Any advice on rewires?

[Micktw68]

Don't understand your post Dusty, the hooks I put the link up for are to hold conduit in the chase?

The post above mentioned T&E and I was asking why you would put T&E in Conduit rather than single core.

Because the rest of the install is below The boards and clipped direct T&E you’d end up with junction boxes at every drop to a point. Very rare to have a Domestic completely run in conduit .

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Conduit clips mean the oval stands out a bit far @happyhippydad, not much and anything that do t need to chased us a bonus, as per @Leesparkykent i just drill in behind at an angle plug it and then pinch the oval with a screw keeps it tight till the biding goes over ?

I am intending to try it with wall dog and no plugs just to speed things up a bit more ?

Do you use 20mm or 25mm oval conduit for 2 x 2.5mm twin &E baddegg?

 

[Micktw68]

I use 20mm oval HIppyDad ,just need to make sure the cables arent twisted and get pulled in evenly. I use the tower c clips to hold it in position, occasionally I when I run out Of clips I screw a couple of screws either side to pinch it into position. A squirt of werth Vaseline spray and a couple of turns of white tape around the end stops the tube from splitting. Get yourself a Rack a tier cable stand ,helps enormously when pulling in on your own.

 

[Micktw68]

Oh and add £1500 on to the price if the punter doesnt want to vacate during the work....occupied rewires are a massive pain in the ---

 

[Zerax]

Get yourself a Rack a tier cable stand ,helps enormously when pulling in on your own.

+1 for a spooler for pulling cables on your own... I try to pull multiple cables if I can... so having space on the spooler for more than 1 reel is a bonus.

 

[Baddegg]

Do you use 20mm or 25mm oval conduit for 2 x 2.5mm twin &E baddegg?

20mm mate....it is tight but it goes...to be fair though if you are using your metabo then 20 or 25 won’t make much difference...

 

[Zerax]

I use the cheap Erbauer chaser which gives a perfect width chase for 25mm oval conduit from Toolstation.... just needs a little tap with a block of wood to snug it into the back of the chase... no need for fixings before plastering.

 

[LewisM]

Oh and add £1500 on to the price if the punter doesnt want to vacate during the work....occupied rewires are a massive pain in the ---

Think I'd rather starve then do occupied rewires.

 

[GBDamo]

Always worth checking with mortar, cinder and concrete block as quite often you can get a reasonable fixing by going straight in with a standard screw and impact driver, just don't over tighten.

Useful for holding oval until filled, positioning trunking, not so much for mounting a DB.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Oh and add £1500 on to the price if the punter doesnt want to vacate during the work....occupied rewires are a massive pain in the ---

I wont even do them anymore ...