Back box is full of beige plaster and cracked, what to do ?

[Readen]

Back box is full of beige plaster and 2mm cracks

 

[securespark]

Not sure exactly what the issue is.

Can you post a photo?

Have you had a wall replastered?

If the back box has plaster in, it will need to be carefully chipped out without damaging the cables.

 

[foxhole]

Back box is full of beige plaster and 2mm cracks

They have used the wrong colour, should be pink.

 

[Readen]

Of course, is yours.

 

[jacko555]

They have used the wrong colour, should be pink

Yes, the beige plaster isn't suitable near electric cables. It's not fire retardant.

 

[JohnD]

All gypsum plaster is fire retardant.

I don't know if he's got a question.

I agree with Secure

Next time, you can use backbox spacers for plastering if you want. I have some but can't remember the brand name.

 

[FrodoOne]

Back box is full of beige plaster and 2mm cracks

Clean out the the unnecessary "plaster" from wherever it is.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You can leave the cracks if you want.

 

[crystal ball]

They have used the wrong colour, should be pink.

It might be bonding, as good a filler as any

 

[TimboTwo]

It might be bonding, as good a filler as any

Bonding should be green/yellow.

 

[foxhole]

Bonding should be green/yellow.

Navy

 

[StephenStephen]

You could paint it perhaps? I've always thought that purple is the best colour for plaster in a backbox... Of course in the olden days one would use a vellum striped wallpaper in such a tricky situation, but those skills seem to have gone...

 

[jacko555]

in the olden days one would use a vellum striped wallpaper in such a tricky situation,

I've spent days stripping vellum stripe wallpaper from the interior of backboxes. It's tougher than woodchip to strip.

Always worth it in the end to see the backboxes restored though

 

[Readen]

Hope u treasure yr b/box, have fun

 

[sparkwright]

THIS TOPIC IS CRAZY.

I've hardly understood a word of it.