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| hermetic:
Just to add John, I was part of a two man team who rewired 135 village council houses in E yorks in the seventies, a job that paid quite well, but as you say, extremely hard as we found to our horror that the walls are rendered and skimmed internally, and in the days of hammer and bolster for chases, you would bash away for five minutes getting nowhere, then a square meter of rendering would fall of the wall! We drilled top and bottom and moused the cables down the cavities. Some of these houses were wired just after ww2 and seemed to be wired in anything thaty was handy that would just about conduct electricity. Came across a few where the lighting circuits were wired entirely in that purple cotton covered twisted flex (light drop flex) and all the junction boxes were old lead covered type, with scruit connectors! |
| SwarfnStuff:
Hermetic, I seem to recall that in New South Wales here, there was a domestic license training course that allowed you to work on wiring in your own home. I do have a friendly sparky though so that helps. John B |
| RobWilson:
Afternoon Lads Well I thought I would try out a few cable fixing methods today , knocked up a wee sample :dremel: I think "D" is a bit extravagant as bent nails ain't cheep . Rob |
| philf:
Rob, All look good to me! :lol: Phil. |
| appletree:
I think A or B are the most secure, A having the advantage that concrete and the like can be drilled for wall plugs. Joking aside although meant for SWA cables these work well for SY cables too. http://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/cable-clips/cat830572 Phil |
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