Help ?
Any guidance / hints gratefully accepted.
Any guidance / hints gratefully accepted.
Surface Mounting on a Stone Wall
- Thread starter grettonman
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Pyro.
Does black blend well with Cotswold stone? 
Conduit or pyro on the outside of the house, just come through the wall into the back of metal surface mounted acessories.
It'd end up like a cross between a picture postcard cottage and the new part of the Bass brewery in Burton-on-Trent. Something for the roses to grow up at least.
Seriously though, conduit doesn't float everybodys boat so why not compromise and only have your sockets and switches on walls that are plastered and leave some as bare brick/stone as features.
Takes me back to a warehouse conversion I worked on, almost all bare brick, the conduit looked really good as we all really took the time to get it just right, wish I'd not lost the pictures, as it was proper sparky-porn!
It'd end up like a cross between a picture postcard cottage and the new part of the Bass brewery in Burton-on-Trent. Something for the roses to grow up at least.
Seriously though, conduit doesn't float everybodys boat so why not compromise and only have your sockets and switches on walls that are plastered and leave some as bare brick/stone as features.
Takes me back to a warehouse conversion I worked on, almost all bare brick, the conduit looked really good as we all really took the time to get it just right, wish I'd not lost the pictures, as it was proper sparky-porn!
Might not work - maybe there are no plastered walls or maybe they aren't where outlets have to be.
Some random ideas:
If there are mortar joints you might be able to bury pyro in those.
You might be able to use floor sockets instead of wall mounted ones.
Remote control switches with hand-held zappers could avoid the need for switches on walls.
Remote control self-powered switches will mean no wiring on/in the walls.
Saw a conservatory/hot house once (i.e. full of plants, not wicker furniture), and they'd done the wiring in surface mounted copper tube (prob 22mm plumbing stuff), left to go a naturally mottled green - looked great.
Did someone mention pyro? 
Down, boy!
Had to join to say say thanks. We have just bought a house that needs a re wire. Its all exposed Stone walls and didnt want black/galv conduit, the Copper sounds really nice.
I suppose this is do-able with the addition of some extra bonding?
Just the normal earthing that you'd have with normal conduit.
The biggest problem will be how to join 15 or 22mm copper pipe to socket & switch boxes. You can get surface mount metal boxes without knockouts, so I guess you could cut holes the right size and use tank connectors
I assume you'll have something like these on the walls?:
TBH I can't remember what the place I saw had used for accessories.
You might be better off finding paint which is a good match for the finish on the accessories you use and paint regular conduit.
Or use an electrician who is good at installing pyro (you will need to check - not all of them can do it, and I would suggest taking up references for it, as if it's not done well it looks carp).
If RF can control his trembling hands when he looks at them, maybe he'll post some photos of what well installed pyro looks like.
The biggest problem will be how to join 15 or 22mm copper pipe to socket & switch boxes. You can get surface mount metal boxes without knockouts, so I guess you could cut holes the right size and use tank connectors
I assume you'll have something like these on the walls?:
TBH I can't remember what the place I saw had used for accessories.
You might be better off finding paint which is a good match for the finish on the accessories you use and paint regular conduit.
Or use an electrician who is good at installing pyro (you will need to check - not all of them can do it, and I would suggest taking up references for it, as if it's not done well it looks carp).
If RF can control his trembling hands when he looks at them, maybe he'll post some photos of what well installed pyro looks like.
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