Filling old socket hole

Question

As part of my new kitchen I've had an old socket removed which has left a hole about 6 inch by 7 inch and 1.5 inches deep, and the box is still in it. This wall is going to be tiled, but what's the best way to fill the hole ready for tiling? Can I use foam and poyfilla or is this something for a plasterer?

Tony · Answer

Just cut a piece of insulation board, duca or wedi or plasterboard or cement board and fill the hole with tile adhesive, not ready made, powder adhesive, flexible mixed with water and smooth it off.👍

Sheldon · Answer

If there is no existing cables left over, you can use abit of plasterboard or just tile straight over it, just make sure you put plenty if tile adhesive where the hole is.

Mark · Answer

Cut abit of plaster board with a screw in it and put in gap and pull it till you've filled it then remove screw & fill hole .Don't fill wit foam or just filler because it will short your circuit with live wires in there .

Shahzad · Answer

Just fill with peace of plaster board or any old broken peace of brick with tile adhesive or cement.

Darrell · Answer

Fill it with anything even can use tile adhesive. If a tile covers it then no need to fill at all

Radoslaw · Answer

Hello, if there are no electrical wires there, you can use foam or cut a piece of plasterboard to size and stick it on

Garry · Answer

Leave it for your tiler, ithe simplest way would be to just fill it with adhesive it will take minutes . Don’t use foam

Leeanne · Answer

hi km tilers here 
i would use a a couple of hand fulls as a gage but wear gloves add the powder to warm water and mix fairly stiff so it wont run out of the hole. pack well in and smooth off surface with a tool or small battern and leave set back a few mm so it dosnt leave a bump for the tiler. the setting time from bucket could be as fast as 15 mins for this method an tiles can be done amediatly after

Gary · Answer

Ideally take it out and fill with bonding 1st coat plaster or filler pva before sticking

Petros · Answer

Hello!  Of course you can use polystyrene foam if there are tiles on top!

Filling old socket hole

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