Video: Cutting a Hole for an Electrical Outlet

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Cutting a hole for a new electrical outlet can be tricky, learn how to install and wire a new electrical outlet with expert tips and advice on home improvement in this free video.

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Hi I am Drew Fendy, master home inspector. I have been inspecting for over 24 years. Today we are going to describe how to install an electrical receptacle. Okay, mark out where the box is so we can cut in. We know where the studs are. We found them before and marked them on the wall so we are going to situate the box here. Now we make sure it is vertical and we do not want it to be crooked later. So you can use the leveler or if you are really good eye, you can set it up and mark the edges where we have got to cut through and here we do not get all the way through so I just use this as a template. Okay, so we will be taking the center portion out, insert that in there. Cut straight up the other corner that will come out and we can cut this way too. We fit the box in, perfect fit, ready to go.

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Cutting a Hole for an Electrical Outlet

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