How To Fix Drooping Electrical Outlet Or Switch On Wall - 5 Easy Tips and Tricks! DIY For Beginners!

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On this episode I'm going to show you How To Fix Drooping or sagging Electrical Outlet or switch on wall with 5 Easy Tips and Tricks! This is a perfect DIY Tutorial For Beginners! Outlets and switches with their covers tend to disconnect to their electrical box or Junction box over time and start to sag. I have the perfect solution to solve this issue! These tips and tricks solutions that I will show you will fix the problem and have those outlets with their covers sitting flush again with your wall guaranteed! So make sure you don't skip any of the tips and trick methods that I show you because they are all great solutions!

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[ivanwill]

Honestly, who even knew they sold things like, 'Box Doctor'. Thanks for sharing!

[PaulRoncelli]

How about when your jbox is literally not in the wall and there aren't any screws to tap it into the wall? The plug isn't sagging the entire jbox is coming out of the wall lmao

[dhpuls]

Great solutions! Thanks... My issue is somewhat different. Yes, the smoke alarm pulls away from the ceiling. The j-box has dog ears to hold it into the ceiling for an interconnected smoke alarm system. After loosening the two adjacent screws holding the j-box I found both dog ears had been broken off... Who ever installed the box probable used an impact driver. Since the ceiling drywall is NOT damaged, i'll just install a new j-box. I'm glad it's easily fixed. Thanks again for your quality videos.

[LawOfAttraction-edmx]

Thank you, will investigate on Friday what’s up with that loose socket in my bathroom, but I am brave now to go for it. It took me 9 years of fearing electrical but thank to you and your detailed logical tutorial - not anymore

[frod]

My dude, I fixed mine today. After 10 years. Everytime I would iron my clothes, I would pull the iron plug and the top part would pull with it. Was driving me CRAZY!! The top screw wasn't catching. I pulled off the face plate and used a slightly beefier screw to hold the plugs in. It worked!!! I'm beyond ecstatic. Such a simple fix.

[toomorgan]

Thanks for sharing work in an old building all the boxes are mess up this will help.

[swordopolis]

The ziptie trick worked great! Wood screws with a wider thread seem like a good idea too

[losmoore]

Wow ! I never knew the box doctor ever existed. Thank u. U are very clever.

[ElizaAbiNader]

Hi, your videos are great!

I have an electrical junction box that is coming out of the wall when the plug is pulled out. The full jbox and outlet are coming out of the wall (so the jbox seems to not be attached to anything). I appreciate any tips for fixing this!

[richardtaylor]

Black course thread drywall screws will usually work well, as their threads are wider. The wall plate will cover the slightly extended head of the drywall screw. Often times the more robust Phillips head of the drywall screw will tap into the box better than the flimsy soft head of the factory 6-32 machine screw head. This may not be code, but I've used it dozens of times. This is similar to the suggested wood screw fix, but much studier.

[TySindledecker]

The piece of zip tie did the trick perfectly! Thank you!

[garyschlecht]

Thanks for the advice really helpful you helped me

[KillSwitch]

Thanks for making this video and sharing my kitchen pics 😄

[cookmaster]

i have a couple of receptacles loose and will try your ideas. Thanks!

[northstar]

Thanks for sharing this info 🙏 Will it be safe to continue to use the power outlet if it became saggy? It happened today and I thought since everything functioning as normal, so I just thought to fix next few days after observed it is ok for a day after it dropped off from the cracked wall. I used this for a normal size fridge. please kindly advice 🙏

[ninasmith]

My metal J Box appeared to be stripped. I tested this out by inserting a new screw of the same size but a little longer and it was easy to pull out with my fingers. So I took a screw with larger threads and it worked like a charm.

[coastalveterinary]

Nice alot of helpful tricks. Thanks !

[MonarchGuy]

Thanks for the video! What causes all my outlets to come lose is that it’s becoming so difficult to plug and remove appliances. What’s a good way to make this smoother? Can I use WD40?

[lin-oiej]

Y0U are the best! Awesome trainer. You would make a great teacher. Great detail. Thank You.

[woodworkerroyer]

Another scenario I have seen is where the whole j box is loose. Not sure what to do about that (actually was hoping your video was talking about that LOL)