This makes installing the drywall easier too.ģ14.20 In Wall or Ceiling. There are 5/8" mud rings for 5/8" drywall, readily available any electrical supply. With metal boxes, you mount the box flush with the face of the stud, and buy mud rings to match the depth of the finish. These have a screw adjustment to get the box exactly where you want it. There are also adjustable depth plastic boxes such as the Carlon Adjust-A-Box. There are nail-on boxes that have alignment tabs for 1/2" and 5/8" drywall. You can nail on a nail-on box where ever you want. There are plastic boxes that work fine with 5/8" drywall. (See below.) But without a doubt it makes installing the devices (switches and receptacles) more of a pain. It is certainly acceptable for the boxes to sit back a little NEC 314.20 allows a flush mount box to be up to 1/4" back in a non-combustible material like drywall. If this was a professional job, would they care and make someone re-mount these boxes? Or is this typical? The receptacle tabs should be firm on the drywall and everything should be tight. I understand that adjusting the receptacle out is no big deal so long as the drywall is cut close to the box. Is it a big deal or am I stressing about nothing? This is my first 100% new construction and I find myself caring more. To be honest, on a remodel I pay less attention to how perfect it is. But, when I do, I've tried to get it close. level with it? In the past, i've done mostly remodel work and I don't generally move boxes. Is it considered rather shady / done wrong, if I'm 1/8" short of the drywall vs. Our electrician is doing all the work on this house, minus placing the boxes. Most of the boxes are already nailed to the walls at the 3/8s" mark. We are doing 1/2" drywall on the walls for sure (except on firewall of course). If you don’t find any drop-off locations near you on the PakTech map, check with local breweries or beer stores that use these types of can holders, they may accept them for reuse, or might be convinced to start doing so if enough people request it.Īfter collection, the can holders are recycled into new products like flower pots, park benches and more PakTech handles.Most plastic home improvement store electrical, single gang cut-in boxes seem to have little plastic tabs / bumps which if used, will set the box 3/8s inch off the studs. If you do not see the bin, ask a staff member, they may collect them elsewhere. Once you find a local drop-off, look for this bin: PakTech recycling bin for new rigid can carriers (FYI, you may want to look at this map on a computer rather than your phone, I have problems getting the map to work on my Android phone, but it works fine on my laptop). Use this PakTech Recycling locator map to find your nearest drop-off location. They have drop-off locations, mostly at craft beer stores. If you do not live in one of those two states, the manufacturer of these rigid 6-pack rings, PakTech, is offering to take them back for recycling. Check this map for Massachusetts Can Carrier Drop-Off Locations and here for Rhode Island Can Carrier Drop-Off Locations. If you are lucky enough to live in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, there is a movement of local breweries and beverage stores that have organized to take back can holders for recycling. ( See this article about how recyclables get sorted in a MRF.) Therefore, most recycling programs don’t want this type of item mixed in with the rest of your curbside recycling. Because of the way that recyclables are sorted at most Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs), anything less than 2″ in diameter will slip through the disk screens and may end up contaminating other materials. That’s all great, but after the beer is drunk and the aluminum cans recycled, what do we do with these things? Can you recycle beer can holders?Īlthough they are marked as #2 HDPE plastic, which is quite recyclable, the problem for most recycling centers is the shape. So they ship lighter, using less packaging and energy. Plus which, the new can holders are made from recycled plastic milk jugs and allow six-packs to be stacked on top of each other without needing to be wrapped in additional shrink-wrap plastic or put into cartons. On the one hand, the new can carriers (or can holders, can handles, rigid 6-pack rings, whatever you want to call them) are a great thing for ocean life like seagulls, turtles and fish which get caught in the old style plastic rings that look like this: Old style plastic 6-pack rings And you are probably wondering how to recycle can holders, if that is even an option. If you are a craft beer drinker, you may have noticed more and more six-packs being packaged with new rigid plastic 6-pack holders rather than the old clear flexible plastic rings.
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