3 Ways to Add an Outlet In a Finished Room

You can add an outlet or receptacle to any finished wall or room with these three methods! Please not that this applies to drywall only. #outlet #electrical #wiring

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00:00 Method 1: Behind Baseboard
11:20 Method 2: Through the Attic or Crawlspace
18:26 Method 3: Drywall Strip

[breadcrumm]

No one else is here from Branzy? Okay just me then…

[Bigfoot]

A tip for you: Don't remove the coil of Romex from its plastic packaging, as you did in the video. Instead, leave it in the plastic and pull cable from the center of the coil. This keeps the coil neat and untangled.

[andyd]

I am grateful for all of your clear, detailed videos, especially when you offer up a few options since I always expect my situation to not be identical to the lone approach presented. If I'm honest, I sometimes feel overwhelmed by a "how in the heck will I do X without cutting 17 holes in the drywall?!" fear and your approaches are well thought out and minimally disruptive and counter that for me, so thank you! (Also, I've been hacking away at electrical stuff in my house for a couple decades and until you casually mentioned it, it never dawned on me how pigtailing in new outlets keeps the circuit working even if that outlet fails! Thanks, too, for sharing that!)

[vilo]

Finally, someone did an outlet add that is not the easy directly above outlet add

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Props for showing your "ooops!" and not cutting that out, and just moving to a different outlet and starting over.

[crabwalk]

I am glad you covered the options together - made for a comprehensive video. Thank you.

[foesfly]

You really are so good at this. Your trade methods and craftsmanship are excellent, your scripting and video techniques and editing are also exceptional and your presentation is so good in every way— appearance, verbal delivery and manner; you’re just very relatable— and to a broad audience, I believe. Thanks for doing what you do.

[keithfailmezger]

another good trick to know where to drill in the attic .. is to take a coat hanger and straighten it out, then use a drill and put one end in the drill and go up next to the wall where you need to drill and drill that coat hanger up in the ceiling next to the wall, when you go up in the attic you can see the two feet of coat hanger sticking up through the insulation , , it leave such a tiny hole when done

[davidward]

I used a tape measure sent up to the attic to attach the romax cable and my father in law was so amazed that he had never thought of that. It took us 30 min to pull 3 wires so that we could run it to my workshop.

[Gruuvin]

I love that you used your tester for correct wiring AFTER you reattached the drywall and baseboard. That's how I would've done it too!

[Thedoctorjosh]

This has to be the most thoroughly explained, clear and well put together instructional house DIY video I've ever seen.

[bcmiller]

"i'll head up into the attic which is approximately 4621 degrees" 😂😂

[btd]

You can get oversize outlet and switch plates at Lowes and Home Depot to cover "boo-boos" when cutting box holes like in method #2. Glad you showed all 3 methods.Good video. Thanks!

[kevinh]

For #3 you can use a California drywall patch to patch the drywall and not have to deal with sticks. I learned how to do that recently and I'll never make small patches with wood supports again.

[Gracenote]

I’m an electrical engineering student in college. I don’t have my own place, let alone any need to do this. Did I still watch the entire thing? Yes. Yes I did. Great video!

[blackhorse]

This is a project I want to do as well. Not sure which method I will use. Here in Oklahoma presently it’s 105 degrees and i’m sure my attic is the temperature of the sun, but thank you for this video and information, very well done.

[partsdave]

I used a Right Angle drill adapter in a tight spot between studs. Worked perfectly with my 6 inch Speed Bit.

[miguelperez]

Your first method is my go-to every time.

[MarlaHaynes]

Thank you so much. I just had to replace my outlet in my bedroom and I'll redo it to make sure about the silver and brass sides. After, I can add another outlet to my room. I really appreciate this. My uncle who does this has moved far away and I have to do things myself. THANK YOU

[tommissouri]

3:25 -this is a good idea most miss. When we moved my parents' house 47 years ago, I wired the basement rooms such at power for lights and outlets were different circuits and the rooms were split so that not all were out at once. It gets very dark in a basement if all go out. Also, if you need to shut off power for work in a room, you still had power close that normal extensions worked for the tools.