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To be clear: I will have a qualified electrician doing work for me and I have discussed this with them. I am looking for general advice to help my planning
I’m having a new CU installed prior to a garage conversion (conversion to be done by me). Current CU is on external cavity wall which will be later brought out in stud and insulation.
My dilemma is
1) is it permissible to stud and insulate around a CU if it were now installed on the block work? (I’m aware of access requirements)
2) if not permissible, or just not a good idea, is there anything I could do ahead of the electrician coming (short of building the entire stud wall)?
This feels like a common problem in retrofits/ renovations and wondered what solutions get used. I did speak about this to my electrician when he came to quote but I don’t really remember a clear ‘this is what we’ll do’.
I’m having a new CU installed prior to a garage conversion (conversion to be done by me). Current CU is on external cavity wall which will be later brought out in stud and insulation.
My dilemma is
1) is it permissible to stud and insulate around a CU if it were now installed on the block work? (I’m aware of access requirements)
2) if not permissible, or just not a good idea, is there anything I could do ahead of the electrician coming (short of building the entire stud wall)?
This feels like a common problem in retrofits/ renovations and wondered what solutions get used. I did speak about this to my electrician when he came to quote but I don’t really remember a clear ‘this is what we’ll do’.