Are there 2 gang boxes available that can be installed into sheetrock and NOT on the stud?

Question

It's for a small speaker I want to recess into a wall and it's in a place where there is no stud available.

Thanks.

Answer 1

An "old work" box will solve the problem. One kind has either tabs on each side which turn out after you've pushed the box through the hole. As you turn the screws to the tabs, they clamp against the back of the plaster board. The other kind has a springy, flexible, thin piece of metal that attaches to the back of the box with a screw. The metal is bent in a shape that wraps around the side of the box -almost like a hand holding the box. The metal is so thin that when you press the box into the hole, it pushes the metal ahead of it, and it slips in behind the wall, the springs back out so the metal is now behind solid plaster board. As you turn the screw in the center of the box (the one that the metal is attached to) it pulls the metal toward the back of the wall and clamps everything in. Just like a "toggle bolt." This is a more secure approach, because there is clamping on more surface BUT it is irreversible -unlike the tabbed kind that can actually be removed.

If you can do it, mount the new box next to a stud. Drill a hole in one side of the box so you can turn a screw through it, into the stud (it will be at somewhat of an angle). Use the tabbed kind of box for this.

Did you say speaker? Must be pretty small if it is to be recessed in a 2 gang box.

Answer 2

Yes hardware outlets sell single, double and tripple gang boxes that can be tabbed to the sheetrock.

Answer 3

Yes, they make them. You can find them at electrical supply houses, hardware stores, and home improvement stores. They will have a device on the sides that will grab the drywall and secure the box. Sometimes they are called 'OLD WORK BOXES' good luck.

Answer 4

I would make sure your building code allows you to do that. (If there is a code where your at)