Remote device mount

A remote device mount kit, comprising:

• a mud cap, a paint shield, and a mounting plate;
• wherein the mounting plate is generally planar with interior and exterior sides and a surrounding rectangular periphery edge, the exterior side for receiving drywall mud, the interior side for mounting against a framing structure, the mounting plate having a sensor recess in a central region, the central region having a sensor mounting hole extending through the mounting plate between the sensor recess and the interior side of the mounting plate, the sensor recess designed to receive the mud cap so that the mud cap covers the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole and so that the mud cap is generally coplanar with the surrounding exterior side of the plate, the sensor mounting hole designed to receive the paint shield so that the paint shield covers the sensor mounting hole and so that the paint shield is generally coplanar with a surrounding surface of the sensor recess, the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole in combination designed to receive a sensor;
• wherein the mud cap is generally planar with interior and exterior sides and a circular periphery edge, the mud cap comprising removable break out plugs extending through the mud cap between the interior and exterior sides, the plugs designed to be removed in order to enable removal of the mud cap from the sensor recess, the mud cap further comprising a plurality of locking tabs that extend outwardly from the interior side, each of the alignment grooves of the sensor mounting hole designed to receive a respective locking tab of the mud cap when the mud cap is installed;
• wherein the paint shield is generally planar with interior and exterior sides and a circular periphery edge, the paint shield comprising removable break out plugs extending through the paint shield between the interior and exterior sides, the plugs designed to be removed in order to enable removal of the paint shield from the sensor mounting hole, the paint shield further comprising a plurality of alignment tabs extending outwardly from the periphery, each of the alignment grooves of the sensor mounting hole designed to receive a respective alignment tab of the paint shield when the paint shield is installed;
• and
• wherein the sensor comprises an elongated generally cylindrical body with interior and exterior ends, the exterior end having a circular sensing region, the interior end having an electrical interface for connecting cables to the sensor, the body comprising a plurality of outwardly extending alignment tabs, each of the alignment grooves of the sensor mounting hole designed to receive a respective alignment tab of the sensor when the sensor is installed.

A method for installing a sensor in drywall, comprising the steps of:

• attaching a generally planar mounting plate to a framing structure, the mounting plate having interior and exterior sides, the exterior side for receiving drywall mud, the interior side for mounting against the framing structure, the mounting plate having a sensor recess in a central region, the central region having a hole extending through the mounting plate between the sensor recess and the interior side of the mounting plate;
• installing a mud cap in the sensor recess to substantially cover the sensor recess and the hole;
• applying drywall mud over the exterior surface of the mounting plate and mud cap;
• removing the mud cap in order to uncover the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole;
• installing the paint shield in the hole to substantially cover the sensor mounting hole;
• applying paint over the exterior surface of the mounting plate and the paint shield;
• removing the paint shield in order to uncover the sensor mounting hole;
• and
• installing the sensor in the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole.