Pat H
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Looking at a job that needs cables running up to a loft space.
Had originally planned a cable route from CCU through wall into garage (part of side extension)
along top of garage inside wall then up through the bedroom above into the loft space.
All surface mount clipped direct.
A good few cables to run: Replacement show feed, New Ring main new lighting circuit.
But looked today and I have a much more direct route via the original gable end wall cavity space.
It's no longer an external wall as the side extension sits the other side of it.
I have the CCU under the stairs with most of the houses cabling already going into that cavity.
About 2 metres above it I have a doorway (from 1st floor landing into side extension) so I can access the cavity space there. 2 metres above that I have access to the top of the cavity wall.
So I have line of sight of the whole cavity run. Can see no issues with sharp edges or debris. Nothing will fall from the top down the cavity. I can support the cables in 3 places along the vertical run.
What do people think? I could go safe and use SWA and that was my first thought but it looks ok to me and saves me over 6 metres of cable runs.
Had originally planned a cable route from CCU through wall into garage (part of side extension)
along top of garage inside wall then up through the bedroom above into the loft space.
All surface mount clipped direct.
A good few cables to run: Replacement show feed, New Ring main new lighting circuit.
But looked today and I have a much more direct route via the original gable end wall cavity space.
It's no longer an external wall as the side extension sits the other side of it.
I have the CCU under the stairs with most of the houses cabling already going into that cavity.
About 2 metres above it I have a doorway (from 1st floor landing into side extension) so I can access the cavity space there. 2 metres above that I have access to the top of the cavity wall.
So I have line of sight of the whole cavity run. Can see no issues with sharp edges or debris. Nothing will fall from the top down the cavity. I can support the cables in 3 places along the vertical run.
What do people think? I could go safe and use SWA and that was my first thought but it looks ok to me and saves me over 6 metres of cable runs.