It would be nice to be able to see what is behind the walls.:happyyes:
And below grade. You'd be a gazillionare.
Lets not mention if you had a dirty mind :+)
It would be nice to be able to see what is behind the walls.:happyyes:
It would be nice to be able to see what is behind the walls.:happyyes:
And below grade. You'd be a gazillionare.
Lets not mention if you had a dirty mind :+)
I worked for electrical contractor years ago, his way to find hidden boxes was to tell the GC on the job that he was going to start 18 inches above the floor with his hatchet. He never had to find them, but when he got to those rooms the GC found them.
Back in the 70's I worked under the supervision of a crusty old journeyman who would "locate" the covered outlet boxes with his steel toed work boots. After a few "locates", it didn't take long for the drywaller's to gladly find any covered outlets for us. Sometimes I miss the old days.
Yeah I did that too, so I started saving the looking for box thing until no-one was around, if there wasn't one there I'd add one.Accused the sheetrocker of covering us up and guaranteed that we had a box there...whoops.:ashamed:
One technique I've found useful for ceilings is to get on a ladder in the corner of the room with a nice bright flashlight and use it to skim the ceiling with light. It will usually find hidden boxes, recessed lights etc. Simple and effective.
No reason this shouldn't work on a wall either.
One technique I've found useful for ceilings is to get on a ladder in the corner of the room with a nice bright flashlight and use it to skim the ceiling with light. It will usually find hidden boxes, recessed lights etc. Simple and effective.
I have a laser that I use for layout. It makes a straight, flat line. I would be great for finding buried boxes if I were looking for a way to make it easy on the person that buried them.
But, I don't think I have ever been that drunk.
Even when the drywallers don't bury the boxes, they push one side in because they are trying to use them to make marks on the back of the drywall with.
I make it clear to the drywallers that if they screw up my boxes in any manner, I will make life very hard for them. The EC and owners are all made aware, as well. I just don't seem to be able to find buried boxes the first, second or third try. Fourth try is always a charm.
Oh, and I have been photographing my rough ins for over a decade now, so there will be no false accusations. You would think that with pictures I would be able to locate the buried boxes the first try.
But I have a depth perception problem that makes it hard for me to be accurate when I am PO'd.
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But I have a depth perception problem that makes it hard for me to be accurate when I am PO'd.
I have a laser that I use for layout. It makes a straight, flat line. I would be great for finding buried boxes if I were looking for a way to make it easy on the person that buried them.
I try not to be hard on the drywallers if they just missed one box - it happens.
Had a garage service once where sheetrockers went right over the panel with rock, how the
heck do you do that.........
If stucco exterior one solution is to mount Arlington plastic spark rings backwards on
weather proof boxes