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I am not trolling and resent the suggestion. The cable price is a lesser issue, it is better to have shorter cable runs in any event. More relevantly my battens will preferably run horizontal ie counter to the studs and so dropping down will give me head aches galore. As far as I can...

...then again there's ceilings which mention 50mm from the top and bottom of joists if through joists and as far as I can tell are not explicit about depths in other locations, and aren't mentioned as a safe zone (other than 150mm from the edge), but showing in one illustration wiring resting on...

Timber frame with a service zone lining is pretty typical. It allows a wiring zone and protects the VCL. Plasterboard either side of the batten is good practice as it allows firm fixing of the VCL and protection to the frame. ...but of course as soon as I say i'm an architect you have to...

Much appreciated. ...So technically compliant as more than 50mm below. The only bit that gets a bit flakey is the metal mechanical protection as a belt and braces which perhaps creates more problems than it solves in terms of compliance... ...but then again like I said its not always just...

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And prey tell what do 'the regulations' say to this particular question oh great high priest of electrical knowledge...? :wink: J PS with regard to knowing what they say:

Thanks for your advice.... :wink: As it happens I'm an architect and the house in question is one I am building and have designed myself. When I say am doing the wiring "I" am referring to the organisation and strategic design of it and in this case specifically the work sequencing and...

Old thread I know and not the OP refers to 16th ed. Any changes to this in the 17th...? Am wiring a timber frame house with a wall lining of plasterboard 38x63 battens then 13mm plasterboard and skim for the wiring zone which is pretty much 50mm below the surface. As I don't need to chase...