favour-rewire-lathe and plaster-oh no

[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

 

[ipf]

I had a look thinking the subject was an industrial lathe...........not lath and plaster

 

[NickD]

I had a look thinking the subject was an industrial lathe...........not lath and plaster

Lathe and plaster doesn't seem a good mix, does it, maybe if you've cut your finger on the lathe.

 

[ipf]

Lathe and plaster doesn't seem a good mix, does it, maybe if you've cut your finger on the lathe.

Seen very few cut fingers on lathes......more like ripped to bits........get the pun, though, ha!

Maybe a few nicks off the swarf.