[mz2richard]

Hello All! Would anyone be able to give me some tips/ideas/suggestions on some different types of outlet covers that work well with "rough pine log" surfaces. I have @ 20 different outlets/switches boxed within logs for a new log home and looking for some suggestions on some founded ways of dealing with these new log homes and using covers that I can possibly "bend" or "mold" to the general contour of the wood, please!
p.s. Also have a homeowner that says, "Whatever looks best." Thanks in Advance!

[tkrussell]

There are nylon switch and duplex plates in the standard colors, ivory, White, etc. These plates bend with ease and will not snap or break, however any time a plate is bent, means there will be openings, gaps, voids, that will be created, and the purpose of a cover plate is to close up the box completely to prevent any sparks from spraying out of the box possibly onto combustible materials, and to prevent any one from inserting a finger and coming into contact with live parts.

I have not had the opportunity to wire a log home, but I can certainly imagine what the problem is with the need to put a flat plate onto a box protruding from a round or uneven finish.

A better method may be to cover the recess outlet box with a metal or plastic finish extension box, I am thinking of Wiremold boxes.

See this for metal boxes, find the "Starter Box":

http://www.wiremold.com/www/consumer...eway/index.asp

See this for plastic boxes, find the "Starter Box":

http://www.wiremold.com/www/consumer...eway/index.asp

I think that the wood log can be chiseled out around the recess outlet box, just enough to set one of these boxes in and onto the recess box, then use the Wiremold box for the device, and then the flat finish plate will set onto the Wiremold box.

Both the metal and plastic boxes are ivory color, can be painted, the plastic can be filed or otherwise shaped on the back side to conform to an uneven surface.

What do you think of this idea?