On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:10:31 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Perhaps we should use the terms in the Screwfix catalouge/web site?

Not a bad idea, they use "Mounting Box" as the generic title to cover
steel and drylining flush boxes under Home Electrical Switches &
Sockets Mounting Boxes.

But surface boxes are lumped in amongst all the bits in Home Electrical
Conduit Rigid Conduit.

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Cheers
Dave.