Cable routing

[xr4x4]

hello, hope you can all help.

i need to get a new 10mm2 cable run from the CU to the kitchen to upgrade the existing 6mm2 old cooker point for a upgrade for cooker and hob.

the kitchen is being replaced and i can see the cable being run around the kitchen no problem, problem comes getting accross to the CU which is in a cupboard outside.

the cable can go through the kitchen wall up high but it has to bridge a (covered) porch in the the cupboard, the porch roof is wood btw.

can the cable be run like this? im guessing you cant have the cable showing, can it go in conduit, does it have to be metal?

i dont really want to get the porch ceilling ripped out to run the cable accross.

thanks in advance.

 

[Taylortwocities]

As all electrical work in kitchens is notifiable I would have thought that the registered electrician that you will be using for this work would know the answer?

 

[xr4x4]

i cant run the cable myself then?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Read, and weep //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:part_p:diy_electrical_work_and_the_law

Now, you may be able to run the cable yourself. Thats the easy bit.

The legal bit is how you connect it, how you test it, who you notify BEFORE you do any work.

 

[xr4x4]

so can anyone actually answer the question?

so i cant do the work myself, but id like to know.

how to safely run the cable, whats allowed, whats not.

 

[Gees]

which way does the original cable run? And check it for damage !!!!!

 

[xr4x4]

why would it be damaged?

the house is timer framed, brick outer wall. plasterboard walls etc.

so the cable will run inside the walls.

laminate floors upstairs, so going up is no good.

 

[Gees]

Damaged cable can be replaced !!!! Think about it

 

[davelx]

Damaged cable can be replaced !!!! Think about it

Yes, but not with a different size and you can't uprate the MCB, without notifying.

There is no rule about not having cable showing - that's purely aesthetics - though if you cover it up this can affect the current carrying capacity, depending on what/how/where you cover it.

 

[xr4x4]

Damaged cable can be replaced !!!! Think about it

Yes, but not with a different size and you can't uprate the MCB, without notifying.

There is no rule about not having cable showing - that's purely aesthetics - though if you cover it up this can affect the current carrying capacity, depending on what/how/where you cover it.

hi,

thanks for that, wasnt sure.

we are getting a leccy in now, as it not as straight forward as it was.

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

i take it the kitchen installation that you only thought about last night isn't going as well as you thought it would?

 

[xr4x4]

i take it the kitchen installation that you only thought about last night isn't going as well as you thought it would?

nope.... never does tho does it.. lol

not really my problem tho, im just trying to learn, so ask questions.

turns out somethings been leaking in the kitchen for a long time and has competely rotten out the floor, so its all had to be ripped up and going to be replaced... not what we wanted...!