If you have Under-house access, like a basement,
this is almost a snap.
IF you can use the same "bay," (stud-space) as the switch, that
sw can be run from the GFI, protecting better/correctly.
That's if you have to run a wire-pair.
The sw MAY or may NOT have a wire pair.
(w or w/o a 3rd wire, bare, which is gnd.)
It sorta depends on the yr of the house, etc.
Old tube 'n post, just ran 1 wire to a switch, and
carried it away to the light. The 2nd wire ran in a different
bay, or the othetr side of the same bay.
IF a wire pair exists there, you might be able to simply remove the box, drop in a new dbl size box, and use 1 side for the sw & 1 side for a duplex (regular) receptacle.
We'll need to know before we can advise, or this will become a lonnng & tedious, If This, Then That, booklet.
Wire costs have doubled in the last few years.
250 ft is a usual amount - Was $70, now $125.
100 ft, dunno, but the price soars as you buy
"homebody amounts," on down to 50 ft and 25 ft boxes,
which per ft are nowhere near the 250 ft, 50¢/ft price.
Get DOUBLE what you need. You WILL use it later.
Or 4 times, as it's just a lil more.
Keep it in the fridge so it doesn't go bad.
All Right. Just kidding. ;>)
Nice thing about using an electrician, is that if something
is wrong, EVER, you have "recourse."
BillSF9c
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Jan Flood <jan.flood2@...> wrote:
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> Both our bathrooms are quite large, especially the MB, however, each has only one outlet - in the most inconvient spot. I understand not mixing water and electricity but cords stretched across two sinks aren't too safe either.
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> There is a switch for an exhaust fan on the opposite wall with at least 8' of solid wall between the shower and the tub. Is the exhaust switch the right type and/or would it be feasible to run an outlet off this switch, below it a couple of feet? Thinking of easiest and cheapest way to get a second outlet in there, mainly to add a lamp to the table on that wall and avoid having everything plugged into the one existing plug. Conversely, they did add an outlet in the closet which would be easy to cut through the wall, but it's on the wrong side of the room where one is needed. I don't want to tear up the walls fishing cord down nor have to come up underneath the house.....the electrician charges too much for labor and wire :)
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> What's involved in the ones I see advertised that need no wiring - and do they actually work?
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>
> On Dec 2, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Dale S wrote:
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> It makes cutting in new outlets through plaster and lathe almost fun.
>
> Jan Flood
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