Electric socket in stud wall

[camioneur]

My daughter has just bought a house which has no electric sockets on the upstairs landing. All down one side of the landing are stud walls of bedrooms with plenty of sockets. I intend to drill through somewhere opposite one of these sockets, jump into the back of the existing socket for a new socket on the other side of the stud wall. My question is how to fasten a socket into the wall. She doesn't really want a box stuck out from the wall and would like it to be recessed like the other sockets in the house. Is there a way to do this? Thanks

[boink]

hi there are stud wall boxes, which have brakcets so that when you tigheten the front cover on, the brackets hold to the backside of the plaster board and stop it dropping out, il have a look for a link to somthing now

[boink]

hi you should be looking for something like this

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cI d=A331913&ts=44297&id=44827

hope that works, ive never done a link on here before

[camioneur]

thanks boink, your link worked fine..cheers

[turboped]

Maybe, as you havn't a clue what your doing, for your daughters safety, get someone in that is qualified.

[sddsddean]

Also, don't aim to be directly behind the existing socket, go to one side. This allows room for both boxes to fit in the cavity with no danger of a short and also makes it easier to cut out the plasterboard hole for the new socket.

[MacWull]

Don't worry if your right behind the socket the only thing is try to ensure that there are already two cables at the socket as you aren't supposed to spur of a socket that has already been spurred!! It maybe a bit difficult for you to find this one out, but this just ensures you aren't overloading the cable and is good practice! (easy 4 me as im an electrician) I also recommend the dry lining box (as above) as these are easy to install.

[turboped]

On the other hand, go on, give it a go, it's only electricity, it's not as though anyone will get electricuted or killed in any resulting fires, and anyway, maybe your daughter will move soon and someone else will be blissfully unaware what danger they are in!