Is my wiring ok

[Taylortwocities]

Absolutely NOT!!!

You could route the cables vertically down in the corner (maximum 150mm from the corner). At some point you would need to turn left and then run horizontally to where the "RCD box" is.

See WIKI http://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:walls

 

[leeandra]

Roughly what would a sparky charge me to rectify this then?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Probably a couple of hours work. It depends on a few factors so you need to get a couple of quotes.
£ per hour depends on where you live.
Chelsea is much more expensive than Hull, for instance.

 

[rsgaz]

route the cables vertically down in the corner

TTC,

Are you maybe seeing the same illusion I saw at first, thinking that the 'proper' vertical line down the centre of the picture is a 90° corner? This is one flat wall we're seeing, I think it's just a shadow, so there'll be a lot more to it than a 'couple of hours work' I would have thought.

Gaz

 

[leeandra]

so there'll be a lot more to it than a 'couple of hours work' I would have thought.

owch

I was hoping that some kind of earthed steel conduit or plate would be the answer lol.

Once again cheers for the feedback. ill bite the bullet and get an electrician in when i have some spare cash.

 

[Iggifer]

Well you could use earthed steel conduit, but that's probably more involved/time consuming than re-routing/replacing the existing T+E.

Either solution is not going to be damage free, that much is certain. Unless the electrician can find another route and completely replace the cables - perhaps up through the understairs cupboard into the floor upstairs

 

[Taylortwocities]

route the cables vertically down in the corner

TTC,

Are you maybe seeing the same illusion I saw at first, thinking that the 'proper' vertical line down the centre of the picture is a 90° corner? This is one flat wall we're seeing, I think it's just a shadow, so there'll be a lot more to it than a 'couple of hours work' I would have thought.

EDIT

In any case, unless the safe zone rules are followed, then special cables or earthed steel conduit must be used if the wiring is less than 50mm from the surface (and it will be).

Would need to see a plan view of teh room. How far away is the wall to the stairs?
What is the floor made of?
All sorts of questions..needs an electrician on site

 

[leeandra]

Here are 2 more images. hope this makes it clearer.

 

[EFLImpudence]

How can that be one flat wall? They are two at right angle to each other.



Do you think your house only has one wall holding up the roof?

 

[leeandra]

How can that be one flat wall? They are two at right angle to each other.



Do you think your house only has one wall holding up the roof?

LOL

its all one flat wall (visible in the picture) the other 3 walls holding the house up are NOT in the picture!

 

[EFLImpudence]

I do beg your pardon. I was mistaken but it really does look like the corner of a room.

Now I realise, I can see it.

 

[leeandra]

Lol no problem. Poor pictures to be fair.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I was hoping that some kind of earthed steel conduit or plate would be the answer lol.

That would still need the wall to be chased, and made good etc.

 

[sparkwright]

It looks like that is on an outside wall.

Chances are an electrician would simply run the wires inside the brick cavity.

However this is wrong too.

Though the wires would be safer there from a drilling point of view, it wouldn't be right.

As I understand it, only meter tails are allowed in cavities.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

AFAIK, nothing is explicitly not allowed in cavities.

There are building issues re bridging the cavity, and cabling ones re long unsupported vertical drops, and there's the potential for adverse environmental conditions to be created, or installation methods to be changed, by post-construction introduction of CWI, but not to my knowledge any prohibition of using cavities for cables.