Cutting Drywall Around Recessed Lights

Measure the light from two established edges.

Cutting drywall around recessed lights.

Then plunge cut into the drywall to find the outside edge of the electrical box. Cut out drywall holes for electrical outlets with a drywall saw. Use a spiral saw to get a perfect fit for recessed lights in drywall. Make sure you clear your joists or any other obstruction above where the lights are placed.

Cut from the center to the edge of the box then remove your knife or rotozip. While on a project where the patio ceiling had been blown out during hurricane matthew. Read the distances at the near and far sides of the. In how to hang drywall on a ceiling with canned lights house flipping brothers dave and rich show you all of the steps for hanging drywall on a ceiling.

The technique is similar for recessed lights. One of the most frustrating and time consuming parts of hanging drywall is cutting all those. Fixing a recessed light hole that is too large. This will collect most of the dust.

Simply slip it over the light housing and it will sit snugly against the lower collar essentially extending the rim to a. I wanted to show you a easy way to mark electrical boxes without havi. You don t need exact measurements. This could be made of masonite or sheet metal.

Is to cut a ring of some rigid material that just fits the canister on the inside and is larger than the hole on the outside. Now cut the outline of the outside edge of the box into the drywall. Cut a basket ball in half punch a hole for the mandrel in it.