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Secure Light Switch Flush with Wall

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Electrician Tip, How to Fix a Recessed Light Switch in 1 Minute! Use an Extension Ring, Thoughts?

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What happens here

With the extension ring in place around the light switch, carefully push the switch and ring back into the electrical box opening. Use the previously removed machine screws to secure the light switch, threading them through the extension ring and into the mounting holes of the electrical box. Use the impact drill (or screwdriver) to tighten the screws, ensuring the switch is now flush with the finished wall surface.

Goal: Mount the light switch correctly so it is flush with the wall.

Tools and materials

  • Electrical Box Extension Ring — Providing the necessary depth extension
  • Impact Drill Milwaukee — To drive the machine screws
  • Light Switch — The electrical component being secured
  • Machine Screws — To fasten the switch and extension ring to the electrical box

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Home Depot, Lowe's, anywhere. You want to cut the corner. Watch how it goes on. It wraps in like a sandwich. So then I'm going to take the machine screws that I took off the switch previously. There's two machine screws. I'm going to get my impact drill and I'm going to throw them right in. Boom. Now we have our switch flush. So, we just got to put the plate cover on and we're almost done, guys. So, as you can see, the switch is now flush, guys.

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