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Many thanks!! I was confused about putting something behind the hole, as there is still a round plastic backbox in the hole, containing the blue plasticine stuff and the terminated wires! I suppose I just remove this then! D'oh! :idea:

Ok, but I still don't see how a bit of wood 2" longer than the hole can fit into the hole! I am obviously being a complete thicko over this... Can anyone draw me a picture? LOL I unscrewed one of the blanking plates this evening and indeed the wires are terminated in choc-blocks (not...

"Blanking off holes in the wall, Cut a length of thin timber about 2" wider than the hole, put a screw in the middle to steady the timber as you slip it into the hole, just to be sure, you can put a big dollop of No More Nails on either end of the timber. Position it so you have 1" either side...

Um, I think they're plastic cavity boxes, and the wires are terminated in choc blocks, although I haven't been able to get there today to check. They're on their own circuit, controlled by a lightswitch at the main lightswitch panel elsewhere in the room.

Hello... Moving to a new-build next week and am doing some bits and pieces in the next few days... This flat has wall-lights all over it, most of which are blanked off with a round blanking plate, which I don't mind in most places, but I want to paper a 'feature-wall' so don't want the...

I'm not familiar with the crimping thing! Do I need to do that instead of using a connector strip? If so, what does it entail?

Alternatively, would it be OK to leave the socket there, as it is, switched off, with a child-safety plug cover in it? I don't think these rads of mine get red hot, so it'd be easier not to have to fiddle with the wiring... Would that be alright?

Um, ,I don't really know what you mean but maybe it'll become apparent when I come to do it! ARe there any handy visual guides anywhere I can refer to? :roll:

"Actually, if the connector won't be accessible, you would need to use crimps or solder (covered with heat shrink), rather than a connector block. If you can still access the cover without removing the radiator, then the screw connections are ok." I'm not sure what you mean, to be honest...

Thanks for that. I feel confident I can blank the socket off now, and I'll give some of the electricians on that site a call! :lol:

Hi - Sorry if this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it if it has! I need to blank off a double plug socket, as I'm having a radiator moved to the wall it's on, and I think it's something I could do myself, rather than get an electrician in specially for. I just want to confirm...