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Light Switch Cover Help Needed
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:22 pm
We remodeled our bathrooms and ended up with mess at the electrical switch. Drywall guy was done, electrician was a fool and the tile guy worked up to this point. Any suggestions on what we can do here?
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 12:23 pm
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:23 pm to nolanola
Leave it like that, no one will ever notice.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:23 pm to nolanola
Redo it correctly
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:24 pm to nolanola
Ha! That looks like shite
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:24 pm to nolanola
Make your own light cover plate from a piece of wood and a jig saw then hope you don't ever get any shorts behind it.
Then again, you could put a thin piece of plastic/plexiglass behind the wood cover plate and you would be fine.
You're welcome.
Edit: Better yet, call the electrician back and tell him to come fix that shat. Ask him if he has EVER seen anything done like that before and when he says 'no', ask him why he thought it would be ok. As an electrician, he would have had to have known that you would be SOL. He needs to fix it.
Then again, you could put a thin piece of plastic/plexiglass behind the wood cover plate and you would be fine.
You're welcome.
Edit: Better yet, call the electrician back and tell him to come fix that shat. Ask him if he has EVER seen anything done like that before and when he says 'no', ask him why he thought it would be ok. As an electrician, he would have had to have known that you would be SOL. He needs to fix it.
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:24 pm to nolanola
hang a small picture over it.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:25 pm to nolanola
There is absolutely no reason you'd need that many switches for a bathroom. I'd redo it correctly. Nothing worse than using a bathroom and flipping 20 switches till you get the one that turns on the light.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:28 pm to nolanola
Damn, you've got more switches on the wall than a control room in a chemical plant.
What are all of those switches operating in your bathroom?
You need to redo it correctly.
What are all of those switches operating in your bathroom?
You need to redo it correctly.
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:30 pm to nolanola
That's a lot of switches but what's the big deal? Just get these on your preferred color.
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:30 pm to Dingeaux
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Damn, you've got more switches on the wall than a control room in a chemical plant.
What are all of those switches operating in your bathroom?
Yep. I think I'm going to have my NEW electrician come take a look at it.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:30 pm to nolanola
That won't work. No plate will set allowing the switch to correctly protrude flush. Remove, add a three way old work gang box and tile before the switches are set. This way the ears can sit on the tile. Move the lower gang above the decorative rail.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:30 pm to Dingeaux
Why the hell would you need 5 switches with dimmers in a bathroom? Wtf?
Trash
Trash
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:32 pm to TheAlmightySmash
WTF do the 8 switches go to? Have you got a his and hers flesh light & vibrator combo hard wired in the shower 
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:32 pm to nolanola
WTF were you trying to do? What are the 6 switches hooked to?
Shouldn't be a huge problem for the electrician to move them above the tile. Call him back to fix his frick up and then have the tile guy cover up where the bottom switches were.
Shouldn't be a huge problem for the electrician to move them above the tile. Call him back to fix his frick up and then have the tile guy cover up where the bottom switches were.
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:33 pm to SUB
And you need to get your tile guy back out there to fix that shitty work if you keep it that way. He should know to cut the tile to leave enough room for your switches.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:33 pm to nolanola
Google switch plates. There's a plate for that.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:35 pm to nolanola
get two triple gang covers, top one install normally, bottom one trim to fit in that space. Maybe get one that is a matching tile or a stainable wood.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:35 pm to Sao
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No plate will set allowing the switch to correctly protrude flush
If the electrician doesn't correct it then there are shims that are made to install behind the switches to offset them outward.
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:37 pm to nolanola
Can you please answer the question of why there are 8 switches?
Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:37 pm to nolanola
Looks like the tile guy should've allowed for a plate cover there...would've been the easiest fix.
What kind of electrical shite do you have in the bathroom?
I mean, damn.
What kind of electrical shite do you have in the bathroom?
I mean, damn.
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