Just wondered how other people handle running cable horizontally ie between 13 amp outlets, where there are load of batons for taking the Plaster Board on a Stone/Brick wall.
Especially on thin Batons, Yes RCD Protected as NOT 50mm depth.
Thanks
Interested to know if anyone has any special techniques for putting back boxes into lath and plaster. Cutting the lath's can be tricky, but also how to attach the box. I generally use a plasterboard box, but if the plaster is thick you cant get the clips behind the lath's, and if they are only...
Complete novice here I;m afriad but just have a quick question.
I'm just in the prcess of chasing out my sockets but the construction of the wall is one I;ve not come accross before. The blocks look like they are made of plaster with large holes running through the middle of them. Any idea...
I have an new bay window and now the existing magnetic connectors for the alarm are too short to reach the window. The alarm wire needs extending but where the joint would be is going to be plastered over.
Is there any acceptable way of joining the cables behind plaster without having to...
hello
standard capping that you nail over cable can you nail to the surface of the bare brick or do you still need to chop in as it only stick out 10mm would it not get covered by render ect
I know it a basic question but we dont realy do any flush at work
Is there an easier alternative to plaster?
A plaster made good in my house a few years ago with some sort of filler. mixed it like plaster slapped it on and made off. when it dried it looked fine but was a very light gray.
Don't know what it was.
Couldn't tell the difference when...
Hi All,
Can anyone throw some light on best practice for extending cables, which will be buried within plaster?
For example: If a SSO is mounted halfway down a wall and a customer requires it to be lower (in-line with other sockets in the room), what is the preferred method in completing this...
Hey up chaps,
I have rewired my bungalow over last couple of days and before the plastering is done i just want to check i havent missed anything that will prevent it from being signed off. (I am an industrial electrician so domestic is not my bread and butter, but what i have done is safe)...
hi, I always use conduits when running cables for sockets and switches but some of my mates say you dont need it and cables can be burried straight under the plaster without conduit. Are they wrong or right?
Hi All,
Question for you all.
Installing a heated bathroom mirror in a bathroom in a mid terraced house, I've drilled into the plasterboard (1/2" thick) to find it lays directly on the breeze blocks and there is no void.
What would be the best way to run the cable up to the loft above the...
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Have completed a partial rewire last week. Think previous wiring was at earliest the 70's more likely 60's. A pre 17th board was in by previous owners of house. (1st floor lights & power & ground floor lights) all the adjoining walls to other rooms were lath & plaster, so went with surface...
strange one this guys.just installed some downlights but when i drilled through the plasterboard i noticed half way through i was hitting a cable of some sort and very fine wire mesh the cable core was silver like aluminium it was a single core with black sheath and was 4.0mm solid strand tested...
Hey chaps, I have just been asked by a regular client to look at fitting them some dimplex mat type under tile heating, thing is they have as far as i can see been intended to be powered via an rcd fused spur, taken off of an existing ring main socket spur cable. Anybody know if this is the kind...
on a new installation, do you have to channel the wall out before running cables down or can you just nail the cables to the wall (with protection)then plaster board over?
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