Years ago I had new electrical put in. Guys tore up my wall in my closet and pretty much left it the way it is now. I got an appraiser coming in next week and need to try and fix this! Any suggestions?
Last edited by PJmax; 12-16-21 at 09:14 PM.
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Remove the baseboard and the top trim. Screw 2x2s onto the stud on the right side. Cut off the drywall flush with the stud on the left side, then screw a 2x2 to the stud on the left. On top, slip a 1x4 behind the drywall on top so half of it is behind the existing drywall and put about four 1 1/4" drywall screws through the top drywall to hold the 1x4 up. Remove the panel cover and cut a piece of drywall to fit and screw it to the perimeter. Then tape and finish it, paint it and put the cover back on.
Since it's in a closet you can remove some of the remaining sheetrock so you have stud exposed around the perimeter. Then you can cut a piece of paneling to shape with a cutout for the panel. Then you can screw the panel in place so it can be removed in the future if any more work needs to be done.
For what it's worth, I've never seen an appraiser look in closets. If he's looking for your electrical panel, he'll be happy to see it's recently updated.
If you do put up drywall, I'd suggest adding a spring-fit panel over a 12" square hole above and below the panel. At some point, you'll want to install a new circuit and will appreciate having the space to pull the wire up and into the panel.
Thank you everyone for your responses. I am new to the DIY and have never messed with drywall. @Zorfdt yea I normally wouldn’t be worried about the closet for appraiser but since they will probably look at the panel, I just get worried. I didn’t really think about the having access, so that is something I will try to accomplish with the spring-fit (well do research how to install).
FYI, Oatey also makes some nice plastic access panels that are cheap and easy to install. They are sold in the plumbing aisle at the stores, often near the washer hookup boxes and such.. Such as the 14x14 panel you might put behind a shower valve. Would also work here for easy access.
Nice... full size 200A panel. Looks like 40 spaces.
I would not use an access panel or sheetrock it. Get a piece of plywood to cover that entire opening.
Cut out for the panel. Add some furring in the back to screw it to.
Paint it white with several coats of paint. Screw it in place so it can be easily removed in the future.
Was that done by an electrician ?
That work is not to code as none of the cables are fastened.
Two pieces of wood should be added and the cables should be attached to them.
@PJmax, yea it was done by an electrician, but it was one of those "Family friends" kind of people so I am sure he skipped out on things that he SHOULD of done.
Thanks for the advice!
I have a 1952 home with plaster walls and very bad reach-in closets. I am planning to install a closet organizer system which will mount to the closet's back wall, and I am concerned about the plaster carrying the weight of the organizer and clothes. (Since there will be plenty of double hanging, there will be more clothes in there than in the past.) Can I attach drywall to the front of the plaster (and move the baseboard forward)? Or what else will work to reinforce the system?
I've spent so much time perusing forums and sites about the ifs, and buts, about nail pops and drywall cracks but can't wrap my head around the numerous things going on at the same time in this house. Or...maybe I'm crazy. Over the past 3 or 4 months numerous, probably 3 dozen or so nail pops spanning both stories of the house have started to show. I have 3 doorways and hallways that have vertical cracks, no diagonal, over them. Some seem like paint/board is crushed above the moulding. I have 3 windows that have a vertical crack underneath them. The basement has a floor crack I filled in probably 2 years ago near a steel beam (basement is unfinished) has separated slightly. What I don't seem to have is sticking doors, windows, etc. I don't have any large cracks on the basement walls. Those cracks I do have down there are hairline and vertical. All this in a short time doesn't make sense to me to be settling in a 14 year old house (built in 2007). Am I over stressing or should I be calling someone out to look at this, and, if so, who?
I posted a month or so ago where a tree fell into and ripped the basement walkout rail out of the concrete on one side (just noting, don't know if it's related).
12-15-21, 07:31 PM
