How to fit either a single or double socket?

[HappyHippyDad]

Evening everyone.

I have had a very fulfilling day after finding a nail through a cable on a ring which was touching neutral and earth... however... I also have to fit either a single or double socket to a difficult area.

Previously there were 2 single sockets in seperate dry lining boxes side by side. They were obviously very loose as one side of each box would have nothing to grip on to, they were basically falling out of the wall.

I now have a hole which is vertically the same height as a back box but horizontally slightly longer than a double box (2 x single boxes).

My brain is coming up with a few ideas but I get the feeling I'm missing an obvious solution .

I could make the hole smaller by securing a piece of wood to one side making it the same size as a double box. Keeping the wood slightly inside the plaster so it can be plastered. But.... I'd rather have your opinions?

The void behind the hole is on a sloping roof with absolutely nothing to attach to, so I have to make the most of the single piece of plaster board which forms the wall.

Cheers.

 

[Taylortwocities]

SCOLMORE GROUP - WIRING ACCESSORIES | CLICK Studbox - fast-fit backboxes - https://www.scolmore.com/products/studbox/

 

[123]

A 2+1 dry lining box
A Dual dry lining box

Simples

 

[Richard Burns]

Would a dual back box fit or could you use a single / double back box?

beaten by 123!

 

[HandySparks]

Can you make a new hole somewhere close and then fill the old one with a batten and piece of board?

 

[Richard Burns]

Perhaps you could fix single metal back boxes using a metal back box flange on the top and bottom edges instead of the sides, it should still hold OK. You would be left with the gap between them but that would be covered by the accessory, and would presumably be as it was before.

 

[Toneyz]

Depends upon if there is to be no damage to wall or making good allowed as being redecorated.

 

[Benchaffey]

Get some expanding foam in there!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Blimey.. 5 years doing this now and hadn't seen the 2 x 1 gang dry lining boxes!!

I knew there had a be a simple fix.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Toneyz]

Blimey.. 5 years doing this now and hadn't seen the 2 x 1 gang dry lining boxes!!

I knew there had a be a simple fix.

Thanks everyone.

What the dual single fast fix box, what you going to do install two single sockets now it gets around the problem.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Blimey.. 5 years doing this now and hadn't seen the 2 x 1 gang dry lining boxes!!

I knew there had a be a simple fix.

Thanks everyone.

HHD, be aware that many of the 'joined' together back boxes are often not spacious enough for anything other than standard white sockets. So if you wanted to fit screwless or flat plate sockets they may be a couple of mm too big to do so.