On 23 July, 18:06, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:
"John" wrote in message

...

We have a 13A double switched socket in a tiled location. I don't know how
old it is but it's an old-fashioned type with four fixing screws, two at
the top and two at the bottom, as opposed to the modern ones of one at
each side. The socket was physically damaged when something hit it
recently so needs to be replaced. Is there any sort of adapter plate or
something that will get us round the problem of the fixing screws without
having to replace the backbox as well, or do I have to gingerly extracate
the backbox from said tiles?

TIA

Have you actually looked behind the broken socket yet?

Quite often these old back boxes had 6 mounting holes (4 where you can now
see the exiting mounting screws) and two others that match the holes on a
modern socket.

Cheers

Adam

The above is true. The sockets/boxes were made by MK, I remember
installing lots as an apprentice. The problem is they will be tapped
4BA.
You can get round this with self tapping screws. Or I suppose using
the old screws.
MK made the best of electrical equipment back then. Maybe they still
do.