Kitchen wiring surface under countertop

[Adam_151]

Anyone got any thoughts about wiring kitchens via surface clipping below the countertop level and just capping up to accessories?

Personally I'm not a fan (perfer to drop down to each point from above), but I've been requested to do it on a recent job because the main contractor wants to minimise the amount of floorboard lifting needed

So who does it this way?

 

[oharaf]

This is common practice from my experience

 

[holmslaw]

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[RF Lighting]

Yep, not a problem.

I have been asked specifically to do this on some jobs to minimise chasing out where damp proofing plaster has been used.

 

[ColJack]

sounds like a great idea.. the tiling will cover the chases from countertop to the accessory..

in fact it's convinced me to do it that way myself.. saves me a chase into the roof space and through the curved plaster ( not added coving, the seiling is 4 inches higher than the top of the walls, so the rafters come down at the outside walls.. )

 

[Adam_151]

It just seemed naff to me, half the plaster below the units is off, so in some places the cables are clipped to brick, and I've instructed him not to let the plasterer cover them (they'll either have to be pulled forward to plaster behind, or stop plastering either side of them). I suppose if you were starting with a room that was plastered out then it would be better, rather than one that the plaster had been knocked off, or had fallen off (type of place where you do a chase for a switch and a large area of plaster falls off, lol)

 

[ColJack]

sounds like my kitchen..

took some wallpaper off...

these are the results..
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[SparkyNinja]

I used to think the same, but then I had a kitchen fitter who managed to put the cupboards up wrong. He put the 800 cupboards and 600 cupboards the wrong way round and drilled into BOTH of my cable drops.
I always made an effort to see the drawing and ensure that the fixings for the units will be well away from my cabling up till then. But now I normally plan to drop down one end and run below. There have been no accidents yet this way..