router damage

[eds]

Anybody have any more links other than compacovers for covering boxes before sheet rock. Has any one used these compa covers from the picture they look like they might over hang the box a wee bit

 

[e57]

Handy box covers..... Cheap - easily available!

 

[mdshunk]

Roto-zip damage results in more money for the electrical contractor, so I'm not sure why I'd actually pay money for a product to prevent it. I push the wires back, and if they get screwed up, it's not my fault. I know there was some '08 code change proposed regarding this, but I forget how it hashed out.

 

[480sparky]

Google makes it easy.

Compacovers

Handy box covers..... Cheap - easily available!

And makes the opening far too large for the device strap to rest on the drywall.

 

[iwire]

Anybody have any more links other than compacovers for covering boxes before sheet rock. Has any one used these compa covers from the picture they look like they might over hang the box a wee bit

Back charge.

Plain and simple.

If you are in doing the finish and you ruin the new rug would you expect the rug guy to replace it free?

 

[iaov]

I've found that explaning how much it will cost to repair the rockers damage to the foreman of thier crew realy cuts down on the amount of damage. I push the wires to the back of the box and they will only be damaged by carelesness. Like Marc said it can be a money making opportunity.:smile:

 

[sparky 134]

I, too, have been baffled with electrician's who go out of there way to prevent the drywaller's from damaging the conductors that are located INSIDE the 1900 box.

The 1900 box is for electrical wiring/devices, not for drill bits or drywall saws. I ask the GC to inform the drywaller's to keep their rotozips out of my boxes. If I find damaged wire I charge $55.00 per opening to repair.

I had one GC who wanted to backcharge me because he had to open some drywall to find the undercabinet lighting whips the drywaller buried. He said I didn't make it obvious enough to the drywaller that the whips were to penetrate the drywall. He threatened to stop using me on future projects if we couldn't come to an agreement. I refused, politely, to pay for someone's elses incompetence.

He's still using me....

 

[mdshunk]

I had one GC who wanted to backcharge me because he had to open some drywall to find the undercabinet lighting whips the drywaller buried. He said I didn't make it obvious enough to the drywaller that the whips were to penetrate the drywall. He threatened to stop using me on future projects if we couldn't come to an agreement. I refused, politely, to pay for someone's elses incompetence.

I was having that problem for a spell, so I started to drive a 16d spike part way into the face of the stud, and taped the tail of the romex to that. I discovered that this must really tick off drywallers, because the romex was not in very good shape when I returned to finish.