Flush to Surface 2 gang box

[DONES]

Vision TC2 BACKBOX2G 2-Gang-Backbox White at Projectorshop24.co.uk

Hi Everyone,

Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
I'm looking for something similar to what is in the link. Basically a surface mounted box that screws onto an existing recessed metal clad back box.
The difference with the one in the link is that it would have threaded screwholes at the back as well as the front allowing it to be fixed to a metal clad box before fixing my face plate.
I'm sure i've used what i've described before but after a conversation that went nowhere in my local suppliers I am beginning to doubt myself.

Cheers in advance,
DONES

 

[Sintra]

What you need is a crabtree 9406 Box, 2 Gang Surface Conversion : Crabtree Electrical Industries Ltd : 9406 Capital 147x87x20mm White

 

[i=p/u]

Although looks neat a normal box works too.....

 

[DONES]

Sorry for not explaining correctly,

what i need is a two gang surface mounted box to fit onto a two gang recessed metal back box.

If I am right in thinking they exist, it would look like a two gang surface mounted pvc box with no back to it. Kind of like an extension plate or back entry box.

 

[monkeyelectric]

Sorry for not explaining correctly,

what i need is a two gang surface mounted box to fit onto a two gang recessed metal back box.

If I am right in thinking they exist, it would look like a two gang surface mounted pvc box with no back to it. Kind of like an extension plate or back entry box.

Just use a normal one and some long screws

 

[danzor]

wow...

 

[Pete999]

Don't mean to be funny, but why do you want to fit a twin surface box onto a twin recessed box, just interested that's all

 

[baazab]

whats happened where is he gone!

 

[Pete999]

Perhaps he's doubting himself

 

[DONES]

Hi all,

Dead short had developed between an outlet on the ring and a spur. Customer had wanted the spur reinstated and so the option chosen was to feed from nearest socket in a small run of mini trunking. Spur was on a tiled wall above worktop, thus having to fit a surface mounted box and enter through knock out below.

The problem with using a normal 2 gang box is that in order to screw back to the wall, I'll have to terminate and fix the frontplate to the pvc box and then to the metal back box in that order, meaning if someone wants to unscrew the front plate, the pvc box will come away with it.

Getting used to the delay in seeing my posts come up, sorry if it takes a while to reply.

I'm still pretty sure what i'm describing does exist, and have been searching on suppliers websites for the last few hours, however have come up with nada.

 

[Pete999]

Not sure of this but I think there may be some fixing holes in a normal twin back box, I have some in the garage, but I'm to comfy and it's cold and wet, I can check tomoz, but I expect by then you may have checked yourself by then.

 

[i=p/u]

Confused now but il read agin later , wine time

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There's holes in PVC box to fix to metal box

 

[Pete999]

Sorry here I was thinking it was a single metal box you needed to fix back to and someone else had already tried that one for you, I'll have another beer and go back to sleep

 

[MDJ]

Another totally confusing op lol

 

[Octopus]

A dead short had developed! Any DIY recently?