Kitchen, Wiring behind the units ??

[TPES]

Ive seen a few kitchen now where the cables for circuits, RFC, Cooker, Boiler ect.. are ran loose up the wall behind the kitchen units underneith the worktop, then as it comes above the worktop its only then its chased in the wall and capped in, Is this method still acceptable ?

I know of a couple of electricians that are wiring circuits in kitchens this way, and also ive been told this is common for kitchen fitters to see..

This way is new to me, but is it acceptable with todays Regs..? surface mount and chased in combined within 1 length of cable?

 

[parlie]

nothing to say its against regs as long the circuits are protected by a 30 ma rcd(to cover the circuits imbedded in the wall if under 50mm).or sockets etc.

 

[sparks1234]

We have done quite a few kitchens recently and generally we are ripping out an old kitchen first and end up with the legs of a ring etc.

We have found agood way of wiring is to chop your boxes in and a length of 20 mm conduit down to below worktop level, theb plasterer then can plaster the walls. We then go back in and put some minitrunking behind the units and use the conduits to push though. I know it is all hidden behind units but it is a good job, neat tidy etc etc

 

[TPES]

We have done quite a few kitchens recently and generally we are ripping out an old kitchen first and end up with the legs of a ring etc.

We have found agood way of wiring is to chop your boxes in and a length of 20 mm conduit down to below worktop level, theb plasterer then can plaster the walls. We then go back in and put some minitrunking behind the units and use the conduits to push though. I know it is all hidden behind units but it is a good job, neat tidy etc etc

So this is abit like what i have seen, Cables buried in the wall above worktop level but then below the worktop its fine to be surface mounted, cliped, trunked ect...?

I can see how this way could save a sparky alot of time but it just dont look right to me, I know it doesnt matter as its all unseen at the back of the kitchen units, and not known about untill the kitchen gets ripped out again in the future

 

[pennywise]

Have started to use 20mm flexi conduit from socket to socket and using the raw pugs with the cable tie eyelets around the perimeter of the floor for holding the conduit in position, then wire the lot in singles in the long run no pun intended it's quicker. The conduit is becoming dirt cheap too, £15 for 50m, looks neat too.

 

[TPES]

Have started to use 20mm flexi conduit from socket to socket and using the raw pugs with the cable tie eyelets around the perimeter of the floor for holding the conduit in position, then wire the lot in singles in the long run no pun intended it's quicker. The conduit is becoming dirt cheap too, £15 for 50m, looks neat too.

this does sound a good idea but..Surely using conduit in the wall means you have alot more chasing out to do to get it sunk in deep enough, would you be spending more time chasing the brick work out to get it in enough, is it not easier to just cap the cables over at plaster depth?

 

[pennywise]

We only chase down from the socket to under the worktop level and then cable tie it down the back wall and along the floor to the next socket. It doesn't make much odds on the time as we run around all the drops at once with the chasing tool and knock out with the sds.