Cables in kitchens

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Hi,

Do you have to chase cables into the plaster, if the cable is to run underneath a kitchen worktop?
 
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Thanks. Having followed advice from my local merchant, using shielding when I've chased cables , I think my mind developed the idea into assuming that you have to bury cables anyway.

Thanks for sorting out my confused mind. :D ;)
 
metal shielding to prevent drilling into cables......
 
mark312 said:
metal shielding to prevent drilling into cables......

The only difference between metal and plastic capping is that plastic is easier to cut to length!
Both can be drilled through without problem.
 
It saved me a lot of work today. Heard that oh-so-familiar tapping noise, and managed to stop just in time :eek:
 
RF Lighting said:
It saved me a lot of work today. Heard that oh-so-familiar tapping noise, and managed to stop just in time :eek:

I had that when I was contracting, you are wary so are putting little pressure on the drill - it doesn't feel right and you shine a torch down the hole and you can see the shiny drill mark on the galv sheathing.
Bit of a bugger if it's plastic though :(
 
you forget, we are expecting the unexpected, joe public will just push a bit harder on the drill
 
breezer said:
you forget, we are expecting the unexpected, joe public will just push a bit harder on the drill

That's right - I wasn't saying it won't stop a drill but just saying it helped me out because I knew what to expect.
 

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