Hi.
What do you do when you've had a conduit chased in your internal single brick wall too that is shallow? The surface of the conduit now lies flush with the existing plaster!
We had an electrician doing some wiring but in one place we needed a new chase down the wall. He did not have a vacuum-collection unit so it was going to make a huge mess. Instead we hired a local contractor to cut the chase into the wall. I wanted a 32mm conduit so I could run speaker cables, a HDMI cable and an optical cable up the wall. The chaser has cut it wide enough but not deep enough. Unfortunately however, I did not realise this until the electrician had come and wired in the conduit and brush plates and my wife had already filled it with plaster for the first coat.
I see my options as:
1. Call the chaser back and get him to fix it (i.e. he should have cut deeper)
2. Call the electrician back and get him to fix it (i.e. he shouldn't have installed a conduit that was clearly so close to the surface. The electrician was the one who chipped out the brick between the cuts)
3. Plaster over it and gradually taper it back to the existing wall.
4. Re-plaster the whole wall.
I think that 1. and 2. would be bad options since a) they will both likely say it's the other person's fault b) it will involve ripping everything out and starting again and c) the timber floors are being put in on Monday and my wife hates the thought of any more work going on once they are in and d) we are living with my parents in law and my wife is keen to move back into our house. Option 4. would be the most foolproof but would be more time and cost and run into problem c) and d) as well.
So unless anyone has any better suggestions I think I will have to go with 3. and hope for the best. The wall will be partially covered with a large entertainment unit so any issues won't be glaringly obvious. I guess if the plaster cracks off in 6 months or so we can address the issue then (probably with option 4) once we are living in the house and the floorboards will have the inevitable scratches in them so this option may seem more palatable.
How much plaster is necessary over a plastic conduit? Is there anything you can do to stop it cracking? I have heard that some PVA on the conduit helps it stick.
Peter
What do you do when you've had a conduit chased in your internal single brick wall too that is shallow? The surface of the conduit now lies flush with the existing plaster!
We had an electrician doing some wiring but in one place we needed a new chase down the wall. He did not have a vacuum-collection unit so it was going to make a huge mess. Instead we hired a local contractor to cut the chase into the wall. I wanted a 32mm conduit so I could run speaker cables, a HDMI cable and an optical cable up the wall. The chaser has cut it wide enough but not deep enough. Unfortunately however, I did not realise this until the electrician had come and wired in the conduit and brush plates and my wife had already filled it with plaster for the first coat.
I see my options as:
1. Call the chaser back and get him to fix it (i.e. he should have cut deeper)
2. Call the electrician back and get him to fix it (i.e. he shouldn't have installed a conduit that was clearly so close to the surface. The electrician was the one who chipped out the brick between the cuts)
3. Plaster over it and gradually taper it back to the existing wall.
4. Re-plaster the whole wall.
I think that 1. and 2. would be bad options since a) they will both likely say it's the other person's fault b) it will involve ripping everything out and starting again and c) the timber floors are being put in on Monday and my wife hates the thought of any more work going on once they are in and d) we are living with my parents in law and my wife is keen to move back into our house. Option 4. would be the most foolproof but would be more time and cost and run into problem c) and d) as well.
So unless anyone has any better suggestions I think I will have to go with 3. and hope for the best. The wall will be partially covered with a large entertainment unit so any issues won't be glaringly obvious. I guess if the plaster cracks off in 6 months or so we can address the issue then (probably with option 4) once we are living in the house and the floorboards will have the inevitable scratches in them so this option may seem more palatable.
How much plaster is necessary over a plastic conduit? Is there anything you can do to stop it cracking? I have heard that some PVA on the conduit helps it stick.
Peter
