How to install sockets in drywall

Plasterboard is a building material, is gaining popularity, so many builders are faced with the question of how to make the socket in the drywall.No special tools required for this are not, they are at each master.The main thing - just to perform the sequence of operations.

Holes outlet

At the beginning of the work is necessary to determine thetools that will be needed in the process, they are few:

1. socket.
2. box.
3. screwdriver.
4. Drill.
5. knife stationery.

the back of the drywall you already must pass wiring.From the outside the wire should not be seen, so you need to remember, at some distance from the floor and sides are relatively wire ends, and in this place to outline the hole with a pencil.At the same time, keep in mind that the drywall is fastened to the metal posts and that they are not there, it is necessary for the wall to hold a strong magnet.

hole spacing should be carried out, given that the wires are still bent and smooth out under the outlet.Now you need to fasten the level of the wall of plasterboard horizontally and where will the future hold socket flat pencil line.Now you need to put a level vertically and make a cross.The intersection of the lines is the central point.

makes a hole in the drywall for outlet using a drill, you need to use a special crown wood.It is possible, in principle, the use and the usual drill, but then have to circle drill many holes side by side, and then hand gently squeeze the circle.But experts still are not advised to use this primitive method, or edges are not smooth, if not fragile material may break during drilling.Escutcheon diameter - 68 mm, then the same size hole in the drywall needs to be done.

If you do run into a metal profile, then carefully cut prevents you from part of the scissors on metal, that in this place do not prevent podrozetnik stand straight.
there are some standards for the placement of sockets:

1. outlet center should be 30 cm from the floor.
2. The bathroom outlet should be a meter above the washing machine.
3. The kitchen outlet is located at 1.20 m from the table.

These dimensions can vary depending on the wishes of the home owner.

Installation Escutcheon

All Enclosures, despite some companies producing them, have one and the same principle of fastening in drywall - paws.In Escutcheon Drywall screws have not two, like concrete, but four.One pair is on the outside and lock the socket frame.How to mount
podrozetnik in drywall:

• Cut in podrozetnik hole under the wire.It would be right to do so that the wire went back in podrozetnik, so it will be easier to mount the socket.
• Insert the wire into the hole Escutcheon.Naturally, while the electricity in the environment must be disabled.

• Align the mounting screws in the horizontal plane and insert into the hole Escutcheon.
• Tighten the screws so that podrozetnik slightly drawn into the hole, then slightly loosen and to check the reliability of fasteners.

installation sockets on podrozetnik

Installation outlets in plasterboard held thus:

1. Remove the cover from the socket screw and remove the cover.
2. outlet Ground to impose on the Escutcheon, so that the jacks were on the same horizontal line, and the base should be in the middle of the Enclosures.
3. Chart awl or pencil the place where the screw is to be mounted.
4. Make drill grooves for screws.Note that the drill had a smaller diameter than the screw.
5. little screw in a screw thread to schedule.
6. Tighten the screws on the outlet without a cover.
7. wires connected to the terminals on top and put the lid.

When posting gated outlet installed in plasterboard in the recesses.The cases for outlets for gypsum board has holes where wires are introduced.It is possible to fix the box and mortar.To plug not jumped when the plug is removed, it is necessary that the spacer legs retracted into vyshtampovki.Sometimes it happens that there is vyshtampovok.Then you need to make the design themselves to secure sockets.To do this:.

1. rubber sheet cut into 20 cm strip of rubber thickness should be about 4 mm.You can cut out two strips, but then their width - 3 cm each.
2. Stick stripes on side boxes podrozetki.Thus, the outlet will be kept inside the box, because it will be an obstacle for the lugs.They will rest in the rubber and will not go beyond the outlet.
3. as barriers to the legs can act and wood block or cement, it is necessary to degrease the box.

If the box is plastic, it is not usually the case with her problems.The spacer tabs yourself doing a cavity for themselves and are held inside the wall.If you for some reason there is no ordinary box, it can be used instead cans.It is best to perform this role, cans of condensed milk or stew.They coincide with the diameter of the diameter of boxes from the store.With the help of pliers, banks need to remove the sharp edges to avoid injury in the future about it.Can one not printed entire cans of condensed milk to make two boxes, it is necessary to cut it in half, and pour out the contents.The bank must be made holes, which will rest on foot, and also to make a hole for the wires.All holes made using a chisel.

Rules outlet for gypsum board

Basic rules:

1. Typically, the outlet is written, how amperage and voltage it can stand.But in any case, the load on it may not exceed 1500 watts.And, only in this case, if the house is blown.Instead, it is not necessary to use the "bugs", otherwise the apartment will not be protected from network drops.And sockets come quickly out of service.
2. sockets should be installed at least two feet from the floor, and nadplintusnye - 30 cm Last -. Must always be equipped with a rotating plate that at withdrawal of the plug from the outlet socket is closed.
3. According to safety, it is not necessary to mount the outlet near the grounded parts of the apartment.Distance - is no less than half a meter.
4. Bathrooms mount socket is not recommended, as an exception, you can make a socket hidden wiring and driven by a step down transformer.
5. According to building codes, one socket can account for 10 square meters.meters, and in the kitchen, regardless of the area may be only two outlets.
6. The plug should be removed with two hands.One - to keep the outlet, and the second - to remove the plug.If the socket does not support, it may become loose, and once you remove the plug with the socket of the Escutcheon, and insert it back, though it is possible, but it will not stay long.It is better to be handled carefully with the socket, and then it will serve for many years without a glitch.