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A. Plaster or paper.
B. Maybe needs photos. The electrics should not really be writes externally in conduit. For non-mains cables (like telephone, speaker, etc.) it's not too difficult to hide it depending on if you have carpet, certain types of skirting, etc.
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Cool. I'm pretty decent at papering so once I clean the walls and get my new door installed I might give this a bash.
Worth knowing about electrics not being wired in conduit. I only thought it'd be a good idea as our old school was wired like that and I always liked the look. Will look into carpet / skirting hiding. Thanks dude.
ReekBlefs
Afternoon all
Apologies if this is a daft question, I've only owned a place for the last three months and I'm trying to get my head around it. Walls in my place are 1920s masonry and I want to sort out two problems with them:
a) the wall quality is crap - if I paint it I can see loads of divots and gaps in it - so I assume it needs plastering before painting?
b) there's no space to run electric / telecoms cables - all the cables are tacked on to the wall with plastic runnings and it looks ugly as hell
What's the best way of making this kind of space look clean? I don't think I have the budget to chase electric cables into the wall, but I quite like the industrial look so I'd be fine with that sort of galvanised metal cable trunking running down the walls. Just not sure where to begin tbh.