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Surface mounted sockets
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.44 PM
Hi I am in the process of redecorating my daughter’s bedroom and I would like her new bed to sit flush against a wall but there is a surface mounted double socket on the wall in question. Am I able to remove the SMS and then just add a flush 2 gang blanking plate where the SMS is? We don’t need use of this socket so just want the easiest way to “block it off” so the bed can sit flush against the wall so to speak. Thank you!
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Anonymous user
No you will need to chop the back box in to the wall and use a metal back box instead to fit the plate flush.
Answered29 December 2022
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A&T Electrical contractors ltd
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You need to isolate and remove /relocate /redundant or restate some where safely just incase infuture you have fault in that circuit ,need to be traced .
Answered4 January 2023
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Anonymous user
You would need to get an electrician to chop a metal back into the wall to make it flush
Answered4 December 2023
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