Surface mounted box.

[ZippyMo]

Fellow Sparks,

My sister has asked me to install a spur socket in her home.

I'm going to install a surface mounted box and run the cable via trunking from an existing socket.

Is there any sort of surface box which I can install over the existing socket box which has been embedded in the wall?

I've checked various sites but all I'm getting is the 1 gang to 2 gang convertor box. I need one that will screw securely to the wall and have holes aligned to the existing lugs in the metal box.

Any help is much appreciated.

ZippyMo

Trainee Spark.

 

[Spoon]

My sister has asked me to install a spur socket in her home.

I'm going to install a surface mounted box and run the cable via trunking from an existing socket.

Is there any sort of surface box which I can install over the existing socket box which has been embedded in the wall?

Hi @ZippyMo , why not just use an extension lead the plugs into the socket?

I need one that will screw securely to the wall and have holes aligned to the existing lugs in the metal box.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Could you elaborate.

 

[DPG]

I think he means to convert the existing flush socket to a surface one - so that he can then take a length of trunking from that to the new surface mount socket which he is going to install.

 

[Spoon]

Thanks @DPG I understand now.

@ZippyMo . I've only seen the 10mm thick ones. Not seen anything thicker.

 

[littlespark]

Use a converter and give her a double socket then spur from that.

Have you checked existing socket is on rfc and not a spur already?

 

[snowhead]

Use a mini trunking / conduit box
They don't explode like the standard box, when you tighten screws, they're a soft plastic.
You'll have to mount it slightly higher /lower than centre to be able to get screws into the original box.

Tower Mita 1-Gang Surface Pattress Mini Trunking Surface Box 30mm 2 Pack

Order online at Screwfix.com. 1G surface-mounted boxes. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 5 minutes.

www.screwfix.com

Or there's this;

Projector Lamps & OHP Projectors. Projector Service & Repairs

AV Partmaster are the leading Projector specialist in the UK. With a range of branded OHP projectors, lamps, projector repair and service.

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[sparks1234]

Trunking along the wall right up to the side of the existing socket, drill out the back of the trunking and enter by chopping a bit of the wall away and enter via a knockout with a grommet in it

 

[fairlight]

MK surface mounting frame K2134WHI (single)

Secures over a flush point and enables fixing to the flush lugs and an accessory on the front, same depth as minitrunking, double available as well. I normally use long M3.5mm accessory screws through the unthreaded lugs into the lugs on the flush box, that way the accessory is secure onto the metal backbox rather than fixed to the easily broken plastic frame

 

[Davisonp]

I have had to do a similar thing.
I use PVC back boxes (like in snowhead's post) and use a 4mm mm drill to drill out the 3.5mm screw threads and put long screws straight through to the metal back box.

 

[SparkySy]

I was just about to suggest the same thing as above, can be awkward as everything likes to move around so I tend to put a couple of fixings through too, just to make positioning easier and not to put all the strain on the original box lugs which can be flimsy at best!

 

[ZippyMo]

Use a converter and give her a double socket then spur from that.

Have you checked existing socket is on rfc and not a spur already?

Yes the original socket is a rfc located

Use a converter and give her a double socket then spur from that.

Have you checked existing socket is on rfc and not a spur already?

Yes socket is definitely an rfc.

 

[Midwest]

And this one;

Click Polar 1G To 2G 16mm Deep Converter Pattress (PRW091)

This item is supplied by the manufacturer in packs of 10. Orders placed in multiples of 10 will be delivered in the original sealed box. Non-multiples of 10 will be repackaged accordingly.

www.electrical2go.co.uk