Excellent video, amazing tips. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing all your knowledge ❤

My god, someone who actually takes their time and is considerate of old plaster. The previous owners graciously cut holes into the plaster/lathe for electrical box. It was a hideous job that I need to fix. You even leveled the boxes. Brilliant.

@JPElectric

11 ай бұрын

Thanks thelasttaarakian. Really appreciate your kind comments.

Excellent. I had honestly forgotten what quality work can done. My son's is planning electrical wiring in his home, the contractor bid does not include any plaster work. He mention the the work is going to be "messy". I had plan to do the patch up work, but I am going to mention to the contractor it doesn't have to get " messy" and not to take any short cuts. Work sensible , and have courtesy to the customer. THANK YOU

@JPElectric

5 ай бұрын

Hi realnotubutme8254. Yes totally agree. You do not need to wreck a house to rewire it. Try to minimise as much as possible any 'messy' work, and at least make good your chases.

Thanks for the video. I have to relocate a socket my dad installed 20 years ago. Your video shows me everything I was unsure about and a plan B in case the plaster is in a worse state than I hope it is.

I didn't have an oscillating tool when I did my outlet. So I used a masontry drill bit and drilled holes around my pencil markings. Then played connect the dots with a jab saw. Once I had an outline I used a jigsaw to cut away the laths and removed the section.

@JPElectric

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciate it.

Thanks for a great video. Very good quality and clear audio. Can't wait to see more :)

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. Plenty of videos planned

This was extremely helpful. I was trying to cut an outlet earlier and my stud finder was going haywire all over the wall. Your wire trick saved me some headache. I was told all the walling was replaced but it seems I was lied to. I'll need to find some way to cut the remaining lath cleanly now that I've hacked most of it away with a drywall saw.

What a brilliant video, thank you so much, this is really useful to me as someone who has an older house 🙏 - you sir are a very knowledgeable guy and have explained this job in such great detail - many thanks 👍

@JPElectric

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Tasty115, really appreciate it.

Many thanks. All the best.

The 90 degree piece of wire as a stud finder is a nice touch 👍

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Its the only stud finder I know that actually works 🙂

@Hew.Jarsol

4 ай бұрын

Yep

Great video as ever, keep them coming mate 👍

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much David, will do.

Good video, sensible advice and you concentrated upon the task, rather than upon yourself. Too many Sparkies on YT I regret seem to think it's about them, so take twice as long to cover half of the same detail, then miss the important bits! I liked the diagram at the end, covering how to use a long drill to get through the Sole Plate. I have a similar job and was just pondering how best to create the hole in the Sole Plate for the cable to come up, i.e. without making an access hole to achieve this big enough for my dog to climb in! Great, that small tip alone has helped me no end, because getting the Cables up via the Sole Plate was posing an issue in terms of how best to do this. I have a couple to do, and getting the cables up from under the Sole Plate was the main issue (if I wished to do a neat job and not create a huge re-decoration job in the process of adding a few extra Sockets to the Ring Circuit).

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith, Thanks for the comment, and really pleased you found it useful

It won't cut the wood lath but a diamond grit grinding blade for grout removal on the multi tool works so much better for going through plaster (and cement/rock lath). Makes so much cleaner of a cut with much less crumbling and damage, wish I had learned that a lot sooner. Really anytime you need to go through it look for tools that grind or are designed for masonry and it works so much better.

@JPElectric

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip cinnabarsin4288, appreciate you watching and commenting.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent tutorial.👍

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks jOhNnYmC, appreciate it...

Good practical video.Thank you .

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks freezefoot

Very well done. Thank you!

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.

@JPElectric

4 ай бұрын

Thank you KetaCreek appreciate you watching, and kind comment

Thanks for sharing chief! Excellent video.

@JPElectric

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much

Real true free tip.thank you

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

Thanks for the Video , drilling through the sole plate would be a interesting video.

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I will do a video on drilling through the sole plate. It can be a bit tricky, so I want to do it on a real lath and plaster wall, to show the problems.

Brilliant thanks mate. Love the end tip aswell!

@JPElectric

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Drew

Excellent really good

Great job . Thank you 😊

@JPElectric

8 ай бұрын

Thanks dcimages appreciate it.

Thank younsooooo much for this video 🎉🙌👏👏👏👏

@JPElectric

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kimmy The Sparks, really please you found it some help

I wish the electricians on my job took this much care. They take half the wall down to fit a box 😂

If only every electrician would install something this way

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, appreciate it.

@shahibakhtar2316

Жыл бұрын

N if he's charging you hourly

Thank you so much

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you HARI THAPA appreciate you watching

Thanks, informative and just what I needed. 👍👍 Thoughtful and clear.

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you , glad it was of some help.

How far should the box stick out from the stud for lath and plaster vs. drywall? I think all the boxes have ears for the stud alignment for drywall thickness.

Stuck a recommendation on Artisan, CJR, Bundy for you. Your videos are very good. I am training to be an electrician.

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian, appreciate it. Good luck with your training

@brianoneill350

2 жыл бұрын

@@JPElectric be nice to see your channel getting a little more views etc as I watch them all and yours is up with the best if them

@JPElectric

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Cjrelectrical

2 жыл бұрын

I’m here cheers Brian

@brianoneill350

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cjrelectrical cheers, really enjoy your channel.

Thanks for the excellent video. Could you please suggest which brand of box you used / is the best suited to be fitted into a lath and plaster wall. Many thanks again.

@JPElectric

9 күн бұрын

Hi Kevin, I don't have a preferred brand really. The important thing is the depth of the box so you you have the depth for the lugs

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How did you recess the box into the plaster, to prepare for a flush wall?

@JPElectric

2 ай бұрын

Hi operationbonjovi.. I just trimmed a bit of the plaster away so the lip of the box was not proud of the wall.

I need to get tool like that with correct blades to cut in my plaster bathroom walls to get to some water pipes have light water leak, plumbers are wanting charge me thousands dollars for repipe with pex lines but I am just wanting to repair the pipe.

@JPElectric

Жыл бұрын

Hi Burt Yes the multi tool is really handy. Thanks for watching and commenting.