100mm back box screws

[PeterW]

Anyone got any of these or a link to where I can get them in less than packs of 100..??

 

I only need 6 as I’ve got a couple of faceplates that are inside cupboards and 75mm are just too short. 

 

Happily pay P&P for them

[Temp]

Pretty sure electrical screws are 3.5mm.

 

If you get stuck these are 50p each. Collection from store, shipping to me would be £9 ! 

https://www.ccmsupplies.co.uk/m35-x-100mm-socket-screw.html

 

You can also get "3.5mm Socket Screw Extension studs"

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p79641

 

 

Edited September 17, 2018 by Temp

[Jeremy Harris]

The extension studs are easier to use, as you don't have to go poking around trying to line a long screw up with the thread (often an exercise in extreme frustration, in my experience).  At least with the extension studs you can get a sideways glimpse as to where the threaded hole is you're aiming for.  We used a few 50mm long screws in the new house, all for the multifunction media plate, which for some reason has a big, segmented, back box with the threaded holes set deeper than normal, plus there are something like 6 or 8 screws.  The thing is a nightmare to get the screws lined up, even with 50mm long screws, as they wander all over the place and there are so many cables attached to the front plate that it's not at all easy to get it to fit neatly, or see from the side whether or not the screws are in roughly the right place to hit the threaded hole.  I wish I'd seen these extension screws earlier - I bought some a few weeks ago after someone ( @Onoff?) suggested using them in another thread.  They do make life a damned site easier, and allow the use of short (25mm?) screws, that are a heck of a lot easier to use.

[PeterW]

Thanks all - TS it is for extension pieces and 75mm screws !

[Onoff]

Only come across 75mm here so far...will stop looking!