false wall over internal brick walls

2 years ago

In my 1960s apartment, the powerpoints have been built into the skirting boards. I want to not only move the existing powerpoints higher up but I also want to add an extra one in each room.

As every wall in my apartment is solid brick, I understand that the only way to do this would be to put a false wall over the brick wall and run the electricals up through the gap between the two in order to get my extra powerpoints and position them I want.

So my question is- how thick would the false wall need to be? Nothing would be attached to/ hung from the wall so it doesn’t need to have fancy reinforcements.

If there is a better suggestion for how to work with this dilemma, I’m all ears :)

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bigreader
2 years ago
You can run conduit (small round or square pipe) along the walls that contains the wiring. It doesn’t look the best but is very practical and cost effective. Can be painted the wall colour and is best behind furniture.
User
2 years ago
If you are happy with the walls as they are , its a huge cost and effort to just hide some power points . To a small degree , it will also depend what you want to run . Really power hungry appliances ( 2000 watt heaters etc ) may need new wiring , rather than just hooking into the existing wiring .

But like bigreader , I'd look at coduit , extension leads ( if lower power use ) and even multi-boxes -- I have used individually switched brushed stainless 4 way ones ( about $80 instead of $10 beige unswitched ones ) and even mounted them to the wall -- they look quite classy and purposeful . And if all else fails , using furniture to hide leads is a good idea .
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oklouise
2 years ago
talk to your electrician there's much easier and cheaper ideas than adding extra walls
siriuskey
2 years ago
Wainscoting could be used to cover wiring, it can be full or hip height
Shaun
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2 years ago
Thanks all for your suggestions. I will look into the pros/ cons of them more deeply and share an update on what I decide to do. Cheers!

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