Thread: new metal back box sunken into wall.... wall plastered..... screwthread missing in side lug when trying to screw new socket to the wall....what to do?
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Default new metal back box sunken into wall.... wall plastered..... screw thread missing in side lug when trying to screw new socket to the wall.... what to do?
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 06/07/14 07:30, ARW wrote:

Unless of course the hole is already bigger than a 3.5 tap. Then you
have to glue a new lug behind the old one. Or if it is the adjustable
lug then you can usually swap it with one from another backbox.


Or enlarge the hole a bit to take a nutsert (insert)...


Or use a M4 rethreader and M4 screw.

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Adam

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