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I was questioning myself as I wrote it. I have done it before but didn't think it was allowed. Maybe someone else can confirm. Further searching reveals it's muddy waters.
The underfloor route would often be preferred as corners tend to have a bit more going on structurally but that depends on the age and construction and I think you're in a new build?
I see now why you are thinking trunking would ensure the wires stay on the horizontal. In my experience trunking is not often used in walls. There's a type of capping which is useful in solid walls if you are plastering over the chase.
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Thanks. Definitely not going through the floor for a 2m run, especially as the new socket location is in eaves with nothing behind it. Should be easy to drill through in the corner.
I think I'm going to go with some oval conduit / conduit clips.
Assuming some pre-mix plaster to fill the hole then a skim of fine filler should do the trick? I'm hoping that I can get away with leaving a lot of the plaster in place by cutting only where there are dots behind the board and feeding the conduit through.
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I just had a real electrician (tm) do some corners for me. Chased into plaster walls. He isn’t the type to fuck about with noncompliance - he suggested corners as a good spot to spur through from other rooms if necessary, and mentioned safe zones exactly as described above.
Think you’re good.
Soul
kkg337
I thought the safe zones were horizontal including corners...
I'll be running the socket horizontally from the socket, and the new socket will be at the same height.