Surface mount cables from other side of wall to switch?
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The wall where the cable will be, is this inside, or outside of the building?
Can't see any problem with it from a regs point of view, seems a crap soloution though (sure the ugliness is moved into the kids room but still surface mount cables that don't appear to serve any purpose looks very naff IMO)
If the other side of the wall is plastered then burried steel conduit (steel because it would be a concealed cable and not in a safe zone) on the other side of the wall seems like the best option to me.
Alternatively you could put it in surface steel conduit in the kitchen, IMO steel conduit and metalclad accessories goes nicely with bare brick.
If the other side of the wall is plastered then burried steel conduit (steel because it would be a concealed cable and not in a safe zone) on the other side of the wall seems like the best option to me.
Alternatively you could put it in surface steel conduit in the kitchen, IMO steel conduit and metalclad accessories goes nicely with bare brick.
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Short answer Yes.
Of course cables should be mechanically protected so trunking or conduit if not buried more than 50mm.
If you do use trunking it can look naff.
However using natural corners and full length runs can reduce this.
Example - if you are feeding a point halfway down a wall then don't just trunk half way down the wall but make it full length from floor to ceiling, it wastes a bit of trunking as much of it will be empty but is far more pleasing to the eye.
Of course cables should be mechanically protected so trunking or conduit if not buried more than 50mm.
If you do use trunking it can look naff.
However using natural corners and full length runs can reduce this.
Example - if you are feeding a point halfway down a wall then don't just trunk half way down the wall but make it full length from floor to ceiling, it wastes a bit of trunking as much of it will be empty but is far more pleasing to the eye.
The room it's in really doesn't matter - the point is that the kitchen is 100 times as important so why would I even worry about the play room? Having said that, the steel conduit sounds not bad, although I anticipate there will be 4 or 4 circuits so will be a lot of them, unless they are available for wider/numerous cables?
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Would this help or be of use
http://www.mkelectric.co.uk/en-GB/Products/WD/New/Astral/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.mkelectric.co.uk/en-GB/Products/WD/New/Astral/Pages/default.aspx
If you don't want to chase them into the wall, why don't you put them in surface mount steel, then box around the steel with plasterboard.
Fill any joints and paint.
Hassle free way of concealing cables.
Wireless switches, e.g. the ones Malc suggested will mean no cables for light switches, but what about sockets and other control accessories?
Pyro can look OK on brick walls, or if you run horizontally can be buried in the mortar joins.
Pyro can look OK on brick walls, or if you run horizontally can be buried in the mortar joins.
How is it not in a safe zone?
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