[21:00] <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] <daftykins> ooh looks cultured
[21:01] <penguin42> a builder pulled it out of our wall today, not in use, but not sure when they switched to plastic
[21:02] <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
[21:03] <zxmpi> ones we had in 70s were plastic or metal and they were from 50s or 60s iirc