ScrapinSi
Senior Member
Well I had some spare time today, so I said "i'm finally gonna install that new outlet for the TV"... We hung the TV in our bedroom on the wall, but I wanted to put an outlet up near the TV so there aren't any cords hanging down...
OFF TO HOME DEPOT I GO!!
Pick up a Remodel Box, some Romex, 50ft of Coax, etc etc...
Come home, and figured i'll just T off the existing outlet in the wall.. So I decide where I want the hole for the Remodel box, and then decide I want it on the OTHER side of the stud from the outlet... No biggie... Drill a hole in the stud, pop it through, and snake it...
Yeah right... Apparently, when the previous owners remodelled this room, they decided to use 4" STUDS!!! I mean come on! Its not a load bearing wall, wtf would you use a 4" stud for? Not to mention I didn't even realize this until AFTER i cut the hole for the outlet. I measured the stud, counted off my measurements correctly going 2" across, and even gave an extra inch... Then cut the hole, and BAM... there's another 3/4" of stud...
So its not easy to bend romex around 4" corners... So I decide that I'll run the wire up over the top in the attic and back dock... Climb up in the hot ass attic, and realize that they not only used 4" studs, but they box framed the shit too! So now I need to drill holes in the top, snake the wire up & down... UGGHHH!!!!!
Now I have a hole in the wall, and a half installed outlet...
I need a fuckin beer... Its too hot in the attic to deal with this shit right now.
OFF TO HOME DEPOT I GO!!
Pick up a Remodel Box, some Romex, 50ft of Coax, etc etc...
Come home, and figured i'll just T off the existing outlet in the wall.. So I decide where I want the hole for the Remodel box, and then decide I want it on the OTHER side of the stud from the outlet... No biggie... Drill a hole in the stud, pop it through, and snake it...
Yeah right... Apparently, when the previous owners remodelled this room, they decided to use 4" STUDS!!! I mean come on! Its not a load bearing wall, wtf would you use a 4" stud for? Not to mention I didn't even realize this until AFTER i cut the hole for the outlet. I measured the stud, counted off my measurements correctly going 2" across, and even gave an extra inch... Then cut the hole, and BAM... there's another 3/4" of stud...
So its not easy to bend romex around 4" corners... So I decide that I'll run the wire up over the top in the attic and back dock... Climb up in the hot ass attic, and realize that they not only used 4" studs, but they box framed the shit too! So now I need to drill holes in the top, snake the wire up & down... UGGHHH!!!!!
Now I have a hole in the wall, and a half installed outlet...
I need a fuckin beer... Its too hot in the attic to deal with this shit right now.