RE: New House - Flood Wired - Am I right to be scared ?

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Gareth,

Cool ! A new house for Christmas :-)

This is what my house is like, downstairs at least. It is possible to bury
cables in the wall - it's just a bit messy ;-) I even managed to keep the
coving and dado rails intact while doing it too. Good access under the
floor upstairs makes things much easier too, as would an SDS drill with a
"skirting board" chasing tool - basically a chisel with a kinked
shaft that reaches behind obstructions to chisel out waste. Screwfix do
them. I managed to get by with a 400mm long drill and "waggling it
up" behind the coving until I'd made enough of a mess to accommodate
the trunking :-/

I used a wall chaser to cut two channels into the wall about 25mm apart,
and about 30mm deep. A small club hammer and a couple of cold chisels /
bolsters removed the "middle". I fixed 25x16mm trunking into the
slot and then plastered over the top. With some better sanding down on my
part, the chases would be totally invisible.

There are some pictures of my cabling in the Yahoo photos area - I'll have
a look for any more that are relevant. You're Windsor/Ascot/Slough way IIRC
? I'm near Farnham, Surrey. You're welcome to pop over and have we'll have
a poke about here if it would help.

Cheers,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Cook Sent: 29 December 2003 12:10
>
> Yes, we moved on the 23rd December and have starting planning
> on how im
> going to automate this house. 2nd step after the garage door
> is to figure
> out how to flood wire this beasty. I am a little scared !
> Dont want to
> touch the nice expensive cornice thats there and it's all
> solid breeze
> block - no plasterboard.
>
> Methinks I should have a flood wire party for you all to come
> and have
> some fun !
>
> :-)
>
> G.

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