running lighting cable in plaster board ceiling unaccessible
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So, does that mean I should have fitted them in my 6" (152.4mm) void ?theshogun said:
Is there a habitable room above?
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lewy wrote:
yes they were, it was only temporary whilst i had everything in bits (2 days) the cable you see was only for the ignition for the gas hob.
What was the big thick one that ran along the top of the tiles then dived down behind the cooker?
Also - your floor. Do you plan to cover it up again, or restore the old quarry tiles? If the latter, any plans on how and with what? I guess this post is straying into Flooring Forum territory, but my kitchen has also got old vinyl/lino on top of what could, potentially, be a nice tiled floor, and I was thinking about uncovering it....
The big thick 'cable' was actually the gas line! Thye kitchen layout when i moved in was terrible to say the least! the cooker as you can see was behind the door for starters and it had no 'splashback' and a double socket above for the ignition, all is now sorted and new gas lines run and the cooker oput in a more sensible place.
The floor may look like tiles but this is not true. It's a solid concrete floor with red painted stuff on it and the look of tiles is only there cause the old ones were there so long (there were 3 layers of tiles/vinyl etc.. that they made an imprint of squares on the floor.
Anyway, I'm gonna lay laminate flooring that looks like tiles and use the 'green fibre board stuff' underneath, I'll post a pic when I'm done.[/quote]
yes they were, it was only temporary whilst i had everything in bits (2 days) the cable you see was only for the ignition for the gas hob.
What was the big thick one that ran along the top of the tiles then dived down behind the cooker?
Also - your floor. Do you plan to cover it up again, or restore the old quarry tiles? If the latter, any plans on how and with what? I guess this post is straying into Flooring Forum territory, but my kitchen has also got old vinyl/lino on top of what could, potentially, be a nice tiled floor, and I was thinking about uncovering it....
The big thick 'cable' was actually the gas line! Thye kitchen layout when i moved in was terrible to say the least! the cooker as you can see was behind the door for starters and it had no 'splashback' and a double socket above for the ignition, all is now sorted and new gas lines run and the cooker oput in a more sensible place.
The floor may look like tiles but this is not true. It's a solid concrete floor with red painted stuff on it and the look of tiles is only there cause the old ones were there so long (there were 3 layers of tiles/vinyl etc.. that they made an imprint of squares on the floor.
Anyway, I'm gonna lay laminate flooring that looks like tiles and use the 'green fibre board stuff' underneath, I'll post a pic when I'm done.[/quote]
OK.
Just one suggestion (if you've already looked at it, feel free to tell me to FOAMMOB) - rather than laminate, have you thought about bamboo flooring?
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Just one suggestion (if you've already looked at it, feel free to tell me to FOAMMOB) - rather than laminate, have you thought about bamboo flooring?
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A gas pipe directly behind and above a hob.......lewy said:
That is open to debate, it's my teenage daughters bedroom !ban-all-sheds said:
As far as I am aware its the old line of least surprise rules - if the wire runs in the obvious orthogonal route from fitting to fitting or fitting to switch, it needs no special protection, and while the risk from nailing through floors needs to be considered, no one nails through the middle of an unsupported plasterboard ceiling (more than once anyway) and in any case if unlucky the cable is free to jump away from the nail -the danger is worst when it is captive in a slot in the joist. I'd suggest the batten thickness will be determined by mechanical strength rather than anything electrical.
If this were not the case, all the houses where the cables droop between joists onto the ceiling below would have to be rewired, but in practice it is floors and walls that people drill into not ceilings between the battens.
hope that helps.
M.
PS if insulating, dont forget to de-rate the cables.
If this were not the case, all the houses where the cables droop between joists onto the ceiling below would have to be rewired, but in practice it is floors and walls that people drill into not ceilings between the battens.
hope that helps.
M.
PS if insulating, dont forget to de-rate the cables.
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