💡 Electrical Box Repair Kit: Fixing Stripped and Damaged Boxes Review

My SO had new countertops installed before I got in the picture. She liked it so much that she ordered to put it on from the same material as the apron. It was too thick for that, and the plumbers left the electrical boxes recessed an inch or more. To make adjustments, the installers used construction screws to attach the outlets without drilling holes to install them. When I removed the screws, the plastic boxes in the mounting screw hole broke. They weren't easy to install, but it's not the…

When we bought our house many years ago all the plugs seemed fine. The screw hole was cracked and the exit was loose. To my surprise, I couldn't find anything useful at my local hardware store, but I found this at Revain. (I didn't even know what it was called!) When I installed it, I found that the top base of the connector was glued to the plastic box with some sort of construction glue that came loose - very close to drywall over time . (That's where the last plug popped out.) I unplugged…

With this I have successfully repaired 2 of 3 sockets. When they work, they seem to work well. Note that they will damage your 6-32 mounting screws since it's a thin piece of unthreaded sheet metal (but who cares as long as it holds, right?). In some cases you may need to step up to 8-32 and may use a wood thread screw instead of the machine threads commonly used with exit holes. Also, do not twist as hard as possible to tighten the screw, otherwise you will tear off the screw. The 3rd socket…