Zones and exposed beams...

[DanSwift1988]

Is the 150mm taken from the ceiling, ie floorboards or the bottom of the exposed beam? need to know if I can run a cable horizontally under the beams.

 

[davesparks]

150mm down from the ceiling.

Though I was taught that the only acceptable place for buried cables is the vertical one above and below accessories. The other zones are a good idea but nobody outside of this trade knows about them! Kinda defeats the object a bit.

On the occasions when there is no other possible route I'd go for a thick steel plate over them to prevent penetration.

 

[Badged01]

Don't understand your question? Its 150mm from the top of the wall if you're refering to hidden wiring.

 

[DanSwift1988]

Thanks, I must admit I don't like running a cable horizontally either, feels like cheating has saved me grief in the past though!

 

[SJD]

On a recent job, the builder explained to me that whenever they fit coving, they always fix it with screws into the wall, otherwise it tends to fall off after a while. I.e. with screws right through the middle of this 150mm zone. Hence they'd prefer there were no cables there they didn't know about!

 

[davesparks]

Yes indeed they do, our lot always used nails rather than screws. Coving installers haven't necessarily had training for anything more advanced than hitting things with hammers.

 

[GMES]

Yes indeed they do, our lot always used nails rather than screws. Coving installers haven't necessarily had training for anything more advanced than hitting things with hammers.

You Bitch

 

[telectrix]

Yes indeed they do, our lot always used nails rather than screws. Coving installers haven't necessarily had training for anything more advanced than hitting things with hammers.

they do come in useful when you need a plumber hitting with a hammer, though.

 

[davesparks]

Yeah, assuming they can swim thru the floodwater to get to said leak merchant.

 

[Eddiesparks]

Run stuff in angled zig zags to keep chippies etc on their toes.