Stud wall sockets

[con1_uk]

Im building a 3 by 2 stud wall in the loft and I know roughly where I want the sockets when its finished. How do you prepare the stud wall for a socket?

Thanks,
Con1_uk.

 

[snozzer]

Im building a 3 by 2 stud wall in the loft and I know roughly where I want the sockets when its finished. How do you prepare the stud wall for a socket?

Thanks,
Con1_uk.

Leave the wires dangling and then use dryline boxes, just make sure the hole is an inch or more from a stud so the box tabs can engage the plasterboard cleanly.

When you put the plasterbard up, just cut a whole using a padsaw for the dryline boxes and jobs a good un

 

[con1_uk]

Thanks,

What do these boxes look like.


Do they just fix to the board then and not the wood?

 

[masona]

Dry lining boxes, available from Screwfix, Electrical and most diy shops

The yellow lugs push in behind the plasterboard and tighten up when fitting the socket.