Carlon removal?
#11
If attic access isn’t available, how would you remove one of these

https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/03...round.html

without destroying the surrounding drywall?

Would you just cut the plastic with an oscillator?
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#12
I cut out some metal ones using one of the limited access hacksaws (like this). I was able to get in and cut the nails, then the box came out (with a fight).
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#13
The nailers are above the box—it’s nailed in place before the ceiling is in—and the drywall was cut tight, just at the lip.
They don’t design these with an easy removal in mind.

I expect I’ll get my oscillator—it’s at the other house—and remove it next trip.
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#14
Push it up into the ceiling until the nails pull out. Might need to use a large dowel and hammer or some such thing. Then you can pull it through and pull the wires out.
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(12-04-2021, 03:36 PM)Mr_Mike Wrote: Push it up into the ceiling until the nails pull out.  Might need to use a large dowel and hammer or some such thing.  Then you can pull it through and pull the wires out.

Like this    Roly
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#16
I use a hacksaw blade and cut around the box. You'll have to cut the plastic ears next to the box. It's a pain but really the only way. The hacksaw blade blows through the plastic. The hardest part is pulling out the tabs locking the conductor in so you can pull the box out.

Maybe you'll get lucky and discover it's a fan box and you can just unscrew it from inside the box. Happened to me this week. A pleasant surprise.
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#17
IMHO, you could easily make a mess of things with a power tool.
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#18
Why do you need to remove it?  Could you just bypass it and drywall over it?

If I had to remove one I'd us a hole saw, cut the bottom out, then attack the sides.

Good luck
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(12-04-2021, 09:23 PM)Wild Turkey Wrote: Why do you need to remove it?  Could you just bypass it and drywall over it?

If I had to remove one I'd us a hole saw, cut the bottom out, then attack the sides.

Good luck
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That's how I have done it.  You have to pay attention to where the wires are above it
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#20
Just did that a couple months ago. I pushed them up, then cut into pieces to remove.


It was a pain.
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