Running electric to island.

[Steviecuk]

Hi all.

I'm currently building an island in my kitchen which will contain a gas hob. I've cut a trench about 60mm wide from the edge wall to where I want everything popping up.

Plumber will be fitting a 22mm gas pipe wrapped in Denso tape before it is filled in with screed and then tiled.

My question is can I run my twin and earth in conduit in the same trench as the gas? I was thinking maybe with a spacer in there so the screed will create a barrier between them? Obvs each respective trade will do the work but just getting ideas if I need to did another bloody channel.

Thoughts and ideas please.

Thanks. S.

 

[pc1966]

I would say put in decent size conduit (25mm or bigger, maybe some 40/50mm twinwall) and a draw rope as @littlespark suggests. You have both a barrier between cable and pipes, and if a cable has a problem (or you need a different arrangement) then you can pull through a new set later.

I really hate it when folks fix cables in to plaster or concrete

 

[Mike Johnson]

Close to what I said in post 3, I forgot that conduit in the UK does not come with the draw wire installed as standard.