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penguin42anyone know when they stopped using wooden back boxes: https://cdn.mastodon.org.uk/media_attachments/files/111/171/940/791/579/741/original/99b963d7755adfbe.jpeg21:00
daftykinsooh looks cultured21:00
penguin42a builder pulled it out of our wall today, not in use, but not sure when they switched to plastic21:01
zxmpiback box?21:02
daftykinslooks like the little wooden frame tacked to a stud that an electrical socket would be placed in21:02
penguin42exactly - apparently they used to be wood21:02
zxmpihttps://www.screwfix.ie/c/electrical-lighting/back-boxes/cat7230011?cm_sp=managedredirect-_-electrical-_-backbox aha21:02
zxmpiones we had in 70s were plastic or metal and they were from 50s or 60s iirc21:03

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