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Ok so seems that you can install cable within skirting board that is designed to take cables. I.e. is has a cable rebate. See this post and subsequent. Here is an example, where the 25mm skirting can have a cable rebate. I'm likely going to think about running down the ring main via...

The wiring is within the last 15ish years, but the property is 1896. I know the pain to come, but want to know whether rewiring from above is a necessity or not. I'm going back to brick to insulate the outside walls and maybe some inside depending on the state of the plaster, but want to avoid...

Ok that's what I'd need to do in the future. What about the existing cables which run down below the sub-floor. Do they need to be encased in any way, or just pinned to the perimeter wall below the screed, meaning they would be in contact with the insulation? I'm ideally wanting to avoid the...

Ok, so behind the skirting is not an option then. Has anyone dealt with this problem before and now had to rewire the ring to come down from the room above?

HI Folks. Forum noob, but seasoned DIYer here. I'm about to start planning to install water based underfloor heating in an old property with a suspended floor, where the ring main is run under the floor between the rooms. I know we'll need to remove the suspended floor, level the sub-floor...