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'Chasing in' wiring
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"Chasing in" wiring in a wall, an engineer has refused to conceal some new wiring, and made it surface mounted because he says Horizontal chasing in of wiring is not allowed, but it would have be OK for vertical wiring, is this correct or is he just trying it on to save work! (although I can see a logic behind the statement)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The reason you don't chase in electrical wiring 'horizontally' is that once it is done there is no clue that it's there and subsequently someone could inadvertently cut through the cable. It's ok to do it vertically as anyone would see the device/outlet at the bottom and know that the cable would run directly up from the device.