Hi all.
Kitchen ceiling has a sheet of plasterboard as it's ceiling, the bedroom upstairs gets both smells noise and cold from the kitchen.
The wiring is all rooted through top (or near top) of joists.
I intend to put 4" insulation on the plasterboard, which will under the wiring. But some of the wiring will be resting on the top of the insulation.
My only concerns are both the cooker (6mm I think, might be 10mm) and the immersion heater (2.5mm,, on a 16amp breaker).
The cables run across the top of the joists, above the insulation but at some point will go through the 4" (100 mm) insulation. In other words 4" of these cables will have installation on them. Haven't taken up the floor where the cooker wire is yet, but I imagine it will be similar to the immersion heater.
Pic of immersion cables attached (megaflow tank with two immersion heaters on it, only one used)
is this safe or should I put the 4" of cables in some conduit?
thanks
Kitchen ceiling has a sheet of plasterboard as it's ceiling, the bedroom upstairs gets both smells noise and cold from the kitchen.
The wiring is all rooted through top (or near top) of joists.
I intend to put 4" insulation on the plasterboard, which will under the wiring. But some of the wiring will be resting on the top of the insulation.
My only concerns are both the cooker (6mm I think, might be 10mm) and the immersion heater (2.5mm,, on a 16amp breaker).
The cables run across the top of the joists, above the insulation but at some point will go through the 4" (100 mm) insulation. In other words 4" of these cables will have installation on them. Haven't taken up the floor where the cooker wire is yet, but I imagine it will be similar to the immersion heater.
Pic of immersion cables attached (megaflow tank with two immersion heaters on it, only one used)
is this safe or should I put the 4" of cables in some conduit?
thanks