Shakey

hey no probs Spud old chap

its all good

YTSOxford

Right think i've sorted this insulation problem, but on the current job that i'm doing have come across another headache. It was a bungalow that has been extended out the back and extended upwards with a new higher pitched roof, all in all making a large 7 bed house!! The prob i'm having is whne wiring the ring upstairs, there are 2 steel beam supporting the new roof, running parrellel in the floor space, so what would be the best way or wiring the ring on the other side of the room. I have started to clip and run the cable up and along the roof rafters but this is gobbling up loads of t&e!!! there is a gap behingd the steels but hovers a wall cavity, one of which an internal wall, Which used to be the old external. Can i use this??? Thanks, and cheers lads for your support./

sparkymark

where are the steels? Are they on the 1st or second floor? If there on the first then have you tried wiring upstairs ring main through the ground floor ceiling. if most sockets are low lowvel then it will be less cabling for you.

Other than that make use of your safe zones. 150mm down from the ceiling, 150mm out from a corner. You can't run in the cavity but if this old wall is now an internal wall then you can clip to it if you stay inside the prescribed zones. If the beams are steel or "rsj's" then they will be boxed in by the builder for fire proofing. This may create a joint for you to run in or over the steels.

Its a hard one without looking at it.

Hope this helps