Power sockets stick out from wall

muckybutt

baldelectrician wrote: »

Have you concluded the sale?
This is a sign of older wiring- I would recommend a full EICR Electrical check by a competent time served electrician.

You may have wiring that is a pig in a poke

Not necessarily !

I used to work for Nottingham City Council, all the rewires we did were surface mounted, not once in 3 years there did we do a flush job.

Kernel_Sanders

I note that everybody is assuming the OP has not overlooked any surface wiring![IMG][/img] Uploaded with ImageShack.us

muckybutt wrote: »

I used to work for Nottingham City Council, all the rewires we did were surface mounted, not once in 3 years there did we do a flush job.

Not even in their council housing?

chib

The wiring itself isn't surface mounted, only some of the sockets.

Rodney_Trotter

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Could go for flat plate sockets...

That would still leave the back box proud if the wall.

Ruski

Sounds like you have single to double socket conversions going on. If so, easy to convert to double flush.

HTH

Russ