Hello,

I would like to add some sockets along the lounge wall. Is there a
preferred direction for wall chasing? If I chase vertically then that
would mean having to lift the floorboards above and drill through
joists. OTOH if I chase horizontally along the wall that would save
much of the work of floorboard lifting and joist drilling and make it
a simpler and quicker job. It would save cable too, as I wouldn't need
to keep going up and down. But is it considered bad to chase across a
load bearing wall? It won't be a deep chase but still, better safe
than sorry?

Thanks in advance,
Stephen.