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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 534430" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>chasing back boxes is not easy, you have to go deep enough to get a good fixing and depending on the plaster depth this can leave the backbox recessed a few millimeters. Given that many people now like to fit USB sockets, deeper box is a good idea, but you can't always get a 35mm box into the wall. As for the cut outs being square for the back boxes, basically impossible to achieve unless you spend all day on one box, plus old plaster falls off in random ways regardless of how careful you are. My biggest gripe from what I can see in the photos is the lack of cable clips in the chases to hold cables back into the wall and allow palsterer to do his job without snagging cables with his trowel and damaging the sheath / insulation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 534430, member: 490"] chasing back boxes is not easy, you have to go deep enough to get a good fixing and depending on the plaster depth this can leave the backbox recessed a few millimeters. Given that many people now like to fit USB sockets, deeper box is a good idea, but you can't always get a 35mm box into the wall. As for the cut outs being square for the back boxes, basically impossible to achieve unless you spend all day on one box, plus old plaster falls off in random ways regardless of how careful you are. My biggest gripe from what I can see in the photos is the lack of cable clips in the chases to hold cables back into the wall and allow palsterer to do his job without snagging cables with his trowel and damaging the sheath / insulation. [/QUOTE]
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