Plastering Over Cables

[The_Scotty]

Installing cable runs on walls that are to be plastered.

Is it against regs or is it just bad practice to leave cables either uncapped or not run in conduit etc. Basically just clipped to the wall(or not even clipped) and then plastered over.

Reason I ask is I've spent some time this week stripping plaster from walls before a Kitchen refit and found numerous cables running horizontally, vertically and at all sorts of angles. Been close to knicking the cables a few times

Had the new kitchen units being going straight in then its more than likely that a cable or two would have been drilled through.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The regulations requiring cables not in recognised zones and not buried more than 50mm deep to have earthed mechanical protection have nothing to do with capping.

You say "uncapped or not run in conduit etc" as if the two are equivalent - they are not.

Capping is there to prevent plasterers from hacking lumps out of the cable with their trowels.

Had the new kitchen units being going straight in then its more than likely that a cable or two would have been drilled through.

And capping would have made no difference whatsoever.

 

[Click-Sure]

What is important however is running cables in the permitted zones or safe zones are they are sometimes, incorrectly referred to.

A quick search of the forum will dig up plenty of info on these zones.