I’m new to all things drywall. I’m using adjustable boxes for electrical switches and outlets in the bathrooms and kitchen where the finish will be tile.
I’m getting a bulge where the mounting bracket is located. The drywall is 1/2”.
Are my drywall screws too close to the bracket? Is the fix simply to float it out to “flat”?
I would like to avoid this extra “mud-training” if possible.
The photos below are of different boxes.
Your obvious problem is the height of the screws holding the bracket in place where you snugged down the drywall above and below that bracket location and caused the drywall to fracture due to the back force when you snugged the screws down. It's broken now, and even loosing up the drywall screws can't fix that break. Ideally take the drywall off, sink the screws flat (or shim out around that to a more gentle curve, and redo the drywall. If that's not possible, then you'll be needing to mud it flat. But if you're putting tile over it anyway, probably using a bit less thinset behind the tiles in that specific pop location will probably be good enough to even out the bulge.
Those screw heads are way too big.
Remove them and use drywall screws which fit quite snugly into the metal holes and will even indent the metal a little bit so their heads are flush with the metal itself.
I'd hesitate to drive the existing screws further into the stud since it can cause warpage in the metal and thus a new problem.
If the current screws are considerably thicker than the new drywall screws then just jam a few toothpicks lathered with wood glue into the hole and drive drywall screws while the glue is wet.
You did remember to fasten the ears of the bracket too, right?
