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Thank you. I understand that's what the blogger has done. My issue is that I cannot find them to purchase. It is a simple 13-riser staircase and we'd rather not have to replace it. It's not due to cost, it's due to not being confident in our abilities to make the new one structurally sound...

Thanks for the reply. Rhetorical question: why is DIY so ruddy difficult in the UK? (As compared with the US where these things you could probably find at Wal*Mart... I do understand that a lot of the issue lies around the fact that we are but just a small island and don't have the space to...

I'm trying to find a place to buy stair treads on their own. I don't need the risers, the string or any of the railing/balustrades... But I can't seem to find anywhere that sells them. Wickes, B&Q and Screwfix all sell the parts I don't need or entire staircases, which I also don't need...

Oh, no! I'm sorry if that's the impression I made. I legitimately wanted to know *why* it wasn't common practice so I could, with an informed opinion, decide what to do with my walls. Thanks :)

Indeed. Thanks!

(As mentioned above in another reply:) Basically, I wanted to know if there was a reason that the UK *doesn't* use boxes as a standard thing. If there's a valid, logical reason *not* to, then I would happily take that into consideration when choosing how to make my walls. Since there...

The "Mountains and mole-hills come to mind." part.

Basically, I wanted to know if there was a reason that the UK *doesn't* use boxes as a standard thing. If there's a valid, logical reason *not* to, then I would happily take that into consideration when choosing how to make my walls. Since there doesn't seem to be a reason not to, I now feel...

Thank you. That's exactly the kind of answer for which I was hoping. A thoughtful, educated opinion.

I'm intrigued as to why you think that...

Quite frankly, because I just had to rip out every internal wall in the house because of damp, wet and mould. I found it a bit scary to be ripping down walls where the electrical wiring and components were free to move about as I was wielding a crowbar/prybar at them. If anyone has to or...

Thank you, but what's the difference between the two? We're going to re-stud the brick walls to accommodate room for the new heating pipework that's required so we could use the same boxes for both, right?

this is an example of what I want And this is an example of what I *don't* want

There weren't any boxes, metal or otherwise, at all to begin with. Currently there's nothing, as well, as we don't have walls.

We don't actually have anything *real* at the moment as we've had to rip out all of the internal walls on the ground floor (the exterior/party walls were 2x2 studded as well, so we've taken them down and exposed the brickwork). This is what was in each of the walls... The switch was...

That's certainly what I would need... but I'm wondering is it something I *should* use or is it actually OK to leave them suspended like they were... My brain tells me that they should be secured somehow but if they don't *have* to, that's something to consider, too.

I want to design a night-light system for my stairs and upstairs hallway that consists of LED rope lights that only come on at night and illuminate along the edges of the areas, under the tread of each stair, etc. and wonder if there is a DIY version of a nightlight sensor that I can use to...

I'm fairly certain I remember walls in the US having the boxes for the plug outlets and light switches being mounted to the wooden framework of stud walls but when we ripped out the walls in our new place, they were simply suspended in the middle of plasterboard sections, only connected to the...

... That I don't know about that's required to get a plumber to actually turn up when promised for a walk-around ahead of a quote? I'm sitting here like a numpty for the *second* time because someone hasn't been bothered to turn up nor contact to let me know they won't be coming. What a...

Sorry. Finger chose wrong forum on my phone :(