| penguin42 | anyone know when they stopped using wooden back boxes: https://cdn.mastodon.org.uk/media_attachments/files/111/171/940/791/579/741/original/99b963d7755adfbe.jpeg | 21:00 |
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| daftykins | ooh looks cultured | 21:00 |
| penguin42 | a builder pulled it out of our wall today, not in use, but not sure when they switched to plastic | 21:01 |
| zxmpi | back box? | 21:02 |
| daftykins | looks like the little wooden frame tacked to a stud that an electrical socket would be placed in | 21:02 |
| penguin42 | exactly - apparently they used to be wood | 21:02 |
| zxmpi | https://www.screwfix.ie/c/electrical-lighting/back-boxes/cat7230011?cm_sp=managedredirect-_-electrical-_-backbox aha | 21:02 |
| zxmpi | ones we had in 70s were plastic or metal and they were from 50s or 60s iirc | 21:03 |
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