protruding cans from the wall - what to cut the protruding cans with

Welcome gentlemen,

I deal with electrical installation mainly in single-family houses and for some time I have been struggling with a certain problem. Namely, for more or less a year I started to put boxes under sockets/switches on plaster (after the plasterers placed the boxes crookedly and it was impossible to assemble multiple sockets horizontally), which eliminated the problem described in parentheses, but sometimes it happens that the plaster goes extremely little and the can sticks out.

So far, I cut such cans with an angle grinder (flat surface of the disc), but it happens that I "overshoot" and there is a trace of the disc on the wall around the can. If I do it before painting, it can still be plastered, but after painting it is already a problem:-/ .

I was thinking about something in the shape of a cone, preferably with a drill attachment, but unfortunately I can't find anything.

Maybe you guys have some proven patent for trimming protruding cans??

Regards.

If the plastic is not hard, you can try with an assembly knife:

Aku and a good milling cutter - although there is a bit of fun with it

A wallpaper knife or a lancet, more laborious than a grinder, but you won't damage anything.

nottin wrote:

I was thinking about something in the shape of a cone, preferably with a drill attachment

There is sandpaper - leaves arranged in a cone.

nottin wrote:

Maybe you guys have some proven patent for trimming protruding cans??.

g embed deeper, and those that come out too shallow, chisel out and embed again. Patent checked. :spoko:

P.S WITH I forgot the letters.

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The oscillating jigsaw probably won't be able to handle it, I'm afraid that it can tear the can out of the wall. I, however, propose to make such a sheet mask with a hole with the diameter of the can and apply it to the wall before grinding.

Wkuj the boxes almost flush with the wall, as they give more plaster, then you mount longer screws to the accessories.

This knife as above and hitting it with a hammer or pliers. Otherwise you can get sweaty :)

Maybe a mini grinder will also be good, because you can trim from the inside of the can.


Or just such a "mini shield" put on a screwdriver. They come in sanding kits.

Buddy nottin and where you learned the profession, they didn't teach you that???.
A good assembly knife, a hammer and the case, but not a knife for wallpapers and plasterboard hehe

fighter wrote:

just not a wallpaper knife

I placed two cans in March and the wallpaper knife did the job perfectly (hehe) professionally, maybe it doesn't pay off, but I had nothing else at hand.

I'm wondering why cut the protruding cans, since there will be profanity during the installation of sockets and lighting connectors.
Mount the box as it should be without shortening, or buy a shallower one if possible and it will not prevent the installation of the above-mentioned equipment.
Boxes on an unplastered wall are always exposed 0.5-1 cm shallower due to the plaster.
If the wall is plastered, it is necessary to forge or drill a hole deeper so that the box fits.