Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 05, 2013 10:53 pm 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 ****** 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 Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 3Jul 05, 2013 11:11 pm Thanks Danois.
Yes that would be an option down the track I suppose. But unfortunately due to wife stress levels, option 3 is looking like the only short term option Here is a photo. Does it still seem impossible? Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 4Jul 05, 2013 11:15 pm Atreides Thanks Danois. Yes that would be an option down the track I suppose. But unfortunately due to wife stress levels, option 3 is looking like the only short term option Here is a photo. Does it still seem impossible? I can't see the picture, and copy/pasting it into my browser does nothing. In any case, I think you should at least give the chaser a call to see what he says. and after that the electrician to see what he says, and then take it from there. Tapering a wall filling will take at least as long as rechasing it, and you will never be happy with it. Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 6Jul 05, 2013 11:30 pm Yes, I can see it now. But I still think it will look bad. Remember that what you see is without the plaster on the pvc tube, so it will be much more pronounced when plastered. Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 7Jul 06, 2013 8:33 am Does it have to be 32mmm conduit? Would 25mm do the trick? Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 8Jul 06, 2013 10:13 am ed @ ecoclassic Does it have to be 32mmm conduit? Would 25mm do the trick? Ed It needs to have 4 speaker cables, a HDMI cable and an optical cable. A good suggestion though - I could try buying a smaller conduit and seeing if these cables fit in it first before doing anything with the wall. Peter Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 10Jul 08, 2013 9:42 am Hi guys. Thanks for your comments. I sought further advice in a separate plastering forum and the general consensus was that it wasn't that bad and to just skim over it. I ended up going with the skim over method, feathering by about a foot. The house was built by a first-home builder so I figured that even if there is some slight imperfection it will no means stick out as the only one. The back bedrooms were obviously plastered by the apprentice with little supervision. The 2nd coat of paint is drying now so I will post some photos once it's all done. I'm hoping this thread will be useful to others in the future as I could not find anything about it and it seems like it might be a common issue. Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 11Jul 08, 2013 11:19 am In time you will probably find you have cracks developing around the conduit Arfur Re: What to do with a conduit that was chased in too shallow 12Jul 08, 2013 11:59 am Uncle Arfur In time you will probably find you have cracks developing around the conduit I have been told that the round conduit doesn't flex much so it probably won't crack. However I'm preparing myself that cracks may occur. As I mentioned above, time (and wife stress) was limited so in the end there wasn't really a choice of options Would anyone on this forum know of a builder/company in Brisbane with house designs for a shallow block. I have a block 20 x 20 so with front and rear set backs I need a… 0 4728 the conduit would need to be undamaged regardless of what network is in play. The conduit needs to be able to have fibre run through it. NBN and Opticomm are just… 4 2876 It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8240 |