On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:55:27 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

The normal way to put sockets in plasterboard is to use dry-lining
boxes, I think these would eb the best way for the OP's situation
too rather than using metal boxes fixed on the wall behind the
plasterboard.

OTOH, metal boxes do have some advantages.

1. Much firmer, good for knocking in stiff plugs.

It's usually cheap sockets, not dodgy plugs!

2. You don't get that white lip, which can be obvious is differently shaped
to the socket, or the socket isn't white.

The way around this is fit the boxes before plastering. One thing to
bear in mind is dry lining boxes are 35mm, you will probably find that
some will not fit back to the board properly because of protuding bits
of wall. The usual use for dry lining boxes is stud walls, for dry
lined walls metal boxes attached to the brickwork is the more common
method.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.