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Are there an reg for cables being above a plasterboard ceiling?

Pricing a job to move a kitchen to the other end of the house. I thought about running a 16mm T&E to a submain board instead of running 4/5 circuits back.

The old kitchen ceiling ceiling is coming down and the rest would be ran in trunking to the new kitchen. So a mixture of above a ceiling/clipped direct/in trunking

I cant see a reg other than buried in a wall that would apply..... it wont pass through any bathrooms either

T
 
In near every case a cable run through the fabric of the house will be buried less than 50mm at some point in the run. (Unless fully surface wiring job)
But if 100% isn’t buried less than 50mm I don’t see the need for rcd protection.
But probably would anyway imo
 
In near every case a cable run through the fabric of the house will be buried less than 50mm at some point in the run. (Unless fully surface wiring job)
But if 100% isn’t buried less than 50mm I don’t see the need for rcd protection.
But probably would anyway imo

Its true. But i dont want all 5/6 circuits at the new kitchen to be on one RCD and i cant wire it in swa :(
 
Sounds like your 16mm is going to be a distribution circuit and not buried in a wall. You can always protect your final circuits with an RCD or RCBOs so if it's just above a ceiling you should get away with it
 

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