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I’d like to install large TV on a wall bracket so that the mains double power-socket is hidden behind the TV. I already have a conveniently placed ring-main double socket just below the proposed TV position so I can take a spur from that,.. and run the new cable vertically up the wall approx 1.5metres to the new TV socket position.
However, not something I’ve done for a while and I’m unsure of the latest technique, methods and regs.
The wall is fairly new;...thermalite blocks with dot&dab plasterboard on top. I’d like to keep the chasing out (width/depth) to an absolute minimum as it makes back-filling so much easier of course.
Does the cable need to be secured beneath capping (which needs a wider ‘chase’)?... or can the cable be secured by a few cable clips and then plastered over.
Or,...if the chase is narrow and deep enough (and accurate enough!) could the cable be simply pushed into the narrow channel with no need for cable clips?
How deep below the surface does the cable need to be?
The ring-main is RCD protected by the way.
As ever, all replies gratefully received.
However, not something I’ve done for a while and I’m unsure of the latest technique, methods and regs.
The wall is fairly new;...thermalite blocks with dot&dab plasterboard on top. I’d like to keep the chasing out (width/depth) to an absolute minimum as it makes back-filling so much easier of course.
Does the cable need to be secured beneath capping (which needs a wider ‘chase’)?... or can the cable be secured by a few cable clips and then plastered over.
Or,...if the chase is narrow and deep enough (and accurate enough!) could the cable be simply pushed into the narrow channel with no need for cable clips?
How deep below the surface does the cable need to be?
The ring-main is RCD protected by the way.
As ever, all replies gratefully received.