The Natural Philosopher wrote:

The answer was to instal the cupboards and units with an ugly gap, and
then I made a false wall between them with vertical battens and covered
it in 12mm MDF. I was going to tile it, but painted it and its still
that way.

cables run behind that..clipped to the wall behind.

But wouldn't that make them subject to the new 17th edition rules if the
work was being done now?

--
Mike Clarke