how wide does plasterboard wall need to be.for elecrics?

dunkin · 9 Apr 2014

Hi, I am attempting my first go at battening to an internal wall to affix plasterboard lining. We are having some rewiring done in this room and a new cooker point moved to where I will complete this plasterboard drylining.
What im stuck with is how wide does the batten need to be in order for the Electrician to fit a cooker point into the plasterboard wall? I have some 22mm thick batten which is fine for the cabling but will the electrical box part of the cooker point fit?

Thanks in advance.

roy c · 9 Apr 2014

No you will have to chase the wall out a bit more to take the box, These boxes are deeper than normal socket boxes Off hand I would say they are at least 3" deep....Why don't you post on electrics and see what the lads over there say..

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how wide does plasterboard wall need to be.for elecrics?

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