Antoher domestic question. Can I just grind out a wall?

[Inteificio]

Hi,

Need to get power across a wall in a domestic.

Would not be an issue apart from the wall is poorly finished and ancient.
It is wobbly and badly plastered.

Client suggested minitrunking.

I think that will look **** as the wall is not level.

I am fitting RCDs so thinking just grinding out a small slot sticking wire in and filling.

Regs seems to suggest that is fine, but just seems wrong to me.

Anyone more experienced in domestic have anything to add (that would be almost everyone here ;-) )

 

[Inteificio]

Depends what she is doing while I grind away I guess.

 

[kingeri]

You can get some nice skirting trunking these days that may look a lot better than mini

 

[telectrix]

just thought. you said the wall was wobbly. not lath and plaster, is it? if so, don't even try and chase it.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

just thought. you said the wall was wobbly. not lath and plaster, is it? if so, don't even try and chase it.

That'll be dust from the next order of magnitude....

 

[sparks1973]

Hi,

Need to get power across a wall in a domestic.

Would not be an issue apart from the wall is poorly finished and ancient.
It is wobbly and badly plastered.

Client suggested minitrunking.

I think that will look **** as the wall is not level.

I am fitting RCDs so thinking just grinding out a small slot sticking wire in and filling.

Regs seems to suggest that is fine, but just seems wrong to me.

Anyone more experienced in domestic have anything to add (that would be almost everyone here ;-) )

obvious one n all here fella....just be sure theres no other cables (power or otherwise) in them walls your proposing to chase first wont you....

 

[telectrix]

or pipes. that'd negate the need to wet the wall down.

 

[sparks1973]

or pipes. that'd negate the need to wet the wall down.

well,...it`l give `them over there` something to do i suppose....

 

[telectrix]

be quicker to fix it myself. time a wet-head has ummed and erred about how big a job it is, and how he'd have to make a special trip, leaving the big job he's on, miles away, and can't possibly fit it in till a week on doomsday........

 

[Knobhead]

or pipes. that'd negate the need to wet the wall down.

Could be gas..... Saves plastering the wall afterwards .

 

[Brightspark2]

Could be gas..... Saves plastering the wall afterwards .

And the wall behind after he goes through it. Well they did say they wanted it open plan...

 

[Richard]

If it'sa relativly short run, and dust is a problem, you could stich drill it and use a bolster. Would save the dust.

Rich

 

[SPARTYKUS]

If it'sa relativly short run, and dust is a problem, you could stich drill it and use a bolster. Would save the dust.

Rich

Is that the same as using an SDS with a chisel attachment? Chisel the run lines (with a widish chisel) and then just chisel the waste bit out. Much better idea, I chased a run once with an angle grinder (long time ago) and regretted it 2 minutes later, as said, there was a coating of dust over everyting in the larder in a house 14 doors away

 

[Richard]

Not quite. I mean draw a line where you would normally grind, bit drill series of holes along the line. Same effect as a chase, but lot less dust. Obviously more time consuming if its a longer run.

 

[ruston]

Is that the same as using an SDS with a chisel attachment? Chisel the run lines (with a widish chisel) and then just chisel the waste bit out. Much better idea, I chased a run once with an angle grinder (long time ago) and regretted it 2 minutes later, as said, there was a coating of dust over everyting in the larder in a house 14 doors away

Lol a volcano is tidier, even in an
empty property it's a pain.

 

[1shortcircuit]

If the client suggests trunking then go with it. Honestly, you DO NOT want to be using a grinder with or without extraction system.

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