I have stuck plasterboard to a brick wall with pink foam. But I want to hide a ring main cable in it. Then skim plaster over the top. It's easy to cut a groove in the plasterboard. But I dont want to cut into the brick if its not necessary Could I use some kind of cable clips to nail the cable to the brick? Then scrim tape over the top of the groove?
Suggestions please
I just wedged mine in there with matchsticks and plastered over it anyway..
With the depth of the foam and the PB you would probably have space to add the occasional cable clip to keep it in place prior to plastering.
Failing that, a wide headed clout nail beside the cable can retain it. Also a blob of hot melt glue is another quick easy way of tacking it in place. Then backfill with bonding plaster, scrim and skim.
I know it doesn't help, but I can't help wondering why you didn't install the cable before sticking the plasterboard to the wall - so that it would live in the gap between wall and plasterboard.
The way I read it, the plasterboard is flush to the wall ...
Cutting the chase with a stanley knife, with blade set at right depth it wont touch the bricks.
NT
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