Using old Rubber Cables on a new rewire!

[JohnW2]

Or trunking and then wallpaper over it... classy!

In a house I saw recently, the great majority of the wiring was 'surface' (just clipped T+E) 'under wallpaper'!

Kind Regards, John

 

[danrich123]

I tested the cable today and the IR reading was 3Mohms, which may pass now but probably wont for much longer, so I've told them its too dangerous to leave in, (don't wont a 3Mohms reading on a complete rewire).
But as a comprimise i've spent around 3 hours today getting the cables to the wall lights...I had to knife down the wallpaper via spirit level, peel back 0.5cm either side (very very carefully), scrape a very small channel for the cable to fit, fill the channel with filler. Tomorrow morning I'm to try to get the wallpaper to go back down with wallpaper repair paste. Hopefully it'll go back down ok, as these are the types of people who will withhold monies if they aint happy. If it turns out well i'll post a pic, if not, then I won't embarress myself further.

 

[sparkwright]

I tested the cable today and the IR reading was 3Mohms, which may pass now but probably wont for much longer, so I've told them its too dangerous to leave in, (don't wont a 3Mohms reading on a complete rewire).
But as a comprimise i've spent around 3 hours today getting the cables to the wall lights...I had to knife down the wallpaper via spirit level, peel back 0.5cm either side (very very carefully), scrape a very small channel for the cable to fit, fill the channel with filler. Tomorrow morning I'm to try to get the wallpaper to go back down with wallpaper repair paste. Hopefully it'll go back down ok, as these are the types of people who will withhold monies if they aint happy. If it turns out well i'll post a pic, if not, then I won't embarress myself further.

Don't you just hate it when that plaster grit gets lodged behind the wallpaper?

 

[bernardgreen]

If there is clear access to the top of the run where the rubber comes out into the ceiling void it might be possible to extract the rubber cable and slide 1 mm twin and earth into the space left.

If the cable will not pull out whole then pull the wire out and then try twisting the insulation so it shrinks into the space left by the wire and away from plaster etc. It might then with care be possible to remove it.

EDIT OK you have done it. good luck with the wall paper repair. In the long run a lot safer than using the rubber......

Yeah because ELV doesn't start fires...

If you were not being humourous then meet the chap whose 12 volt car electrics set the back of his driving seat and the head lining on fire.. it was a dodgy company van with "extras" but still ELV