'Chasing in' wiring

[swills]

"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)

[derbyram]

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.

[Maude]

Also horizontal chasing can seriously weaken the structural stability of a wall and cause it to collapse.

[swills]

Thankyou peeps! bit of a dumbo wasn't I?

[Bob...]

Nope! because you asked the question to find out.

[Tweed]

This is not the case. You can case in vertically if you use steel conduit rather than PVC conduit. A nail won't go through the steel.

[marhan31]

The wiring regulations of the UK (16th edition) states that you can not conceal wiring horizontally. A posible solution is to take the wiring vertiaclly up and in to the ceiling, then across and back down again. All would then be concealed, but it is more work and cost.

[Japanee]

I would like u to give me an answer please