ARWadsworth wrote:
"John" wrote in message
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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.

No, not looked yet Adam but if it has, that'll be brilliant. Cheers.