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[academy]

As you may have gathered from the title, I am helping a mate out who has just bought a place, wants a rewire. Got loads of other stuff to pay out for so I said I would do it as cheap as I could provided he and his dad help out. I am starting it this week but when looking in the cupboard under the stairs there is an exposed part of the wall and its lathe and plaster. I hate the stuff and had I known this at the start I may not have been available to carry out the work!!
Anyone got any tips for fitting flush sockets? I know about trying to fit metal boxes back to the studs, notching a bit out, but what about sockets being mounted side by side? Dry lining boxes have been suggested and strengthen the lathes wilt some ply for the patress to bite too. Am dreading it to be honest.

On the wall dividing the two properties they want the tv mounted so I am assuming/hoping/praying its going to be brick but do you guys fit a socket/spur at high level behind where the tv is going or do you run say a waste pipe down to low level to take all the hdmi/scart/power cables?

Thanks in advance for any help

Cheers

 

[nickblake]

just done an old farm house all lath and plaster ,one thing is very often there are no nogging in the walls so its easy to get to the switches etc ,for the job i did i got a fein multmaster saw and carfully cut a hole for dry ling boxes but instead of using the standard size i used deep ones so the went in better this worked quite well used toggle bolts for the light fittings ,it went well alot easier than i thought it would be ,pray the walls arnt stone they were in the house i just did right pain in the ask where they want the TV and put socket where they want

 

[mnmwill]

Usually use dry lining boxes for lathe, I use a mini hacksaw blade to cut thru the lathe and then fix. Pain in the **** but it works for me.

As for the TV socket I would put it on the wall behind where they want the TV and chase down and fit waste pipe for HDMI, co-ax etc..

 

[robskiing]

You will probably find that lathe would be generally used upstairs for the dividing walls for bedrooms so easy for rewiring switch drops and i use a bosch multitool for cutting out the boxes which are dry lining .Then for getting cables up to the bed sockets i use a long spade bit about 600mm long drilled down after ive cut out for the socket into the floorspace after first checking for pipes and cables.

 

[academy]

Thanks for the help so far guys. I have bosch multitool that I was planning on using to cut out the backboxes, sounds like I may have been worried about nothing

Wish me luck

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[Des 56]

Get yourself a bag of carlight bonding and shovel it into the wall

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I'm with Des...........stuff a load of bonding in untill the hole is filled then tap the box back into it,it helps to damp down with a plant sprayer first............I'ts the only way that will never move.

 

[kw1980]

Expanding foam will hold drylining boxes on, and have you thought about faceplates for the HDMI/Scart cables. Looks a lot neater, try Nexxia Audio Solutions - Perfect Solutions for Quality Sound

 

[jeremy]

Bisch multitool a must with lath. best of luck.

 

[Smugley]

Doing a load of new sockets in very old lathe and plaster walls in a rewire at the moment. The plaster is so crumbly that when the lathe is cut it bends and the plaster falls off so my plan is to cut a square section out - lowest five strips of lathe between the studs and down to the skirting. Then drill down into the void with a long spade bit to create a cable access hole through the base to under the floorboards then batten and plaster board the hole and fit dry lining boxes. House is full of spreads bonding and skimming so making good not a problem.

 

[academy]

Thanks for the replies everyone, not been ignoring you all, for some reason I stopped getting notifications on my phone???

I have expanding foam, bonding/easifill, bosch multi-tool and toggle bolts!!! now with a bit of patience (yeah right) and a bit of luck hopefully it will all go ok!

Thanks again

 

[Diesel9a1]

Thanks for the replies everyone, not been ignoring you all, for some reason I stopped getting notifications on my phone???

I have expanding foam, bonding/easifill, bosch multi-tool and toggle bolts!!! now with a bit of patience (yeah right) and a bit of luck hopefully it will all go ok!

Thanks again

How did you get on with the sockets installation in the Lathe wall all those years ago?

 

[Marvo]

I wouldn't hold your breath for a reply, this thread has been dormant for nearly 4 years.

 

[DPG]

Is the OP still active on the forum? Daz

 

[Silly Sausage]

How did you get on with the sockets installation in the Lathe wall all those years ago?

I think he had an accident with his can of foam and his hands and phone are now one big solid lump, so he hasn't been able to reply.