Running electric to island.

[davesparks]

I suspect from the fact that they are going to wrap the pipe in denso tape that the plumber is either older or trained by an older plumber and hasn't kept up to speed with current methods.

As far as I know denso tape isn't the preferred method any more, the preference is plastic coated copper pipe.

 

[littlespark]

Drop in a conduit with a draw rope instead of cable at this stage…
Then he can’t complain.


I do agree with everything above, though.

 

[Dustydazzler]

once did a raft of million pound new builds where the plumber laid his gas to the island and the sparks would tie wrapped a 2.5 to the gas pipe for the isalnd sockets. plumbers came back and pulled all the cables out

no wonder sparks hate plumbers

 

[DPG]

once did a raft of million pound new builds where the plumber laid his gas to the island and the sparks would tie wrapped a 2.5 to the gas pipe for the isalnd sockets. plumbers came back and pulled all the cables out

no wonder sparks hate plumbers

Tie wrapping your cables to the gas pipe is a bit naughty though!

 

[Mike Johnson]

I should think that electricians hating plumbers is reciprocal.

 

[pc1966]

I would say put in decent size conduit (25mm or bigger, maybe some 40/50mm twinwall) and a draw rope as @littlespark suggests. You have both a barrier between cable and pipes, and if a cable has a problem (or you need a different arrangement) then you can pull through a new set later.

I really hate it when folks fix cables in to plaster or concrete

 

[Mike Johnson]

Close to what I said in post 3, I forgot that conduit in the UK does not come with the draw wire installed as standard.