Installing a socket belowa bay window.

[ayjay]

i think that a very simple /basic socket extension job has turned into a massive deal tbh all this talk of chasing out !!
all this cr-p about "zoning" is anathama to me
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just put the socket where the client wants it!, if you are spurring it from an existing socket thats on the ring run/clip a bit of 2.5 along the top of the skirting board to a surface box stick the face on
job done
i despair

 

[SYKRAPS]

i think that a very simple /basic socket extension job has turned into a massive deal tbh all this talk of chasing out !!
all this cr-p about "zoning" is anathama to me
----------------
just put the socket where the client wants it!, if you are spurring it from an existing socket thats on the ring run/clip a bit of 2.5 along the top of the skirting board to a surface box stick the face on
job done
i despair

Would you be happy with that finish in your home? From an appearance point of view I mean, not regs.

 

[jase]

hey sod it, why not just plug an extension lead in and clip that around the skirting board??

 

[ayjay]

i think it would be far better method than chasing the plaster from the existing socket to the new one
then having the cable filled in with pollifila

Would you be happy with that finish in your home? From an appearance point of view I mean, not regs.

 

[Guest55]

i think it would be far better method than chasing the plaster from the existing socket to the new one
then having the cable filled in with pollifila

if you follow that reasoning to its conclusion , you surface clip all your rewires then ?
;-)

 

[ayjay]

perfect solution jase!
a b&q extension or what ever, as opposed to having the baywindow plasterwork slaughered
you know your stuff!( but) you won,t make any dosh by being honest

 

[ayjay]

of course not what a stupid question biffon

if you follow that reasoning to its conclusion , you surface clip all your rewires then ?
;-)

 

[SteveT]

i think that a very simple /basic socket extension job has turned into a massive deal tbh all this talk of chasing out !!
all this cr-p about "zoning" is anathama to me
----------------
just put the socket where the client wants it!, if you are spurring it from an existing socket thats on the ring run/clip a bit of 2.5 along the top of the skirting board to a surface box stick the face on
job done
i despair

I don't like some of the things written in that book just as much as the next guy but it is what it is. Although I sought of joked about trunking and that went down like the old lead balloon.

I must admit I never saw this getting to two pages either, just expected a "yes" or a "don't be silly".

A simple extension and I wouldn't waste your time (that's what the X factors for) but it's really not as simple as it sounds and I really should of tried to detail the work involve a bit more so i've done my finest picasso.



The black square on the right is the existing socket and they want one under thewindow. Now I would of thought that it wouldn't really be acceptable buried around 4 corners/bends but as it has been said many time here, the regs are open to interpretation.

Oh and I would hope that they wouldn't want a picture 1ft off the ground!

Thanks again gents.

 

[SteveT]

hey sod it, why not just plug an extension lead in and clip that around the skirting board??

Hey, that's how it is already, job done then.

 

[Guest55]

perfect solution jase!
a b&q extension or what ever, as opposed to having the baywindow plasterwork slaughered
you know your stuff!( but) you won,t make any dosh by being honest

How do you know the customer doesnt want the cable chased in ?

 

[Guest55]

of course not what a stupid question biffon

no more stupid than your suggestion of clipping an extension to the skirting.
they wouldnt call an electrician in for that would they ?

 

[jase]

the regs are just a guide, they dont HAVE to be followed???

 

[bigbaddave]

i think that a very simple /basic socket extension job has turned into a massive deal tbh all this talk of chasing out !!
all this cr-p about "zoning" is anathama to me
----------------
just put the socket where the client wants it!, if you are spurring it from an existing socket thats on the ring run/clip a bit of 2.5 along the top of the skirting board to a surface box stick the face on
job done
i despair

If your working on Stevie Wonders house then go for it, Not the best finish is it ?

 

[ferg]

I give up.. 2 sockets straight line between them surely common sense prevails and its inside the zones.
Admittedly there are no pictures of bay windows or short 45 degree walls in the OSG or BGB. but seriously why is this even under discussion.

 

[yellowvanman]

If I go by the plan posted, if you go horizontally from the existing socket you can't go beyond the 2nd corner otherwise you are out of the safe zone.