Eh? That's only two inches!
Installing exterior mains socket?
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It is, roughly - but it's also twice the depth at which cables are usually buried in walls.Eh? That's only two inches!
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Yes it is roughly 2 inch, but it is not as simple as forming a 2" channel in a wall for cable, other building regulations concerning stability of structures then need to be complied to, in respect of the depth of the leaf/skin of the wall.Eh? That's only two inches!
Building regs only allow permitted depths, that factor in whether the chase is vertical or horizontal, as well as the type of structure you are chasing in to and the overall depth of the leaf/skin, not the whole cavity! Part A of building regs, if you want to or care to research this!
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A waylex what??? lol. No disrespect taken at all
The sockets on the exterior wall are pretty much in the middle of the wall surrounded by tiles. On the actual exterior wall i'd want the mains socket low. Not on the ground low but low enough. Certainly not up in the sky.
As for drilling direct out from the cupboard, i'd ideally want it to the right of the door as i'm considering having a gate put up to the left of the door (door will be unused anyway).
~There's an electrician coming out some time this/next week anyway as part of another job that's going on. I will try & collar him to ask him to price up that & also fitting an exterior light or two. It's not me getting the guy out it's the builders who are doing a job who need an electrician as part of their job so they've brought him in.
On a side note, would you expect an electrician to be able to wire up some cat6 computer network cable? I said to those doing the work that i want it installed under the floor & that when the time comes i can do it. They just said that they'd tell their electrician as they're sure he'd be able to (because it's wires i guess?!)
The sockets on the exterior wall are pretty much in the middle of the wall surrounded by tiles. On the actual exterior wall i'd want the mains socket low. Not on the ground low but low enough. Certainly not up in the sky.
As for drilling direct out from the cupboard, i'd ideally want it to the right of the door as i'm considering having a gate put up to the left of the door (door will be unused anyway).
~There's an electrician coming out some time this/next week anyway as part of another job that's going on. I will try & collar him to ask him to price up that & also fitting an exterior light or two. It's not me getting the guy out it's the builders who are doing a job who need an electrician as part of their job so they've brought him in.
On a side note, would you expect an electrician to be able to wire up some cat6 computer network cable? I said to those doing the work that i want it installed under the floor & that when the time comes i can do it. They just said that they'd tell their electrician as they're sure he'd be able to (because it's wires i guess?!)
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Some can, plenty cannot / should not.
If they obtain the wrong cable, it will cause big problems later on, by which time it's usually inconvenient and expensive to replace the cables.
If handled incorrectly, it's fairly easy to damage it during installation, which again may not immediately cause obvious problems but certainly could later.
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Cable isn't the problem - i have all the parts ready to go as i was intending on doing it myself. Well, they could stick the back box in the wall but i was going to wire it in myself, but then the builder boss said his electrician would do it. Probably for insurance purposes i would imagine - if i get hurt on the job or whatever.
Or just to charge you more? How could you conceivably hurt yourself terminating cat6? Punching down on your finger instead of the cable?
And what if somehow you were to hurt yourself installing your materials in your house? How would that be any concern of his?
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Because the floor is up with a 1mtr drop (the floor that they ripped up & used their materials). If i end up somehow injuring myself because of this & the way that the world is these days (blame & claim culture), he may just be wanting to protect his backside.
It'll be next week that the spark is out now so i'll speak to them when they land. TBH i'd rather they let me do the cat6 & they just concentrated on the electrics.
Just a question: The walls are being tanked & then the wall that will have one of the back boxes on will be plasterboarded. Do you still use a metal back box sunk in to the brickwork or does it then become a plastic back box y ou'd use? There wont be a huge void between the brick wall & the plasterboard but all the same there will be some sort of gap.
It'll be next week that the spark is out now so i'll speak to them when they land. TBH i'd rather they let me do the cat6 & they just concentrated on the electrics.
Just a question: The walls are being tanked & then the wall that will have one of the back boxes on will be plasterboarded. Do you still use a metal back box sunk in to the brickwork or does it then become a plastic back box y ou'd use? There wont be a huge void between the brick wall & the plasterboard but all the same there will be some sort of gap.
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