Hello.
I'm in the middle of a kitchen renovation and have bought a new range hood which unfortunately sits directly on top of where the conduit for the power cables comes out. How should I move the cables and conduit about 50-60 cm higher in the most aesthetically pleasing and practical way? The conduit comes from above and it is a gypsum board. Should I make a narrow channel and try to fish out the conduit and then try to patch it up nicely, or should I make a larger cut in the gypsum board to patch it and put support behind it? Is there a better way? No electrical work needed except for shortening the cables.
I'm in the middle of a kitchen renovation and have bought a new range hood which unfortunately sits directly on top of where the conduit for the power cables comes out. How should I move the cables and conduit about 50-60 cm higher in the most aesthetically pleasing and practical way? The conduit comes from above and it is a gypsum board. Should I make a narrow channel and try to fish out the conduit and then try to patch it up nicely, or should I make a larger cut in the gypsum board to patch it and put support behind it? Is there a better way? No electrical work needed except for shortening the cables.
Yes, that's how I was thinking about it. What's the smoothest way, with a knife or to drill and jigsaw?
Are you just going to fish out the pipe, or why not put a box from which you can neatly pull the electricity? The smaller the hole you make in the drywall, the more fiddly and complicated it will be. Make a large enough hole so you can access and work, as it's not more difficult to replace a larger piece of drywall. It's always nice to have a bit of wiggle room when working.
Tap to find any studs in the wall.
Measure how big the hole needs to be.
Draw a right-angled square on the new drywall.
Cut the board as usual with a knife and sand the edges and bevel the front edge with a knife.
Hold the drywall piece straight against the wall where the hole will be made and trace around the edges.
Drill a hole and cut out the hole with a jigsaw.
Bevel the front edges (facilitates spackling).
Move the electricity. Use a renovation box if you want to pull the electricity via a box.
Screw a couple of pieces of wood behind the existing drywall to screw the new piece into.
Screw in the new piece and spackle.
Done!
Tap to find any studs in the wall.
Measure how big the hole needs to be.
Draw a right-angled square on the new drywall.
Cut the board as usual with a knife and sand the edges and bevel the front edge with a knife.
Hold the drywall piece straight against the wall where the hole will be made and trace around the edges.
Drill a hole and cut out the hole with a jigsaw.
Bevel the front edges (facilitates spackling).
Move the electricity. Use a renovation box if you want to pull the electricity via a box.
Screw a couple of pieces of wood behind the existing drywall to screw the new piece into.
Screw in the new piece and spackle.
Done!