Recent content by DocMartin55

Gosh sorry for the confusion, I've never considered cellars to be habitable rooms. I guess from the replies that a lot of people do. I'll try to phrase any further questions more accurately. This cellar certainly isn't habitable being windowless (there's a coal chute), and being only half the...

Thanks for that, I'm aware of safe zones, but don't they refer to cable concealed in walls? Thats what the first line of your link says. As the title says these cables would be surface mounted on the cellar wall, which I should have said is bare, no plaster. Anyway the runs would be vertical up...

I'm getting quotes for a complete rewire and have got some very different answers to questions from different electricians, so I'll be ask a few questions here over the next few days. The consumer unit is mounted on the cellar wall. Is it okay to route the cables for upstairs up the wall a...