Alwayslearningelec
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Would you still need to use a tile ring for this type of box in a CMU wall?
Tile Ring
- Thread starter Alwayslearningelec
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- Tennessee NEC:2017
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- Semi-Retired Electrician
Those boxes are made to directly take a device, as the screw holes are there. You only use a tile/mud ring on boxes, such as a 4" sq, that has no device holes.
What is a "tile cover"? Is that the box over the top of the larger box installed in the block core? If so, why do they call it a tile cover?
It looks like it has an open back, and gives tons of room for wiring to be stuffed back inside the box.
It looks like it has an open back, and gives tons of room for wiring to be stuffed back inside the box.
hbiss
EC, New York NEC: 2017
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A tile cover is like a plaster ring but with square corners and is available in deeper depths. It's made for masonry construction.
-Hal
-Hal
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- Illinois
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- retired electrician
Pretty much the same as a plaster or mud ring, but the tile ring will have square corners. The others typically have rounded corners. They attach to a recessed box, with the face of the ring flush with the finish surface.
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- Journeyman Electrician
These are sometimes called a tile ring. From a listing perspective I don't believe that a tile ring is anything more than a different name and a different way to manufacture a mud ring or plaster ring or adapter cover.
