What are my options here?

[DJAndy]

Faced with a switch drop suffering from having architrave screwed over it. Not overly experienced in domestic work so looking for some options on how to deal with it.



My first thought was to have the contractor take the architrave off & then to hack out and joint behind the architrave, but obviously the reason there's a screw in the cable in the first place is that the harmonised colours cable is out of the prescribed zones.

And then there's the various textured finishes, picture rail, cornice...

 

[UNG]

but he'd still be left with a cable outside prescribed zone.

So it would be a minor deviation from the regs how many other switches are wired in a similar fashion within the same installation

 

[telectrix]

still think a quinetic switch (and receiver) would be the ideal solution. saves repair to cable, decor repair, and eliminates the outof zone issue.

 

[DJAndy]

Is it an old, existing situation or has it just occurred?

Recent-ish. New door frame last summer, short discovered and cable disconnected September, but a few floor lamps and a level 4 lockdown made it not an issue until this week - the tenants were away.

 

[DJAndy]

So it would be a minor deviation from the regs how many other switches are wired in a similar fashion within the same installation

Probably most of them.

 

[DJAndy]

still think a quinetic switch (and receiver) would be the ideal solution. saves repair to cable, decor repair, and eliminates the outof zone issue.

This is my preferred option so far for all of those reasons. If the landlord will pick it remains to be seen.

 

[telectrix]

the costof a qiunetic switch and receiver would be less that the labour costs of fixing the existing cable and redecoration.

 

[DJAndy]

the costof a qiunetic switch and receiver would be less that the labour costs of fixing the existing cable and redecoration.

Agreed.

I'm surprised by property manager and or landlord decisions every week, so I wouldn't put it past them to suggest a pull cord next to the pendant as a budget solution

 

[ipf]

Agreed.

I'm surprised by property manager and or landlord decisions every week, so I wouldn't put it past them to suggest a pull cord next to the pendant as a budget solution

If they do, suggest doing it in surface mini trunking instead...... another carp idea!!!....but it shows you're thinking off the same page as them. ?

 

[DJAndy]

If they do, suggest doing it in surface mini trunking instead...... another carp idea!!!....but it shows you're thinking off the same page as them. ?

Mini trunking too expensve, 2+E plastic clipped direct to the ceiling

 

[ipf]

Mini trunking too expensve, 2+E plastic clipped direct to the ceiling

Use metal p clips for fire safety, though....?

Like they used to years ago, before knock on pvc.

 

[littlespark]

Use galv conduit and give it a modern “industrial” interior design feel

 

[DJAndy]

Use metal p clips for fire safety....?

How about d-line clips?

 

[ipf]

Nice one. Sorted it, then?.......not sure about that basket in the house, though. ?

 

[loz2754]

So it would be a minor deviation from the regs how many other switches are wired in a similar fashion within the same installation

A minor deviation which resulted in the cable being penetrated by a screw!

 

[DJAndy]

Nice one. Sorted it, then?.......not sure about that basket in the house, though. ?

Ha, no this was a different job, still a residence but not domestic.