RE: Re: [OT] ish Plastering over old sockets

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

OK, I see. I have a couple like this in my kitchen (cable into
choc-block) which are now covered by double gang blank plates (by a
previous owner). They don't look pretty though. Can you re-route/run new
cables to get rid of the join? I don't see any reason not to leave the
back box still on the wall (with no cable in it) so I wouldn't bother to
hack that out, just plaster over. Unless, of course, it's where you
might want to put a shelf etc. in the future.

Cheers,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kw1816
>
> Thanks Tim,
>
> I don't need anymore sockets as the kitchen seems full of them !
> From what I understand the empty sockets were where there
> used to be a worktop, now long since gone, and just in the
> place we were thinking of putting a table.
>
> If they were normal socket height this would be fine, but
> they're about 5ft from the floor and would look a bit odd in
> the middle of a flat wall.
>
> Methinks a quick word with the plasterer is in order !
>
> Ta
> Kevin.
>
> > Kevin,
> >
> > IIRC if you have a mechanical join in your cable then you need to
> make
> > it accessible (to comply with the Regs). If you solder the wires
> then
> > you can just plaster over. However, if you've looking at re-
> plastering
> > anyway, I'd be tempted to re-wire the kitchen and put the sockets
&
> > switches where you wanted them. However, I'm not a qualified
> electrician
> > so one of the resident sparks might want to pass comment too :-)
> >
> > As I'm sure you're aware, Part P applies now too, so I presume
> this was
> > just a hypothetical question anyway ;-)
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Tim.