One of my socket backboxes (plaster box) has the threaded tag missing so i cant screw one side of it back to the wall.....Changing the backbox isnt an option as its been tiled in, and i dont want to damage any tiles.....have any of you learned chaps got any tips or tricks to get round it.....
Missing backbox threaded tag
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I normally pinch one from another box and fit that.
If for some reason you cannot do this then mt next trick is to drill a 3mm in the back of the box and use the threading tool t thread it then use a long screw.
Martin
If for some reason you cannot do this then mt next trick is to drill a 3mm in the back of the box and use the threading tool t thread it then use a long screw.
Martin
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holmslaw
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60mm? Could you show me a pic, I am unfamiliar with this method and would like to add it to my arsenal of get out of jail methods. Do you mean a mirror screw?
Martin
a long 3.5mm box screw will thread ( just about ) into a yellow wall plug if it's a good make with lots of meat in it ( not the cheap "tri-plug" crap that they sell at some wholesalers.. )
I think he means a raised countersunk.
My bad.. 
I only just realised we are discussing plaster board back box, not metal ones.
Martin
I only just realised we are discussing plaster board back box, not metal ones.
Martin
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holmslaw
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Sorry if i have mislead you chaps, I call it a plaster box, But meant to say its a metal back box as in a sunken into the wall/plaster. took holmsaws advice and drilled through the box and used a yellow plug and a long screw.....sorted, CHEERS CHAPS
Does that work, depending on what side of socket, a normal screw usually sticks out as well as looking cack and the plug will not fit flush.
can you post a pic of it.
can you post a pic of it.
Rocky it's a standard 3.5mm face plate screw which is over length, say 50mm in a 35mm box. The plug will take about 10mm of screw taking in a modest 5mm socket face depth.
The 10mm is enough to bite inside the yellow plg and thus allow the socket or fitting to fix.
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