Cut Hole for Ceiling Box — Install New Electrical Box for Light Fixture

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How to Add a Light Inside an Under-Stair Closet · Step 2 of 9

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If your center mark for the light fixture falls directly on a ceiling joist, you may choose to offset the box slightly to one side of the joist or use a pancake box directly on the joist. The video demonstrates using a drywall saw to score a circle in the drywall. Carefully cut out the circle large enough to accommodate the chosen electrical box. For the demonstration, a square access hole is also cut nearby to visualize the interior space.

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it's going to make my life a lot easier all i'm going to be doing here is using this drywall saw very basic tool nice and simple i'm going to go ahead and mark put my saw up and i'm going to start just going over and there that's the joist i can't go any further so what i'm going to do is take my box have it so the side is right on that joist and then mark it with a pencil boom then just going to go ahead and there we have it take my box and just do a little dry fit make sure it fits in the hole and sure enough look at that beautiful okay

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Cut Hole for Ceiling Box — Install New Electrical Box for Light Fixture

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5 hours

Part of project

How to Add a Light Inside an Under-Stair Closet · Step 2 of 9

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In this video

If your center mark for the light fixture falls directly on a ceiling joist, you may choose to offset the box slightly to one side of the joist or use a pancake box directly on the joist. The video demonstrates using a drywall saw to score a circle in the drywall. Carefully cut out the circle large enough to accommodate the chosen electrical box. For the demonstration, a square access hole is also cut nearby to visualize the interior space.

1.7M views20.9K

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it's going to make my life a lot easier all i'm going to be doing here is using this drywall saw very basic tool nice and simple i'm going to go ahead and mark put my saw up and i'm going to start just going over and there that's the joist i can't go any further so what i'm going to do is take my box have it so the side is right on that joist and then mark it with a pencil boom then just going to go ahead and there we have it take my box and just do a little dry fit make sure it fits in the hole and sure enough look at that beautiful okay

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