Securing a double socket box in stud wall

[Possom]

When installing a double electrical socket into a stud wall, the left side (for example) of the metal box is screwed onto the left vertical timber stud.

Is this sufficient to hold the socket firmly once the plasterboard has been placed to face off the wall? Or should the other (right) side of the metal box also be attached by inserting a horizontal between it and the right vertical timber stud?

Thanks.

 

[333rocky333]

I personally dont do that sort of work, but what about a horizontal nogging between the studs and fixing the box via its top or bottom depending where the cables are

 

[flameport]

https://www.walraven.com/en/rswb/

 

[Possom]

Thanks very much!

 

[333rocky333]

These are another option
https://www.electricalcounter.co.uk...MI7bn_v_vk4wIVx7HtCh2ncAtFEAQYDCABEgJx2_D_BwE

 

[john4703]

Why not use a dry lining box?
One example is https://www.screwfix.com/p/appleby-2g-35mm-dry-lining-box/36960#_=p

 

[SUNRAY]

These are another option
https://www.electricalcounter.co.uk/products/Switches+&+Sockets/Click+Scolmore/StudBox/StudBox+6+in+1+Universal+Backbox/1707971583?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7bn_v_vk4wIVx7HtCh2ncAtFEAQYDCABEgJx2_D_BwE

So that's what it is, I saw some of these on a site recently but a slot had been cut into the board for them and mounted from the front before being finished with the skim.

 

[winston1]

When installing a double electrical socket into a stud wall, the left side (for example) of the metal box is screwed onto the left vertical timber stud.

Is this sufficient to hold the socket firmly once the plasterboard has been placed to face off the wall? Or should the other (right) side of the metal box also be attached by inserting a horizontal between it and the right vertical timber stud?

Thanks.

What is wrong with a dry lining box that almost everyone else uses?

 

[333rocky333]

Why not use a dry lining box?
One example is https://www.screwfix.com/p/appleby-2g-35mm-dry-lining-box/36960#_=p

Many flat plate accesories will not fit flat to the surface with them.