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...

 

[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.

 

[telectrix]

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

with metal clips of course.

 

[UNG]

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

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

Give your installation the antique feel use buckle clips

 

[MJPD29]

Is there no way to lift a board above it and rewire it? It could only be a few metres of cable from the light to the switch. I wouldn't be burying a joint back behind it again.

 

[nicebutdim]

Give your installation the antique feel use buckle clips

Probably used on the cable that originally took that architrave route.