Hi - I initially posted this in the tiling forum but they said I should get some advice over here too. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
I'm about to start putting up a tile splashback in my kitchen, and I've got a question. The fitters who put my units in installed some new electrical outlets and took out an old one; they left the back box in the wall and (as I requested, for reasons of money) didn't fix all the plaster, because in general that's the sort of thing I can fix pretty well myself. Can I take the back box out, patch the drywall there, and tile over? I'm wary about electrics and, as you can see from the photo, there are the ends of some wires at the top. Even though it's out of commission now, do I need to leave access for it? A little access panel would be kind of unsightly in the kitchen, so I'd prefer to cover it over if at all possible.
I'm about to start putting up a tile splashback in my kitchen, and I've got a question. The fitters who put my units in installed some new electrical outlets and took out an old one; they left the back box in the wall and (as I requested, for reasons of money) didn't fix all the plaster, because in general that's the sort of thing I can fix pretty well myself. Can I take the back box out, patch the drywall there, and tile over? I'm wary about electrics and, as you can see from the photo, there are the ends of some wires at the top. Even though it's out of commission now, do I need to leave access for it? A little access panel would be kind of unsightly in the kitchen, so I'd prefer to cover it over if at all possible.