I'm having my kitchen done up with a new fitted kitchen. The cooker needs to be moved from one side of the room to the other and is now way too short.
I've been trying to do a lot of the prep work myself to save on cost. The building is an old flat from the 1800's. There is no ceiling space to use, directly above the ceiling are joists and floor boards of the flat above with joists running the wrong way.
The consumer unit is a few rooms away. Previously the cable had been boxed in across the hall and then run along the top of the wall buried in the plaster.
I cannot see how the wires leave the consumer unit for the cables going under the floor. Would it be allowed to run the cable along the top of the wall at the about 50mm from the ceiling?
Alternatively, if it crosses the top of the hall in a boxed in section, through a wall at the corner, would it be allowed to turn down the inside corner to get access to the floor boards?
What are the rules for covering cables buried in plaster? I gather they are ok in safe zones, and what if not in a safe zone?
I'm just trying to find options that avoid ripping the entire flat apart.
I've been trying to do a lot of the prep work myself to save on cost. The building is an old flat from the 1800's. There is no ceiling space to use, directly above the ceiling are joists and floor boards of the flat above with joists running the wrong way.
The consumer unit is a few rooms away. Previously the cable had been boxed in across the hall and then run along the top of the wall buried in the plaster.
I cannot see how the wires leave the consumer unit for the cables going under the floor. Would it be allowed to run the cable along the top of the wall at the about 50mm from the ceiling?
Alternatively, if it crosses the top of the hall in a boxed in section, through a wall at the corner, would it be allowed to turn down the inside corner to get access to the floor boards?
What are the rules for covering cables buried in plaster? I gather they are ok in safe zones, and what if not in a safe zone?
I'm just trying to find options that avoid ripping the entire flat apart.