Looking for a metal pattress with screw fittings in the correct place for this old MK 2 gang socket.
The existing pattress of the socket that I am looking to replace has fittings on the side.
I know this is a bit of an odd one, so bear with me, I have an idea in mind, but many of the power strips I see are either a) crap b) stupidly expensive, c) lack mounting holes or d) all of the above.
So given I have a fair number of 3 gang sockets and back boxes (bought for a job cancelled at...
I’ve just had a new stud wall put up. I have chrome light switches throughout the house but with metal pattress boxes. Am I correct in thinking a plastic drywall pattress box will be ok with a metal switch as long as the CPC is wired into the faceplate....or do I put in another noggin and use...
Hi, Could anyone help with where to source a pattress box 150mm wide with the two fixing screws to attach the front panel set at 137mm apart... all the usual suppliers seem to be around 130 ish!
Thanks, Jim.
Has anyone come across 1G or 2G blanking plates and surface-mount pattresses in white plastic which are easier to drill than the rather brittle plastic which seems to be the norm?
John Geddes
Derbyshire
Hi Forum
I have rewired my house and then had a plasterer come in and skim the rooms. He hasn't plastered level and in some cases a few millimeters of the pattress sticks out of the plaster. As a consequence, there is a gap around the switches and they are not flush to the wall.
Do you know of...
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