I can see. Of course anyone who has used a borescope knows these don't always make it clear what you're looking at, distances, etc.
Any suggestions?
02-16-21, 02:14 PM
The issue is this wall contains a pocket door (slid out in pic). From jamb to corner, the wall is ~40" wide. The door itself is ~30" wide. So that should mean I have ~10" less corner stud-width, so ~8.5" to locate double ganged metal old work boxes (~4" wide). But this assumes there's nothing else back there. I'm not familiar with how old pocket doors are framed out, and my very basic studfinder is acting erratically on this wall. Thumping the wall with my hand tells me there is probably no stud until I approach the corner. The corner is very firm, so likely a stud there, and the drywall is fairly firm a few inches from the corner, which could just be the drywall being more rigid so close to a stud.
Last thing I want to do is blindly cut in, discover this location won't fit the electrical box, and then have to patch drywall, mud, sand, prime, and paint. Above this room is the attic, so I could drill through the top plate (which is how I would drop romex down) and insert a borescope and see what I can see. Of course anyone who has used a borescope knows these don't always make it clear what you're looking at, distances, etc.
Any suggestions?