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securing metal socket boxes?

do i have to secure a metal socket box into the wall with a masonry nail or will plaster be enough ?
ann, January 2007
do sockets have to be set into the wall or can they mounted on the wall ?

barry b, February 2011
i think , for a while , a brass screw was regulation for a while , but plaster will hold it ok , but a screw or even two, will hold it steady while plaster is being added and setting.

michael coleman, March 2007
screw through the back

rjm electrics, February 2007
plaster will normally hold a backbox ok, mix the plaster to the constituancy of double cream, spread a good thickness on the back of the box and press into place.

Pete, February 2007