GB2469809A - Electrical socket box protection cover and gap repair mesh - Google Patents

Electrical socket box protection cover and gap repair mesh Download PDF

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GB2469809A
GB2469809A GB0907229A GB0907229A GB2469809A GB 2469809 A GB2469809 A GB 2469809A GB 0907229 A GB0907229 A GB 0907229A GB 0907229 A GB0907229 A GB 0907229A GB 2469809 A GB2469809 A GB 2469809A
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plaster
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
    • E04F13/02—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings of plastic materials hardening after applying, e.g. plaster
    • E04F13/04—Bases for plaster
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/08—Built-in cupboards; Masks of niches; Covers of holes enabling access to installations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G23/00—Working measures on existing buildings
    • E04G23/02—Repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02—Details
    • H02G3/08—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes
    • H02G3/12—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes for flush mounting

Abstract

A pre-plastering electrical socket box protection cover includes an adhesive fibreglass mesh 1 to reinforce any incorrect cutting of the plasterboard or damage that can occur during the process of dry lining. The applied plaster will adhere to the fiberglass mesh 1 allowing the plaster to bridge any gap between the socket box and the plaster board. The thin flexible plastic membrane 2 is used to prevent the electrical boxes from filling with finishing plaster, allowing the plaster to easily shell away from the smooth flexible surface since the finishing plaster will not adhere to the plastic membrane 2 permanently. This will leave the exact shape of the electrical box after the plastic membrane 2 is removed.

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PREPLASTER ELECTRICAL SOCKET BOX PROTECTION COVER
DESCRIPTION
When dry lining a wall with plaster boards where there are electrical boxes on the wall the dimensions of the electrical boxes have to be transferred to the appropriate plasterboard and a hole cut out to accommodate the electrical box. This is not always a precise art and often if not always the hole is cut incorrectly and the plasterboard can become damaged around the edge of the electrical box when the plasterboard is offered up to the wall, this means that when the plasterboard is applied to the wall there tends to be a gap all around the electrical box.
When we come to apply the top coat or finishing plaster to the plasterboard the plasterer will apply the finishing coat over the wall and any electrical boxes there might be thus filling the electrical boxes with hard plaster. At the end of the process the plasterer or the electrician has to clean out the electrical boxes usually with a hammer, this in turn damages the electrical box and any plaster around the electrical box was cut incorrectly will fall away leaving a hole around the electrical box.
When the face plate of the socket is fitted holes can be seen around it and will always have to be plaster patched at a later date before decoration.
An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 shows what the device will look like to rectify the problem. The adhesive mesh (1) is there to reinforce any damaged plasterboard or incorrect cutting around the box, (2) a thin plastic membrane attached to the mesh (1) but cut to the exact size of the electrical box.
Figure 2 shows the plasterboard (3) incorrectly cut (4) around the electrical socket (5).
Figure 3 shows how the device (7) would look over the plasterboard (6) before any finishing plaster is applied.
Figure 4 shows a cut away section of the device (9) covered in finishing plaster (8) when the process is final.
Figure 5 shows the result of the finishing coat (10) after the plaster has been shelled off the plastic protective cover (11) as plaster will not stick to a smooth surface but will adhere to adhesive mesh on the perimeter of the electrical box protective cover so avoiding any plaster break out around the socket illuminating the need for any plaster patching. The electrician only has to cut out the thin plastic membrane with a utility knife to find his electrical box undamaged and clean for him to proceed.

Claims (1)

  1. CLAIMS1. A pre-plaster electrical socket box protection cover comprising of a reinforced adhesive fibre glass mesh and a flexible plastic membrane.
GB0907229A 2009-04-28 2009-04-28 Electrical socket box protection cover and gap repair mesh Withdrawn GB2469809A (en)

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Cited By (2)

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EP2557240A1 (en) * 2011-08-11 2013-02-13 Jürgen Höfler Sanitary module
IT201600132119A1 (en) * 2016-12-29 2018-06-29 Armin Sebastian Schwitzer Built-in distribution / distribution box

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US5246775A (en) * 1992-01-03 1993-09-21 Loscuito Salvatore M Self-sticking drywall tape
GB2343908A (en) * 1998-11-23 2000-05-24 Ruth Batchelor Plastering method and device for electrical wall boxes
US6162525A (en) * 1996-03-21 2000-12-19 Amy; Ira Drywall patch
GB2444782A (en) * 2006-12-14 2008-06-18 Bluegyp Ltd Plaster trim for recessed electrical fittings

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5246775A (en) * 1992-01-03 1993-09-21 Loscuito Salvatore M Self-sticking drywall tape
US6162525A (en) * 1996-03-21 2000-12-19 Amy; Ira Drywall patch
GB2343908A (en) * 1998-11-23 2000-05-24 Ruth Batchelor Plastering method and device for electrical wall boxes
GB2444782A (en) * 2006-12-14 2008-06-18 Bluegyp Ltd Plaster trim for recessed electrical fittings

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2557240A1 (en) * 2011-08-11 2013-02-13 Jürgen Höfler Sanitary module
IT201600132119A1 (en) * 2016-12-29 2018-06-29 Armin Sebastian Schwitzer Built-in distribution / distribution box

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