Hi all,
I've been updating our Victorian terraced home and have just replaced all of the electrical sockets in the living room with those flush, brushed chrome jobbies. I bought a matching dimmer for the light but then hit a problem...
The existing wall box is too shallow for the new switch so I bought a new 35mm box to replace it. This morning I removed the old box to discover the reason why such a shallow box was used; it's on a stud wall that consists of plaster over wooden slats wih a cavity behind. To fit the new box flush I would need to saw through the slats but there will be nothing behind to secure it to (it doesn't appear to be anywhere near a stud).
To secure it to the slats on the opposite side of the wall I'd need screws about 6"long so the only thing I could think of is passing a small piece of timber through the hole and screwing it to the slats on the opposite side and then securing the box to that.
Being a complete novice at such things I thought i'd come here first and ask the experts whether that seems a sensible idea or whether there are any better options. Can you help?
Cheers
Al
I've been updating our Victorian terraced home and have just replaced all of the electrical sockets in the living room with those flush, brushed chrome jobbies. I bought a matching dimmer for the light but then hit a problem...
The existing wall box is too shallow for the new switch so I bought a new 35mm box to replace it. This morning I removed the old box to discover the reason why such a shallow box was used; it's on a stud wall that consists of plaster over wooden slats wih a cavity behind. To fit the new box flush I would need to saw through the slats but there will be nothing behind to secure it to (it doesn't appear to be anywhere near a stud).
To secure it to the slats on the opposite side of the wall I'd need screws about 6"long so the only thing I could think of is passing a small piece of timber through the hole and screwing it to the slats on the opposite side and then securing the box to that.
Being a complete novice at such things I thought i'd come here first and ask the experts whether that seems a sensible idea or whether there are any better options. Can you help?
Cheers
Al