Recently had the overhead cable renewed from 2 uninsulated power lines to a new single core insulated cable XLPE AWA style.
Were about to have the front of the house rendered and would ideally not have a thick black cable tacked down the centre of the house.
What's the regs in terms of putting it into galv steel capping and then having thermal board fitted over the top before render applied?
Your question hits upon a similar sort of problem that is often encountered...
Where an electrician does all of his/her installation work correct and compliant with all current regs..
but then a.n.other tradesperson comes along later and messes it all up.....
e.g. CU is replaced and bonding all upgraded...
But 6-months later, a kitchen fitter comes along and boxes everything in. out of sight, so you also cannot access anything!!
Or some PVC conduit supplying power & lights in a combined garage/workshop..
then customer decides to have all the walls boarded to make the workshop a bit warmer..
In the process numerous screw joints in previously accessible conduit boxes are now all buried below insulated plasterboard!!
Your basic regulation questions would primarily relate to the current carrying capacity of the cable..
and how it is affected by your alterations...?
BUT in relation to BS7671 wiring regulations.. it is PART 1, Chapter 11 that states it does NOT apply to the distributors cable..
and/or possibly chapter 82 if you are also a Prosumer? i.e. you a generating electricity, and you feed some back into the grid?
As the others have said... you need to speak to your DNO..
no good googling and surfing the inter-web for a definitive answer.
Oh.. forgot to say..
Welcome to the forumbulator..
the bar is on the 6th floor, (the lift is just to the left of the reception.. or stairs are just past the gents loo's)
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Unless its a Thursday and the month has a 'P' in it..
in which case the bar is moved to the conference room on the 4th floor......
But I may be wrong?