Plugs and plaster

[Mr Blobby]

What's the best way to fix this?

 

 

Time machine?

 

A dozen or so sockets are like this.  😕

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mr Blobby

[-rick-]

My parents would probably have used plastic surrounds (used to be common to stop grubby fingerprints on walls/expensive wallpaper)

 

First hit (not recommending) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390878577772

 

Having said that, I think our standards have moved on and you probably want to unscrew the sockets, fill and paint. But that's a lot more work.

[ProDave]

This is down to detail.

 

Is this "plaster on the hard" or plasterboard?

 

If plaster to brick or block the back boxes need to be well fitted and deep enough to reach almost the finished level of the plaster.  If too deep the spread has to do his best forming an edge in free space.  One of the reasons I hate plaster direct to brick or block.

 

If you don't want surrounds as suggested above, you need to build up the gaps and form a corner with a good quality ready mixed plaster.

[-rick-]

If you haven't decorated yet and it's something you plan to sub out then I expect many decorators will be used to doing this work and it might not be a huge deal just to get them to do the filling.

[FuerteStu]

 

For future reference, these are a fantastic way of getting around bad edges. Several on the market, but these 'skim over' ones are loved by the plasterers I've fitted them with. As they can just go straight over. They even make downlighters ones