Triple Accessory Backbox
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Not quite as you want it - but close:
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Or if you don't like ebay:
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Good find, but I wonder how stable that arrangement would be given that only two plasterboard holding clips will be available, one at either end.
You can cut the plasterboard carefully and have three singles or two doubles side by side about an inch and a bit apart.
Agreed - but, assuming they hold the boxes together fairly rigidly, that same issue would apply to any solution which satisfied the OP's stated requirement, wouldn't it? I did wonder whether tightening the screws might cause the ends of those connectors to grip onto the plasterboard at top and bottom, but I don't think it does.
Kind Regards, John
The problem I have found with those dual box arrangements is tha they are just fine if you are using standard white accessories.
The problem arrises with many of the decor finishes (chrome, satin, etc)
These are often wider than the white ones and they do not fit side by side.
The problem arrises with many of the decor finishes (chrome, satin, etc)
These are often wider than the white ones and they do not fit side by side.
And timer switches also present a bit of a challenge!!
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When fitting a new drylining box once, I fitted it to check for depth, then realised it was such a nice tight fit, I couldn't get it out again.
If you made the arrangement a tight fit and it was held in at either end, that would be sufficient.
You really wouldn't want to put a socket in the middle, pulling the plug out would put an unreasonable amount of force on the setup.
I suppose if there was enough room behind, you could firstly just fix the required strip of (single) boxes to a batten or thick ply cut to the full length of the strip of boxes to keep them rigid, then push them into your aperture, and just rely on the two end tabs.
I suppose if there was enough room behind, you could firstly just fix the required strip of (single) boxes to a batten or thick ply cut to the full length of the strip of boxes to keep them rigid, then push them into your aperture, and just rely on the two end tabs.
Just one more reason why stud & plasterboard walls are the work of the devil.
In addition to my earlier suggestion of attaching say three single boxes to a suitable strip of timber to create a rigid setup before fitting into the aperture, if the middle accessory is something like, say a TV aerial socket, there's nothing to stop you turning it 90 degrees so that the fixing tabs go up and down, giving the middle box an adequate fix.
I say aerial socket because there's no particular way up, unlike many other accessories.
I say aerial socket because there's no particular way up, unlike many other accessories.
True - and if one wasn't concerned about the unusual appearance, one could theoretically do that will all the accessories (provided they were singles). However, I'm not sure how one would join the boxes together - connectors like I linked to would probably not work with that box orientation - at least, not without some modification/butchery of the boxes.
Kind Regards, John
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