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Hi I Chased a wall top of the ceiling and on the corner
While chasing I found out that hole drilled to pass the cables the brick around it was crumbling and loose
I then proceded to fill the area around the cables with morta to stabilise the bricks
But now am thinking this is not the best course, something to to do with cement degradation of cables??
I intend to fill the chase without capping as there is quite a few cables running 2 of which are 10mm
The wiring was done a long time before I moved in and placed in a trunking so they did not carer if they were flat
The other thing is where the cables are running I discovered a conduit running vertical to a switch below so it would make capping over that then to plaster it build mound

Any suggestions would be appreciated
 

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No issue with mortar and pvc cables in contact.

Whats the purpose of the pipework, central heating radiator pipework?
 
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The cables were already set to feed into the kitchen which was done up but the ones am chasing were in the sitting room in trunking
The wall is one brick and the cables are two 10mm and some smaller ones I think 4mm
As I said cappjng would make it difficult over a conduit feeding into sockets below, of which I discovered after chasing in the plaster
My worry is the mortar around the cables will it degrade them and also will it allow the cables not to over heat as its well packed in
 

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Well I was very concerned as the morta is packed in tight without any room for the cables so I thought if I add plaster onto them it will not allow room for contractions of the cables
Right so onwards with mucking them in places after I clip them

Just need to replace the nails in the clips with galvanised ones as supposedly the clip ones would rust overtime

Thanks
Cheers
 
My other concern to this is I did use gripfill while I was of the mind to cap the cables
The grip fill went all over the cables and subsequently dried
Am concerned about the adhesive leeching into the pvc cables over time after I've plaster over them
Should I be worried
 
No it’s fine. Standard cable clip nails are galvanised already.
 
Thanks
This is what am up against, the cables cross a conduit that was previously buried feeding to the light switch below I intend to use cables ties to clip the cables individually on the conduit then plaster over them with a thin layer and then use some gypsum Coving to finish it off
Is this a good idea?
Cheers guys
 

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If you’re installing coving then you don’t need to bury the horizontal wires at all.
 

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