Should I be okay with backboxes?

[Richardcavell]

Hi. I’m about to hire a home improvements man to install 3 light switches and 3 power sockets. He wants to use backboxes for everything. He has great reviews and he was polite and professional when he was here. But I wonder if backboxes are standard.

I live near Blackpool, England. It’s a very old house. The rent is cheap and it’s not worth spending much money here. All the power sockets are against an outside brick wall. The 3 light switches are against plasterboard.

 

[littlespark]

Is this the same issue as this thread?

Backboxes and power sockets

Hi. I live near Blackpool in the UK. I don’t know anything about being an electrician. I’m retired. I’ve asked a man who does home improvements to consider doing some work here. We’ve negotiated that I’m going to choose the hardware that gets installed. He is speaking as though he wants to...

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Same advice... If you don't mind the aesthetics of surface trunking and boxes, then fine.... but i question now whether you can have work done in a rented property when its the landlords responsibility to have a safe installation.

 

[nicebutdim]

This, along with subsequent replies to one of your other threads, is worth reading.

Backboxes and power sockets

Hi. I live near Blackpool in the UK. I don’t know anything about being an electrician. I’m retired. I’ve asked a man who does home improvements to consider doing some work here. We’ve negotiated that I’m going to choose the hardware that gets installed. He is speaking as though he wants to...

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