Non-notifiable competent DIYer jobs

[k_d_ch]

Right as I said your going to do it yourself and as its been said already just cut the hole in the walls, tack the cables to the wall (in the whole) and ferment/plaster back over.
no protection needed! Only requirement is RCD protection and correct cable Runs.

im going to get shouted at now but I see it as ur going to do it anyway.

if you need to extend cables there's 2 ways. Maintance free crimps or new run.

lets drop the subject now please

Thanks but this seems a bit harsh. If I ever did this myself (and I still don't know if I will), I would not bury the cables just like that.
Use trunking or conduit, some sort of casing (suitable for this sort of thing of course), at the very least. To me this is just common sense of a job well done...

 

[k_d_ch]

To kingeri:

Thanks for clarifying, I am new to this.

 

[LED Lighting]

I'm not trying to be harsh mate, I'm trying to help.
we see it on here all the time where people ask how to do it then a week or two later they make out they had an electrician in who did it exactly like they were proposing and something goes wrong, and they are back here asking for help.

 

[k_d_ch]

I'm not trying to be harsh mate, I'm trying to help.

Sorry to be a bit blunt, but how burying cables in the wall without any casing in not harsher then putting them into some protective sleeve (trunking, conduid,
metallic channel etc.)? To protect them from elements, add a degree of protection (not complete of course) against impact, and to have a neat job?

 

[Guitarist]

I have always been taught that T+E and similar cables buried in the wall have to have some form of containment (oval conduit or capping) to protect them from chemicals in the plaster etc and from damage when the is filled/plastered.
And that Armoured/MI/Hi tuff type cables dont need containment as the outer sheath is tougher/more resistant.

Personally, I always use oval conduit. Strictly speaking, it isn't needed with plaster, only cement.

 

[k_d_ch]

we see it on here all the time where people ask how to do it then a week or two later they make out they had an electrician in who did it exactly like they were proposing and something goes wrong, and they are back here asking for help.

I was not asking how to do it. I just wanted to know if the job is notifiable!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

is this bloody thing still trundling along?...

 

[davethsparky]

No nothing needed but RCD protection

Interesting, I must say I don't like it at all. what's to stop he cable getting nicked by the trowel when it gets plastered over?
I will continue to cap/conduit cables as it is the way I was taught to do it and in my opinion it shows a lack of care about doing a good job to just clip then into a chase and hope for the best.

 

[Robotstar5]

Interesting, I must say I don't like it at all. what's to stop he cable getting nicked by the trowel when it gets plastered over?
I will continue to cap/conduit cables as it is the way I was taught to do it and in my opinion it shows a lack of care about doing a good job to just clip then into a chase and hope for the best.

I'm the same, plus you have a chance of replacing a cable without ripping the complete chase out, damaging decoration etc.