Nonails vs PVC

[cymruspark]

So i'm installing some cables (for cooker, ring and fuse spur), i was going to just nail the capping but it's really hard to get any holes, as the wall seems to be coal dust and often flaky, breaky stone.

So i was wondering would it be okay to stick the cables using nonails or something similar to the walls and then nonails the capping onto the cables.

It's getting plastered afterwards so the adhesive wouldn't have to hold too much.


Also the reg about the cooker switch being directly avbove, is that you can't have on ceiling directly above or can't have perpendicular to the wall?

 

[telectrix]

chist. we''ll be going back to the "which moisturiser" thread next. FYI, i use oil of duckhams ( because i'm worth it ).

 

[NDG Elecs]

Pin plugs, a 4mm bit, clips, hammer, done :wink_smile:

 

[Rockingit]

And here we have a clear demonstration of someone who doesn't have the first clue about what they're doing, no 'training' by experience to pass down these simple skills and tips...yet is clearly practicing on a paying customer. I bet he's his own QS, too.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Don't forget the Vaselene .. you never know your luck.

depends where you like hanging around...

theres the DIY bin for instance...

 

[cymruspark]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

Firstly about screwing/pluging to the wall, I am trying to do this but it is an absolute nightmare. The stones are the only place that will take holes and very often split.

I have managed to drill n plug the drops down to the sockets, my problems are with the runs across the top.

@ Sintra
Yeah, I thought there may be long term effects on the insulation. That's why i posted tbh.
I stuck an offcut to the wall 48 hrs ago and then checked it, seems okay but i wondered if anyone knew what would happen 10-20 years down the line.

It is a supporting wall so i don't really want to dig out
the amount to put conduit there.

@ Glennspark
Yeah I was thinking of that song when i was typing
Think foam might be a little much as the channels are less than 50mm deep.

@ DPG and Phil D
Yeah pretty much what i was thinking, but i know that the regs are usually pretty strict with the wording.

@ Archy
There's a extraction to be fitted over the cooker, so wouldn't have been much of a problem (apart from having to use a broom to isolate I've told him it's getting moved to the side and within 2m of cooker.

@ Telectrix
Yeah thanks i found it on page 176 green osg


To be honest at the moment I'm thinking of getting some plastic, screwing that to the wall using the few holes that i can get and then screwing the capping to the plastic.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Cymru,

Pin plugs are excellent. You only need to drill a 4mm hole (and wiggle the drill a touch to taper/enlarge) approx 20mm deep to knock them in. Then you can use grey clips as usual.

I say the above because such a small hole will be much less likely to split the stone than going at it with a 5.5mm SDS bit. Good luck!

 

[davesparks]

If you've got the depth for capping you've got the depth for oval conduit.
And stick it in place with a bit of bonding.

 

[telectrix]

or dry lining adhesive.