removing a plug socket

[markjones]

how do you remove a double plug socket from a wall?

If i turn of the electrics at the mains can I just tape the end of the wires and plaster over the hole?

What's the safest way?

 

[breezer]

you should usea 30 amp junction box or 30 amp conector blocks, (or crimps) not tape you then put a blanking plate over the socket, sorry but you can not just plaster over it, you never know you may need a socket there one day, easier to leave it.

As a thought, you could remove the cables from the wall and put a junction box on them and put it under the floor boards, then you can plaster over the wall

 

[markjones]

Thanks for the advice.

Sorry for being a bit thick but how do you remove the wires from the wall.

The socket is about 2 feet from the floorboards.

Cheers

 

[breezer]

you will have to usea hammer and suitable chiesel to remove all the existing. plaster / cement

 

[masona]

Sometimes if you're lucky,you maybe able to it pull down underneath the floorboard if it in a plastic contour.Don't forget to turn off at the main.