Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Relocating power points on new wall - help! 3Oct 13, 2013 8:16 pm http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 4Oct 13, 2013 10:39 pm I thought plaster was different to gyprock - being in WA all internal and external walls are brick with plastered walls? Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 5Oct 14, 2013 6:33 am mazstar1980 I thought plaster was different to gyprock - being in WA all internal and external walls are brick with plastered walls? Not sure if they do plaster or plaster sheeting but my old house was brick and old fashioned plaster. The plaster was a similar thickness to gyprock though so repaired it with that and it looked fine. Given the time and skill required to get a good finish the old way I'd be surprised if it isn't plaster sheets. See if you can unscrew one of the plates (to avoid a shock maybe the tv antenna one) and see for yourself. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 6Oct 14, 2013 9:54 pm mazstar1980 Plaster as referenced to gyprock is the sheet material 10 - 12mm thick- paper faced with a gypsum plaster centre and is nailed or screwed onto timber studs or ceiling joists. The joins are then set with finishing cement and sanded smooth. Plaster on brick walls is usually sand and cement mortar trowelled on 12-15mm thick to a sponge finish. For a smoother surface it can be plastered again with a finer gypsum/lime mix that can be trowelled to a very smooth finish. Stewie Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 7Oct 15, 2013 10:07 am Being on an outside wall, you have a cavity between the external bricks and internal brick wall. You can run the new power down the wall cavity from above by removing a couple of roof tiles. An electrician should be able to do that easily for you. The 'old' power points will have a couple of screw holes and holes for the electrical cables in the wall that you'll need to fill. You can do this yourself with a non-shrinking filler from Bunnings, etc. Overfill the holes slightly to allow for some shrinkage and also to sand off to a smooth finish. Leave it a couple weeks before painting to be sure it won't shrink and develop small cracks. If it does, just add a little more filler but dampen the existing surface with a little water first. Once you paint over it, you probably won't notice it was there. I used to live in WA and I used to repair holes because we'd change our minds on where pictures were hanging and I'd have to patch the wall. If you're referring to Eufy homebase, then just put a switch between a datapoint and put the homebase elsewhere near another device in your home unless you want teh… 9 13897 Our relationship with the owner is good, but I'm not sure if I want to impose putting a pole on their property. Your conversation with your neighbour must have gone well… 4 9711 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 14332 |