Easiest way to channel wiring in a wall?

There is...its called a wall chaser,hmmm! didn't Aldi have one cheap a week or two ago?

Probably the most economical way is to buy an SDS drill with rotation stop and use a chisel bit. But it's possible to do a deal of damage if careless. ;-) It really depends on how much you have to chase out and how hard the bricks etc are. If not a lot a selection of sharp cold chisels and a club hammer isn't really that hard work into something like London Stocks. The other way is to drill holes along the outside lines of the chase and cut out the middle by hand.

Purpose made chasers are quick but tend to make so much mess there's not much time saved. I believe you can buy cheap ones these days - once upon a time they were expensive.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "dog-man" saying something like:

SDS drill and chasing tool... look on screwfix's site.

Can't find it on their site at present, but I bought a strange gadget from Toolstation. It's a TCT arbor that fits on an angle grinder. There's a shroud affair that sets the depth and a dust extractor for attachment to your (wife's) trusty Dyson. Used it to erhm re-wire my kitchen. Cost about £30 and was money well spent, even though the TCT bits cost ~ £10 and don't last a great time if you channel in brick. In retrospect I could have bought this 85445 SL580 Wall Chaser 240v for ~£70 from Toolstation which might be cheaper in the long run

HTH

RIchard

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You mean "replace certain existing circuits, like for like, in my kitchen"?

No, you mean - "replace certain existing circuits, like for like, in my office (which before being called my office looked very much like a kitchen and was reallocated as a kitchen shortly after completing my office replacement wiring)."

Ours (Reading) still have some

Don't use the screwfix one, it breaks. Toolstation do a better designed and cheaper one. Basically an SDS angled gouge.