Old house, plaster and lathe. Picture attached of the plug I want to move up between the upper and lower cabinet. Then I can fasten the bottom cabinet to the wall. Will also be replacing outlet with an outlet that supports plugs and USB charging ports. Is this fairly simple?
1. How much do I have to open up the drywall to move up the plug?
2. Can I use the same junction box or should I get a new one? Do I have to worry about re-fastening it to the stud?
3. I'll have to extend the wire if the wire comes from the floor, right? But this shouldn't be too bad.
If the wire is too short, you can’t just bury a splice back in the wall. Looks like it’s a cabinet below. You could make a jbox accessible in the cabinet below and then run new wire up to your new spot.
Being plaster and lathe, do NOT use a reciprocating saw (sawzal), but rather use an oscillating tool to carefully remove the lathe.
Purchase 2 “old work” single gang boxes from the store. Trace out where you want the box to be on the wall, and then cut out that size. Do the same in the cabinet below. You will now have a hole underneath in the cabinet (where you take the original wire into) and a hole in the wall where the old outlet was. Fish new wire from the new outlet box location down to the hole inside the cabinet. Run your wires into the old work box, and then put the box in the wall. Fasten the box down, typically with the supplied screws on a tab.
Wire nut your wires in the cabinet jbox and put a cover over the box. Go to the new outlet location, run your wire through the back of the old work box, and secure it back in like you did below. Install your new outlet and cover.
Drywall patch your old outlet hole.
If the wire comes from above, then it’s 1/2 the steps. No need for the box underneath.
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