"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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TheScullster wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote

TheScullster wrote:

I have been considering how to satisfy 17th Edition wrt cooker cable.
As I see it there are three options:
1 Fit RCBO in place of MCB for cooker feed
2 Use earthed steel conduit protection
3 Bury cable 50mm below wall surface.
4 Fix cable to wall using cable clips, so it will be unseen when the
kitchen units are fitted, routing it to the isolation switch without
being unsightly might be a challenge.

Having a solid floor means the cable is coming down from the ceiling, so
unfortunately your suggestion is a non-starter.

Phil
Well maybe not.

I had a similar situation, although my walls were plasterboard over ply
But one wall was distinctly 'bent' such that a worktop didnt really fit
flush against it, and neither did the eye level cupboards..

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.

All I lost was about an inch and a half of worktop.

One good place I found for bringing an extra cable down from above in my
kitchen was just behind one of the "decor end panels" on the upper
cupboards. I just put it forward a little bit (may have trimmed a tiny bit
off the rear but TBH don't remember doing that) and that creted a little
channel that a (lighting) cable or two could slip down. Might be a bit of a
squeeze for a fat 6mm2 or 10mm2 cable but it avoided doing anything drastic
when I realised I needed a bit more under-cupboard lighting after nearly
finishing the kitchen.

Regards,
Simon.