3 Ways to Add an Outlet In a Finished Room

Love your videos, Nils. I'm always learning something. Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but don't you want to check your wiring BEFORE you reinstall the dry wall and molding,.in case you need to correct something without tearing the molding and sheetrock back out? Keep up the great videos. I'm going to keep on watching!

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Can you do a plaster and lath wall?

Great job. I have an old house that still has some ungrounded wiring to replace. I will probably be able to use the baseboard method. Probably will buy one of those Kein wire pullers just in case.

That's the greatest looking stud finder I've ever seen!!

thanks ive consulted this video several times. Well done easy to follow.

Very very nice video, thanks for sharing it with the community!

The poor finish on your walls around the outlets would drive me crazy! lol. You gotta mud and finish that my man.

Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to do this

Tip: Twist all connections together BEFORE using a wire nut. Also, in some cases, I use a box that has a "wings" to squeeze against the drywall.

Nice explanation …❤😊

14 awg for home...kind of small. I'm in NYC and it's illegal to use 14. Only 12 awg. 14, you might ending burning your house down.

I'm sure you realize by now that fiberglass doesn't soundproof a wall against sound transmission. Mass is the only answer for that.

I just came from a Brady vid :I

Thank you for this video.

In Illinois (at least Northern Illinois by Chicago), I think you have to run metal conduits behind the walls. Even exposed, you have to run the metal clad armord cables. I guess I can somehow get sections and connect them somehow...

nice job on second install 🙋‍♂️

Wait you never covered what to do about the horizontal fire blocks 😢

the green screen view has surpassed th HOW TO with guess and by golly to a conformation on how to . Very well displayed

Use a shorter drill bit, then you can drill perpendicular to the face of the stud

Easy, just move the end table over a couple feet.

Good vid, thanks!

When my grandfather wired his house he put the overhead lighting on a separate circuit than the rest of the room so he could kill power to a room and still have lighting.

His mind was blown that there was nothing in space except space itself.

Homesickness became contagious in the young campers' cabin.

8% of 25 is the same as 25% of 8 and one of them is much easier to do in your head.

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

12 ga wire is for 20 amp circuit- 14 ga wire is for 15 amp service. Make sure breakers in panel box match wire rating.

If you pull wire from center of box, it twists, so best to open box and roll wire out.

Thank you so much. I just had to replace my outlet in my bedroom and I'll redo it to make sure about the silver and brass sides. After, I can add another outlet to my room. I really appreciate this. My uncle who does this has moved far away and I have to do things myself. Again..... THANK YOU

What if i don't live in finland?

I used a tape measure sent up to the attic to attach the romax cable and my father in law was so amazed that he had never thought of that. It took us 30 min to pull 3 wires so that we could run it to my workshop.

You use both the Walabot and Franklin? How come you don't use just one of them? Is one better?

Did you use Brad nails into the nail plat?

I understand that you were trying to demonstrate a third method but why not just pull the shiplap and cut the drywall behind it?

That’s really cool. Unless you WANT to keep the job up to code.

Recommend you test before putting back together.

With method #1, be careful about double bottom plates (3” high) on your wall, especially when using standard 3 1/4” baseboard. You would not have enough space to drill through the studs. You might be able to get away with it if the baseboard has been raised off the floor 1/2” to account for carpet thickness, but otherwise it would not work. This would be an issue in exterior walls on most wood framed homes, but could even come up in some interior walls. In Florida, for example, many homes are built on concrete slabs, with double bottom plates on all interior walls - the bottom bottom plate being pressure treated. They have concrete block exterior walls and no basements, so the only way to add an outlet like this without cutting and patching drywall would be to go up into the attic.

Yep, a branzy video

Love how initially the outlet was hooked up from New construction WRONG! Garbage electrical inspection should have failed rough inspection. code requires ALL outlets on pigtail connection. You are NEVER allowed to put more the 1 hot, neutral & ground on a outlet unless a switched outlet is in use.

Nice trick the first one. FYI Should never wear jewelry doing electrical work.

You can chisel out a small place to accommodate the Romex in front of the stud and then cover it with your nail plate and don't drill a hole in the stud weakening the stud.

Neatly done.

Excellent video on three great ways to do additions in wiring. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video. Love the 1 1/2 tape trick!

Lmfao. Always comical to watch an amateur try and teach people and create a whole lot of extra work.

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Look up "old work J box." You won't have to put your new outlet right next to a stud.