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Probably a lathe and plaster wall. I've used every screw hole available on many occasions, plus a bit of adhesive on the back.
Exactly this - only two of them were actually doing anything. This house has a mixture of L+P, L+P with plasterboard on top, and in one case L+P ceiling with OSB board and then ceiling-board which made fishing delightful fun...
 
Probably a lathe and plaster wall. I've used every screw hole available on many occasions, plus a bit of adhesive on the back.
I absolutely hate lath & plaster.

Nothing to do with my parents house, my flat, and my sister's house all having the damn stuff and needing odd jobs done over the past few decades :(
 
Exactly this - only two of them were actually doing anything. This house has a mixture of L+P, L+P with plasterboard on top, and in one case L+P ceiling with OSB board and then ceiling-board which made fishing delightful fun...

Just rewired a house in which old tongue & groove timber was directly behind plasterboard on ceilings and stud walls. An absolute pleasure to work with.
 
Call out today as a light switch kept tripping the MCB of the circuit. So after finishing another job I called in on my way home.

I'm surmising that some hamfisted clod has knocked a nail or screw through the cable and it's failed over time. 2 of the 3 conductors had a short when IR testing.

Replaced the 2gang switch then had to go old school to pull a new piece of 3C&E through to make a temp fix. Told them they need to find where the leak is in the property and stop that before I do anything else. The back box has almost disintegrated and the wall and ceiling are damp to touch. So will be back to fit new capping and back box once they have sorted that out.

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Call out today as a light switch kept tripping the MCB of the circuit. So after finishing another job I called in on my way home.

I'm surmising that some hamfisted clod has knocked a nail or screw through the cable and it's failed over time. 2 of the 3 conductors had a short when IR testing.

Replaced the 2gang switch then had to go old school to pull a new piece of 3C&E through to make a temp fix. Told them they need to find where the leak is in the property and stop that before I do anything else. The back box has almost disintegrated and the wall and ceiling are damp to touch. So will be back to fit new capping and back box once they have sorted that out.

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And maybe a MF enclosure, you do get some lovely work though :)
 
Ah, I misinterpreted what you meant. Yes I know it's not a permanent solution. They may have to replace the ceiling plasterboard so I am waiting to see what happens as I may just run a new complete section of cable.
With the amount of water/damp they could do with a gel box :)
 

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