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Extending socket/Insulated plasterboard

Darando · 2022-02-22 13:00:44

Want to install another socket to lower position below an original socket (tv point). I know it's the end of a radial. The wall is insulated plasterboard (I know as oval conduit appears in the attic for the cable and in the backbox). My question is before I ask in the sparks in to do the work, will the wall have to be…

22-02-2022 01:00PM

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Darando

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Want to install another socket to lower position below an original socket (tv point). I know it's the end of a radial.
The wall is insulated plasterboard (I know as oval conduit appears in the attic for the cable and in the backbox). My question is before I ask in the sparks in to do the work, will the wall have to be chased/channelled to install a new piece of oval conduit, or can the insulation behind be pushed out by some conduit without touching the finished plaster. Distance is about 700mm. Or is it a case of smash out the channel/install conduit and make good over the conduit? Just so I can tell herself before it all starts :)

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#2 22-02-2022 07:27PM

Bruthal.

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Yes it should be possible to get through that distance without damaging the finished plaster, barring any unforseen problems.

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