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So would it be ok if I have the 50mm as described above, or would you just avoid it? (taking into account the rcd as accepted!)

If I can get it to 50mm softus, what should I use for protection?

I've got 130mm from one edge of the wall to the other. Even with the safety distance, should I protect it?

Apologies, you confused me talking about external doors and rcd's etc. I didn't mean to come across as abrupt. Neither socket is or would be near an external door. I didn't know the answers with regards to the information you provided about the heater. I have just been looking around and...

would it be ok with refererence to the needing rcd's if its near an external door etc. All I want to do is run a spur 10 feet from a ringmained single socket to give me a spurred single/double socket at the other end of the room. I can't afford to get a sparky in, so if it's not a straight...

Its on a run of internal wall between two internal doors (hall and kitchen) would this be ok?

No. Unless you bury the cable more than 50mm from the wall surface then behind the skirting it will have to be run inside earthed metal conduit. If it is like my bedroom where I replaced the skirting, there is a pretty big gap already, so if I dug this out to 50mm min and used metal conduit I...

Unsure of what I or anyone else would ever screw into a skirting board, but thanks anyway!!

Hi everyone, first time poster, long time visitor for useful advice!! I am looking to run a spur in my living room. I have a 12 foot long wall, with a single socket (which isn't a spur) at one end of the room. Unfortunately Mrs H wanted the TV etc at the other end of the room where there is...