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looking to put 4 sockets in a drywall box in the kitchen, it's not wide enough for four in a row. Is there a square type like the attached one but without the module slots?

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What’s wrong with two dry wall double boxes, one above the other? All you need is a bit of careful measuring to get the hole size right.

PS I’ve never seen a Ready made double decker socket back box.
 
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Wow. I didn’t know they existed. For sale here
MK 857ZIC Combi Plate 2 Gang 35mm - https://www.tradesparky.com/wiring-accessories/switch-and-socket-boxes/flush-metal/mk-857zic-combi-plate-2-gang-35mm

The OP could make them into dry wall boxes by using these adaptors
Plasterboard Flange (2 required per box) - https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AP603.html

Note to the OP. The spacing of the MK 857zic, etc only works for standard white plastic sockets. Many metal fancy sockets are larger and they will not fit!
 
Wow. I didn’t know they existed. For sale here
MK 857ZIC Combi Plate 2 Gang 35mm - https://www.tradesparky.com/wiring-accessories/switch-and-socket-boxes/flush-metal/mk-857zic-combi-plate-2-gang-35mm

The OP could make them into dry wall boxes by using these adaptors
Plasterboard Flange (2 required per box) - https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AP603.html

Note to the OP. The spacing of the MK 857zic, etc only works for standard white plastic sockets. Many metal fancy sockets are larger and they will not fit!
Lol £30 each.......
 
Thanks for all the useful info. When I said drywall I used the term a bit loosely as it's wide boxing around the soil pipe and it's 9mm MDF so I got a couple of normal Ashley plasterboard fixing boxes from Screwfix.
 

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