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Thanks for all responses, most interesting to me. Yep it is a decorative metal faceplate and yep you guessed it the drill was used in that socket . What I've now done is replaced the back box with a plastic one. I've then used a terminal blocks on the wires. Taped them up in electrical and then...

And I should say no issues with the socket when its turned off on the switch on the socket. Only when I switched it on did it trip and spark. I had plugged an extension cable in to it, although nothing was connected to the extension cable. I have tried the extension in another socket and no...

Yep I will upload an image now. The cables look fine. The back box obviously corroded and there is corrosion on the screws (that I removed in that photo) also I noticed a screw on the back of the socket plate was rusted too. See to the left of the earth terminal. 

Many thanks I will look into a surface box! I'm not too sure it is rising damp. I've had no issues on the rest of the wall. I have also checked the other sockets and found no signs of corrosion and no tide marks or anything I read are a sign of rising damp. Just the flue that wasn't vented at...

Thanks for the reply ProDave. I had a look and before I even took the screws out I noticed some corrosion on the screw heads. Upon taking the socket away from the wall there was some more on the back box 😑. So I think venting the flue was much needed! The wires all look fine its just the metal...

Hi everyone I apologise if don't know all the correct world's to describe my issue but here goes  2 days ago I had a vent drilled into my chimney breast inside as my previous owners of the house had decided to seal up the old fire place and not leave a vent. There is a single plug socket on...