Removing wall lights before replaster

[chriselevate]

I'm having a room replastered and in deciding whether to remove the wall lights as I feel they are a bit dated/old fashioned.

If I removed them what would you suggest if do to plaster over them? I can isolate them at the switch but rather than just hang pictures over where the wall lights were I'd like to bury them in the wall but leave them there incase one day I decide to use them again.

Any suggestions/tips?

Thanks

 

[RF Lighting]

All you could do is install either an architrave box or a besa box fitted with a blank plate, but it'll always be visible.

There's no way really to properly hide the wires whilst leaving them there just incase.

 

[securespark]

Sink an architrave box in the wall where the cables exit, plaster up and cover with a blank plate?

 

[securespark]

You bugga!!!!



I was thinking of mentioning BESA as well!

 

[RF Lighting]

You're getting slow in your old age!

Hope you're keeping well Simon

 

[chriselevate]

Thanks guys. Just been looking on local shop websites (wickes and ScrewFix) and can't seem to see lid/blanking plates to go on top.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

http://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-1-way-terminal-box-20mm-white-pack-of-1/82434

http://www.screwfix.com/p/galvanised-box-lids-pack-of-5/68110

 

[Adam_151]

Why do the likes of the sheds and screw-fix sell BESA boxes in a bag with gasket and lid in together?

80% of the time you don't want a gasket as its indoors and quite a few times you don't want a lid as a fitting is screwing to the box.

and just about all the times you don't want a pile of lids laying about when you are fixing the conduit system on the wall, you want a neat stack to hand the appentice late on in the job along with a pack of M4s

I don't get how this is a sensible way of selling them as opposed to having lids and gaskets on separate lines!

 

[Taylortwocities]

Here ya go http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MTLID.html

of course you could always use these
http://www.screwfix.com/p/1-gang-blanking-plate-white/4104d you can get those in the sheds too!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why do the likes of the sheds and screw-fix sell BESA boxes in a bag with gasket and lid in together?
...
I don't get how this is a sensible way of selling them as opposed to having lids and gaskets on separate lines!

 

[sparkwright]

deciding whether to remove the wall lights as I feel they are a bit dated/old fashioned.

Why not just get some modern wall lights?

 

[AlanE]

Why do the likes of the sheds and screw-fix sell BESA boxes in a bag with gasket and lid in together?

I don't get how this is a sensible way of selling them as opposed to having lids and gaskets on separate lines!

Toolstation supply them as separate items.

 

[flyingsparks]

Why do the likes of the sheds and screw-fix sell BESA boxes in a bag with gasket and lid in together?

80% of the time you don't want a gasket as its indoors and quite a few times you don't want a lid as a fitting is screwing to the box.

and just about all the times you don't want a pile of lids laying about when you are fixing the conduit system on the wall, you want a neat stack to hand the appentice late on in the job along with a pack of M4s

I don't get how this is a sensible way of selling them as opposed to having lids and gaskets on separate lines!

But who in the trade actually gets their supplies from the likes of B&Q?