Cockeyed lightswitch

[brettjbuckley]

After the rewire, I noticed that the new lightswitch in bedroom 3 tilts slightly. This looks bad as it sits only 4 inches from the vertical door arcitrave.

Any tricks for ficing this?

 

[Adam_151]

1) Loosen screws
2) Adjust until level
3) Re-tighten screws

 

[plugwash]

the box lugs may have a little adjustment and therefore you may just be able to loosen the plate and line it up

if not then you'd have to remove and re-fit the box which would be a lot of work for a tiny asthetic improvement.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

But it would be useful penance, and a valuable lesson to learn the importance of doing it right next time....

 

[JohnD]

Has the room been redecorated? If yes, will be more difficult to move it and make the wall look good. If no, and just a plaster depth box, you could cut out a sliver of plaster round the box, unscrew and tilt the box, rescrew and fill. No need to go chiselling out a big hole and the switchplate may hide the repair.

It will annoy you for the rest of your life until fixed.