Insulation around a 6mm cooker electric cable

Hi,

I want to put some sound insulation between the ground and first floor to try and reduce the passage of noise between a living room and bedroom. One of my concerns is that along one of the joists runs the cable to feed the electric cooker. This is a 6mm cable. Has anyone any ideas on how best to approach this. Could I just build a frame around this so that the insulation goes no where near it ( creating a void ). If this sounds sensible then how much gap would I need to provide.

Thanks

Steve

 

How long is the length that would be covered?

 

Thanks for your reply.

about 3 meters. Ive had the floor up to have a closer examination and there is enough slack in the cable to raise it closer to the top of the joist. I can then put the insulation below it ( as its only 10 cm ) and have the cable above the insulation not touching it, clipped to the joist. The joist height is 24cm. Can you see any issue with this?

 

If it’s above the insulation (100mm thick) clipped towards the top of the joist, then can’t see an issue.

Cables sometimes have to be run through/along insulation usually they are then de-rated to cope with this.

lots of houses have cables laid straight into loft insulation and not clipped to anything... not best practise but you see it all the time.