Need to Move a Mains Centarl Heating Thermostat

You get your rad modified yet? 10 minute job.
Or are they still freezing?

 

Mebbe you should fit the stat directly to the rad . LoL.

 

Hi Fred.

Yes, provided the cable isn't in a position where it could accidentally be drilled.

Where the new location is, the cable should either be coming to the 'stat in a straight line above or below or from the sides. Or from behind!

What about the old position - will the cable still be buried close to the surface on that side? If so, I'd suggest that you'd need to cover the old position with a blanking cap to indicate there's summat below.

 

Depends on the thickness of the wall mate.

 

Horizontal runs are not allowed. Though I did one in my kitchen for the CH programmer.

 

So when you fit a series of double sockets on the kitchen wall above a worktop you should run the cable up to the ceiling (or from the floor) each time...?

 

Horizontal runs in permitted zones are allowed. You already know this.

 

Have you forgotten to take your medication tonight?

 

I though all electrical wiring goes straight up to the ceiling.

 

They do.

Except for those that go down to the floor.

Or horizontally.

 

Then my kitchen wiring isn't bodged after all?

 

What happens when someone runs the angle grinder through the cable thinking the wiring goes straight up?

 

The thinking is that if you are going to do work anywhere near a socket or switch, you should first check in all 4 directions in a straight line - up, down and sideways.

Ok, it's unlikely to be sideways unless there are further sockets very close by. But certainly in a kitchen where you will usually find a run of sockets and switches betwixt worktop and wall unit height, I would assume that the cable is running horizontally between them.

If you walk in to a room, there is usually no way you can be certain (other than investigating) whether the cables to sockets are coming up from the floor or down from the ceiling space.

 

Hi Fred.

The reason we brought up the issue of buried cables is not in case you drill into one of them during this job, but to ensure that no-one in future drills into the cable you are now laying

You will be leaving a blanking cover over the old 'stat position? Cool - that's an indicator right away that there's likely to be leccy behind there. My concern was if anyone was to drill, say, to the side of that plate, could they strike your newly routed cable?

 

This one could run and run...

Soz, I can't work out the path you mean.

Do I take it that you are removing the old 'stat and then using a looooong drill bit to drill a hole from there into the wall pointing downwards (at what angle?) and also to the left, so you hopefully emerge through the other side near where the new 'stat will be?

In which case, if someone in the future were to drill a hole (gawd knows why...) below and to the left of your blanking plate, they could well drill into this cable?