Simple question on running cable along a wall?

[Spark2be]

The walls in my house are plastered block work. If I were to add a spurred socket that will be approx 5m from the original is it possible to clip the cable to the wall? I don't want to chase it in and the misus is not keep on trunking. I'm sure that the plaster will just break away with clips??

 

[Spark2be]

Dead test
Continuity / polarity
Insulation resistance
Zs
PFC
RCD

 

[Adam W]

I know that chasing the wall would be better, I was just hoping for a straight forward "yes you can clip into plastered walls if you use these.......clips" lol

You can if you want, but it'll look really amateurish, which is why a professional wouldn't do it that way.

 

[Guitarist]

Have you tried looking for cable clips on Google? No, I didn't think so.

Or go to B&Q one of their experts will sell you something.

The experts can even tell you how to rewire your house, no testing or notification required....

 

[Spark2be]

Yes I got 2.5mm twin and earth clipping from B & Q tried putting one in the wall and it just broke straight out leaving a little hole.

You thought wrong mate.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I'll do it for him. No Part P, no free money to the council, electrically perfect, as long as he does the plastering. And he'll learn from a craftsman!

 

[Adam W]

Yes I got 2.5mm twin and earth clipping from B & Q tried putting one in the wall and it just broke straight out leaving a little hole.

You thought wrong mate.

You could chase the cables into the plaster instead, then the plaster wouldn't chip because it would be over the top of the cables.
Or if you really want it to look amateurish you could clip the cable to the top of the skirting board, or use screws and plugs instead of the nails you get with the clips.
Or use self adhesive cable tie bases and cable ties.

 

[Spark2be]

Thank you Adam W, very helpful post. It looks like Im going to get some practice chasing.

 

[Spark2be]

Mate I have not meant to offend you by asking for advice on clips. If I had chance at an apprentiship I would go for it, I don't so I have to learn best I can.

 

[Richard Burns]

Yes I got 2.5mm twin and earth clipping from B & Q tried putting one in the wall and it just broke straight out leaving a little hole.

You thought wrong mate.

If you really want to just clip the cable to the wall then if you use pin plugs (available from big B&Q stores),
drill a hole in the plaster and use these plugs they should hold the cable clips well without breaking any more plaster, so long as you have enough depth available. Using cable clips direct in plaster does not work well.

 

[Spark2be]

As I have discovered. That's sounds like it would fit the bill.

Don't you have to enclose the wires in trunking even if you are burying it in the wall?

 

[Geordie Spark]

The new wiring could just go under the floorboards though, which is simpler - join 2 sets of cables in the terminals in the old socket and "splice" the other 2 together behind it.

.......... and if it's a concrete floor ???

 

[Silly Sausage]

.......... and if it's a concrete floor ???

This is a nice house here, not some concrete box in Gateshead.

 

[Geordie Spark]

This is a nice house here, not some concrete box in Gateshead.

rrr: :30:

 

[Geordie Spark]

The experts can even tell you how to rewire your house, no testing or notification required....

You've given me an idea

I think I'll apply for a job there to fill my time in now I'm retired.

 

[ipf]

.......... and if it's a concrete floor ???

Clip along that ?