Hi. I didn't plan a job correctly when attempting to replace an existing light/shaver-socket with a powered bathroom cabinet. The old unit was fitted directly over a cable emerging from the wall.
The new cabinet has a length of flex emerging from it's back panel, and because the top of the new cabinet was below the level of the old unit I thought I needed to fit a front plate with flex outlet to accommodate the cabinet flex, and have chiseled out space for a single-gang 25mm back box into the breeze block wall.
However, I now realize that the cabinet flex needs to attach to a cable emerging from the wall directly behind the cabinet (the cabinet itself sits flush against the wall so it is not possible to run the cable up to the new front plate). Perhaps what I should have done is simply chase the existing cable down about 10cm and then made good the plaster work, but the existing cable is not long enough to do this anyway.
There are a number possible of solutions to this, but being a family bathroom I am not prepared to cut any corners (including any modification of the bathroom cabinet itself).
Maybe I should fit a blank plate over the new mounting box, and use the box to house a connector to an additional length of cable which is then chased into the wall to the appropriate location? However, this still leaves me with the problem of safely connecting the cables behind the cabinet.
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Cheers
The new cabinet has a length of flex emerging from it's back panel, and because the top of the new cabinet was below the level of the old unit I thought I needed to fit a front plate with flex outlet to accommodate the cabinet flex, and have chiseled out space for a single-gang 25mm back box into the breeze block wall.
However, I now realize that the cabinet flex needs to attach to a cable emerging from the wall directly behind the cabinet (the cabinet itself sits flush against the wall so it is not possible to run the cable up to the new front plate). Perhaps what I should have done is simply chase the existing cable down about 10cm and then made good the plaster work, but the existing cable is not long enough to do this anyway.
There are a number possible of solutions to this, but being a family bathroom I am not prepared to cut any corners (including any modification of the bathroom cabinet itself).
Maybe I should fit a blank plate over the new mounting box, and use the box to house a connector to an additional length of cable which is then chased into the wall to the appropriate location? However, this still leaves me with the problem of safely connecting the cables behind the cabinet.
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Cheers
