Whats the best way to fix socket outlets and light switches into lath & plaster,

Not really had too much experience with the stuff other than the plaster falls off easy and u have wooden slats in behind which i would of thought made it hard when trying to cut a plaster board box into it, its not like a lovely plaster board wall is it!!

Any advise on this would be great thanx!!

1. Very carefully cut away the plaster and the lath.

2. Then get a thin piece of ply larger than the cut on the lath and make a hole in the ply to take a dry liner back box.

3. Very carefully put the dry liner box through the lath and plast and slide the ply over the back of the dry liner.

4. Pull out the dry liner tabs and fix socket as usual but take care when tightening down such that the ply is pulled up against the plat and plast. The tabs grip on the ply (gives you some idea of how large the ply needs to be).

Job done.

A Fein Multimaster is a brilliant tool to use for this purpose

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http://www.feinmultimaster.co.uk/fein_multimaster.htm
check that out  

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10 secs grinding....2 hours cleaning up the dust    

The Feinmaster is probably the best power tool I own - BRILLIANT and as London says it would do this job no problem at all, and hardly any dust. The ONE power tool you should definitely NOT use is angle grinder, unless you like replastering the whole wall that is.

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It actually gave me a lovely clean cut as it goes and the boxes fitted snuggly!

I will look into it, if you lot say its good then it must be!!

Haha