OK, so small regulations question please gents. Getting a slightly conflicting answer to this from a search- I want to install another socket in my lounge.
The wiring in this house is typical 70s, and the two other sockets in the room are on opposite walls, but I have a socket on the same wall plane in the next room. I would like to do this:
*2.5mm T+E in surface mounted mini trunking from the existing socket, in an approx 1m run along the wall. (This trunking is already in place carrying network cables, I believe if I add a divider I am OK. Could alternatively add a second piece of trunking)
* Drill a hole through the wall and into the cupboard under the stairs. Pass the cable through this hole, and clip direct to the top of the cupboard.
* Drill through the second wall of the cupboard and into the rear of the new surface mounted backbox.
The downstairs sockets are on a 16a radial, consisting of one branch of two, and two singles.
RCD protection is present.
Am I doing anything to contravene any regs please?
Not clear either on whether I can legally do this due to Part P. It's not a special location or anything, but I am planning to go between rooms.
I also can't find any regs on the size of hole I should be using. 2.5mm T+E fits through a 10mm masonry bit hole, but do I need to go bigger?
Doing this most other ways would involve messy removal of floorboards. (These were screwed and nailed down by a previous owner before varnishing. I've had one up in the past, and they're a pig to remove))
The wiring in this house is typical 70s, and the two other sockets in the room are on opposite walls, but I have a socket on the same wall plane in the next room. I would like to do this:
*2.5mm T+E in surface mounted mini trunking from the existing socket, in an approx 1m run along the wall. (This trunking is already in place carrying network cables, I believe if I add a divider I am OK. Could alternatively add a second piece of trunking)
* Drill a hole through the wall and into the cupboard under the stairs. Pass the cable through this hole, and clip direct to the top of the cupboard.
* Drill through the second wall of the cupboard and into the rear of the new surface mounted backbox.
The downstairs sockets are on a 16a radial, consisting of one branch of two, and two singles.
RCD protection is present.
Am I doing anything to contravene any regs please?
Not clear either on whether I can legally do this due to Part P. It's not a special location or anything, but I am planning to go between rooms.
I also can't find any regs on the size of hole I should be using. 2.5mm T+E fits through a 10mm masonry bit hole, but do I need to go bigger?
Doing this most other ways would involve messy removal of floorboards. (These were screwed and nailed down by a previous owner before varnishing. I've had one up in the past, and they're a pig to remove))