How Do You Attach A Faceplate Into Drywall Without A Standard Electrical Outlet Box?
• Using a DREMEL rotary tool, with a #540 cutoff wheel, cut a slot on both the bottom and top of the cutout in the drywall parallel to the wall surface about halfway or a little bit farther toward the back side of the drywall, and centered on the screw-hole-to-be. It must be deeper than the screw-hole you need to do. • Run the tool side to side far enough to have at least one inch (2.5 cm) wide at the bottom of the slot, centered on the screw hole, that is flat, before the curve the circular shape of the cutting wheel makes on the sides of the slot. estimating, it maybe about 2″ or so, centered on the screw. • Cut 2 pieces of scrap plastic from the packaging of the Radio Shack modular faceplate about 1″ x 2″ (2.5 cm x 5 cm). • Glue them into the slots with any kind of glue you have handy. It’s only to keep the plastic in place when you drill the screw holes and install the screws (wood screws from your salvaged screw jar. You do have one, don’t you?), so the type of glue doesn’t matter
