Spacer issue for plug sockets

maninthestreet

martinthebandit wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asocket+surround&keywords=socket+surround&ie=UTF8&qid=1448288167

I think those are what the OP is already trying to use.
OP - to fit these, you need to remove the socket from the wall (WITH THE POWER SWITCHED OFF AT THE FUSE BOX/CONSUMER UNIT!).

tizzle6560

martinthebandit wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asocket+surround&keywords=socket+surround&ie=UTF8&qid=1448288167

Finger plates!! But of course!

Will hide the edges and keep the tiles fingerprint free!

Cheers all that helped. :beer:

martinthebandit

maninthestreet wrote: »

I think those are what the OP is already trying to use.
OP - to fit these, you need to remove the socket from the wall (WITH THE POWER SWITCHED OFF AT THE FUSE BOX/CONSUMER UNIT!).

You think wrong

maninthestreet

martinthebandit wrote: »

You think wrong

So what was the OP actually trying to use???

tizzle6560

maninthestreet wrote: »

So what was the OP actually trying to use???

I was using spacers, not surrounds as suggested by martinthebandit.

A combination of both should do the job nicely.

maninthestreet

Spacers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMNApRuWHo

cajef

tizzle6560 wrote: »

Having just tiled the kitchen I was after some spacers to go round the edges of the plug sockets - to a, hide the cut edges of tiles and b. bring them flush against the wall again.

As has been asked in post #5, why when tiling the wall were the sockets not removed then tiles fitted up to the edge of the wall box then the sockets refitted as is the normal way of tiling, then the sockets would have been flush with no edges or spaces showing and there would be no need for any spacers etc.?

chappers

You should have tiled up to the edges of the back boxes, then just refit the faceplates back against the tiles using longer screws if necessary.
As you have to remove the faceplates any way to fit the fingerplates, why not do the job properly and retile around the back boxes.

martinthebandit

chappers wrote: »

You should have tiled up to the edges of the back boxes, then just refit the faceplates back against the tiles using longer screws if necessary.
As you have to remove the faceplates any way to fit the fingerplates, why not do the job properly and retile around the back boxes.

1 The jobs already been done and there may be valid aesthetic reasons why its been done the way it has been.
2. Most finger plates fit around the socket without the need to unscrew it.

jennifernil

martinthebandit wrote: »

1 The jobs already been done and there may be valid aesthetic reasons why its been done the way it has been.
2. Most finger plates fit around the socket without the need to unscrew it.

1. Cannot imagine any!!

2. The finger plate will be sandwiched between the socket plate and the tiled wall, to hold it in place, so the socket plate does need to be unscrewed a bit.