Wires under no floorboards ?

[The Ghost]

How would you approach laying in ring downstairs with no floorboards or joists just bare ground, the property is being refurbished ? Bit puzzled by this one !

 

[Leesparkykent]

How would you approach laying in ring downstairs with no floorboards or joists just bare ground, the property is being refurbished ? Bit puzzled by this one !

Are joists and boards going back in or concrete/insulation and screed?

 

[Pete999]

Do it from upstairs

 

[The Ghost]

Wow that was fast ! Yeh normal joists and floorboards and the way we have laid them they will end up laying on the ground (bare earth) under the joists

 

[The Ghost]

Do it from upstairs

lol never thought of that approach I'll pass it by the client

 

[Leesparkykent]

Wow that was fast ! Yeh normal joists and floorboards and the way we have laid them they will end up laying on the ground (bare earth) under the joists

Why not wait until joists have been installed then wire it as normal by drilling through the joists and clipping to them?

 

[7029 dave]

As Pete said drop down from above. More chasing, but we all have to do it sometimes.

 

[The Ghost]

Client has gutted the house and wants everything done last week is tight fisted and wont allow drops from upstairs but still a good idea anyway. Unfortunately its done now laid around the outside of the room. Could go back when the joists are in. Oh and yeh the client is moving in 5 days from now ! best of luck with that then.

 

[Flanders]

As Pete said drop down from above. More chasing, but we all have to do it sometimes.

Is not how most houses with concrete floors are wired , mine is but as lee says wait for joists to be installed

 

[Silly Sausage]

Just clip them to the joists when they're in, only take a few minutes.
And make sure all the air bricks are clear. (for the wood's sake!)

 

[Leesparkykent]

Client has gutted the house and wants everything done last week is tight fisted and wont allow drops from upstairs but still a good idea anyway. Unfortunately its done now laid around the outside of the room. Could go back when the joists are in. Oh and yeh the client is moving in 5 days from now ! best of luck with that then.

I would of chased, boxed and dropped conduit in from the KO box to just under FFL so all the hard works done. waited until joists were put in, then go back and run cables in through the joists and clipped where needed.

 

[7029 dave]

Concrete floor my understanding that is it, joist on top ? What is the point of that.?

 

[The Ghost]

Dirt floor joist on piers is the plan

 

[7029 dave]

Dirt floor joist on piers is the plan

Well then throw the cables under once the joist's are in situ.

 

[Pete999]

Plastic conduit and single 2.5s then client can't have and not suffer the consequences.