electrical outlets

[Mark]

Most homes have the electrical outlet boxes with tabs that hold it to the sheetrock and are not nailed to a stud.

Is anyone having any problems when they are not nailed? Do the boxes tend to put through the drywall?

[rmurray]

You should try to get them nailed to the studs...or at least built with a backing in addition to the sheetrock...Often scape panal pieces are used behind the sheetrock..This acts like a washer making the boxes much more likely to not pull through the walls...