Filling in the gaps...

[Dave Rudderham]

I'm not sure if this is the right section for this, so apologies if it's not.

At college (current Level 3 mature student) we've been taught how to chase and knock out a hole for a back box in new plaster, but we've not been told how to fill it back in.

Would that be normally out side the remit of a domestic electrician or is there a specific product for doing it. I know the can of expanding foam I used to plug the holes in my shed showed someone filling in a chase, but surely that can't be the correct way of doing it. What about if a chunk falls off when you're making a 1 gang into a 2 gang back box.

(I do have some random thoughts I know lol)

 

[SparkyChick]

Really good stuff mate, easy to work with. Normally pay about £11 for a bag from travis Perkins. Gyproc Easi Fill 45 Compound 10kg | Wickes.co.uk - http://www.wickes.co.uk/Gyproc-Easi-Fill-45-Compound-10kg/p/138960

I'll add another vote for Easi Fill. This is what I use when I need to make good (but generally try and avoid making good if I can).

I get my best results by filling the chase with a filling knife or trowel and then finishing with a small plasterers float.

 

[Dave Rudderham]

Dave,you should be aiming to do this task without ever having to patch the wall,it can be done without the need for filling of any sort

Did it today, spot on. No chunks, no filling. I know it's probably easy for the experienced but I reserved the right to feel rather smug for half an hour lol.