Flat plate screwless sockets

[ml2spark]

yesterday went to look at a kitchen that had been installed by a wren kitchen installer ,problem was there spark installed 25mm deep back boxes then half way thru squeezing the sockets and faceplates on realised the boxes were to small and left them all unfinished ......what a nightmare had to take boxes out new plasterwork and install deeper boxes ,cant beleive there are guys like this going about

 

[Knobhead]

yesterday went to look at a kitchen that had been installed by a wren kitchen installer ,problem was there spark installed 25mm deep back boxes then half way thru squeezing the sockets and faceplates on realised the boxes were to small and left them all unfinished ......what a nightmare had to take boxes out new plasterwork and install deeper boxes ,cant beleive there are guys like this going about

Stick around here, you'll find them starting pointless threads.

 

[brman]

what sockets are you fitting that won't fit in a 25mm backbox?
just so I can avoid them..... :lol:

 

[telectrix]

it's them pesky flat plate things. the socket guts are deeper than normal so 25mm back boxes are too shallow.

 

[brman]

it's them pesky flat plate things. the socket guts are deeper than normal so 25mm back boxes are too shallow.

thanks, maybe I should read the title of the thread before I post....

 

[telectrix]

it helps......

 

[Rockingit]

I hate screwless plates with a passion. Yes, they look great - the first time you pop them on. Take them off again for any reason and you can never get them to pop back in again quite right, they just distort and mis-shape.

 

[dim_bulb]

You can get two cables in flush sockets but no more than two just shorten the cables, the kitchen not getting tiled then?