Im doing my kitchen and have a question regarding the arrangement of some wall mounted fused switches and in cupboard mounted sockets
On the wall I’ve got a couple of switched FCU’s.
Each of these FCU’s are linked to 2 non switched single sockets that are inside the cupboards.
The wall mounted FCU’s are mounted in between a couple of wall mounted plug sockets.
In an effort to have fewer wall mounted gear visible I want to do the following:
-Remove the FCU’s
-Join the cables going to the under cabinet switches using a suitable MF connector
-Replace the under cabinet sockets with switched versions
-Blank off the area where the FCU’s were with a flush steel plate or something similar screwed into the back box
-Tile over.
I think creating the cable joints seems fairly straight forward provided i use suitable MF connection methods (i was thinking of using wago 773's)
What im unsure about is the fact that tiling over means there would be a couple of sets concealed live cabling behind the tiles.
Although the steel plate would provide some degree of protection, im unsure of the correct and accepted method of going about this.
Im aware that I could fit surface mounted blank plates but id like to have as few sockets/switches and blank plates showing as possible.
Can anyone provide some advice on how to do this for a DIY'er?
Thanks in advance
On the wall I’ve got a couple of switched FCU’s.
Each of these FCU’s are linked to 2 non switched single sockets that are inside the cupboards.
The wall mounted FCU’s are mounted in between a couple of wall mounted plug sockets.
In an effort to have fewer wall mounted gear visible I want to do the following:
-Remove the FCU’s
-Join the cables going to the under cabinet switches using a suitable MF connector
-Replace the under cabinet sockets with switched versions
-Blank off the area where the FCU’s were with a flush steel plate or something similar screwed into the back box
-Tile over.
I think creating the cable joints seems fairly straight forward provided i use suitable MF connection methods (i was thinking of using wago 773's)
What im unsure about is the fact that tiling over means there would be a couple of sets concealed live cabling behind the tiles.
Although the steel plate would provide some degree of protection, im unsure of the correct and accepted method of going about this.
Im aware that I could fit surface mounted blank plates but id like to have as few sockets/switches and blank plates showing as possible.
Can anyone provide some advice on how to do this for a DIY'er?
Thanks in advance