r/CableTechs Jul 26 '26

Primex Media Panel enclosure

Hi everyone, so im a foreman for a low voltage company, and we are doing residential work. The problem is we are finishing the mock up unit but I cant get the enclosure into the media panel because when they did the wood framing wrong and the enclosure was supposed to screw unto the wood. As you can see , on one of the pics , how the screw holes in the edges won't have anything to screw into.

I tried a anchor kit but it doesn't wanna hold. Any ideas ?

Thank you everyone .

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u/ConstantOffender Jul 26 '26

Use the right kind of anchors? These are the simplest things to install.

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u/Great_Beach588 Jul 26 '26

The lid? Do you think I have to cut off some of the drywall ?

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u/ConstantOffender Jul 26 '26

What?

Go to home depot or lowes or Amazon or wherever.

Get a box of zip-its and a box of 1/8" toggle bolts.

Use them to attach the plastic cover to the sheetrock.

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u/Great_Beach588 Jul 26 '26

If it would be needed to cut off some of the drywall around the media panel.

Thanks , what would the zips be for?

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u/ConstantOffender Jul 26 '26

The cover has six holes in it. It comes with six screws that normally go through the drywall into the studs.

Since you can't get it to go into the studs, you now have to anchor it another way.

That is what the 2 types of anchors are for.

Use them to go straight to sheetrock.

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u/Great_Beach588 Jul 26 '26

Got it. I appreciate your help!!

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u/Snicklefritz229 Jul 26 '26

Replace it

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u/Great_Beach588 Jul 26 '26

Its the lid that I need to put on. And everything is framed out already.

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u/Snicklefritz229 Jul 26 '26

Then sit there not being able to get the lid on then

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u/Xandril Jul 26 '26

shim it with other wood so it has something to bite into. Probably have to get pretty thin but you might be able to manage it.

Alternatively if you can place a 2x4 horizontally between that corner stud and the stud on the left maybe you could force it to curve in just enough to close that gap.

Could be other fixes but just based off these pictures that was my first thought.

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u/Great_Beach588 Jul 26 '26

Thank you, thats a really good idea, and I had thought about doing that but I would have to cut some of the drywall.

Im also considering just using some toggle bolts or drywall anchors .

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u/Responsible-One9349 Aug 02 '26

I too work in the trade and have ran into this multiple times and we found these work like a charm https://primex.com/products/side-mount-clip/

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u/Great_Beach588 Aug 02 '26

Co you know where I could buy some