Gardner Bender GSP-24 24 Piece Switch and Receptacle Spacers, Red

I had an electrical outlet that was recessed in the wall and looked awful. Used these strips to bring it out flush and now it looks good. Makes all the difference.

These little spacers are very easy to use, and are the perfect choice when trying to get your electrical outlet further out from the wall, so the cover fits correctly. These are especially useful when you are doing a tile project, or when the electrical box was initially installed incorrectly.

While i am an electrical guy, you don't need to be to use these. However, i would always recommend getting a licensed elecritician to do any electrical work. Failing that, these are easy enough to use. I recently remodeled my kitchen. House was built in 1955 and has lathe walls (think plaster). So instead of painting again i did a full tile backsplash, which stuck the walls out 3/8 to 1/2 inch more than the original outlet plate. So now the electrical outlets would have been sunk in that far when putting the plates back on. Moving the outlet boxes out was one solution. But that would have been very difficult and time consuming and probably would have required cutting out the wall around it to move it then having to fix all the holes around the boxes before tiling. Instead of all that extra work i simply grabbed a few of these to use as spacers between the outlet and mounts, screwed the down, and done. Of course, depending on how far out you are spacing them and what screws are currently there, you may need toget some longer screws to fit the extra length required. These made the job of fixing my outlets easy and quick. Seconds instead of hours or days.

Just built a 4 bedroom, two bath home with a 60x60 attached garage. Every single receptacle needed at least one spacer top and bottom. :) I bought two packs of these, many of the outlets required up to 3 spacers stacked, top and bottom, and I never made it into the second pack. They work really well. Pretty easy to put in. The plastic is a bit soft. When you tighten down the socket onto the spacers it smushes them a little and you end up with a really firm finish. I will say that the max you can put on a standard length receptacle screw is 3. If you need to put more they still end up leaving the receptacle very firm and secure, but you will need to buy some longer screws to help prevent stripping out the gang box plastic. These were am easy fix for my situation and a great value.

Saw them used in a YouTube video. Simple invention but works perfect! Easy to use.

I am a DIY and have installed dozens of outlets. I usually use the adjustable outlet box so that I don’t have to pinpoint the exact thickness of the finished wall. But there are times that I wind up using the standard (fixed) boxes. It is truly a pain to adjust the outlet eventually. This simple fix is cheap and is the easiest way. All thumbs up!

These are the cats meow for electrical boxes that were hastily installed by an electrician and are now too deep in the sheetrock! The design is awesome, just fold over as many as you need, cut and install. The little knobs stick one to the next, and the slot allows you to insert over the device mounting screw while you tighten everything down. The finished product is then flush to the wall and any cover plates go on utilizing the screws that come with the cover. I don't understand the need for fluorescent coloring, but you don't see them once the cover is in place so that's a moot point. They're a little pricey for a bag of plastic that probably costs 20 cents to produce, but someone has to pay for R&D and they get the job done quickly and well. Highly recommended.

These are a life saver if you accidently set your outlet boxes too deep and don't notice until you've already hung drywall. Stupid mistake on my part, but these worked like a champ. They fold into each other at the crease and lock into place via Lego like tabs to achieve the desired spacing. Keep in mind that if you need to create a lot of space, these won't go as far as you think. In my case each outlet required 4 pieces, which is 2 folded together for the top of the outlet box and two for the bottom, This created about an extra 1/4 inch of space to get me level with my drywall. This came with 4 strips of what I would describe as 8 tabs (although some may call it 4 tabs if they count both sides as 1). All in all, for my purposes, I was able to fix 8 outlets with one order of these, or 2 outlets per stick, making up about 1/4 inch per outlet.

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Very easy to install and works perfectly to fix recessed electrical outlet. As I only needed to fix 3 outlets it was practical to be able to buy a small package around $5.

These little produc is amazing. It works 100%. Perfect for the job and helps to fix the outlet problem

Good product, worked well for my outlets after my bathroom was remodelled and the boxes were deep due to the tiles around them. Used them to get it beautifully flush. At 4 strips, you'll be using around 2 strips a box. So each package is pretty much good for 2 outlets, maybe 3 if you only need a little. My issue is that, they only have 4 strips a package. Why not put more in the same plastic baggy? I was able to fit 15 strips (3 bags worth) in 1 bag. It'll be more environmentally friendly as well. Another way to improve the package is to have a zip lock function so it can be secured if you have some left. Otherwise, 4 strips for roughly $5CAD is kinda expensive, but it's worth it if you're a DIYer just doing some quick repairs.

They work very well and save me a lot of time aligning the modern receptacle boxes. However, being made of compressible polymer I am not sure how long they will last before they start to crumble.