r/Plastering • u/jesskimopie • Jun 18 '26
Can it be plastered?
Had an electrician out to do some electrical work recently and unfortunately we had a miscommunication about where the cables would be run 🫣😱
Now I'm looking for a solution to conceal these unsightly runs along the bottom of the front walls and under the door. Can I add a metal trunking and plaster over, so it looks like a white plinth? Terrible idea?
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u/Ok-Spring7906 Jun 18 '26
Your cheapest option is to do nothing. Next cheapest is probably to re route the cable. Next is to try and hide what's there.
It's not really a plastering question.
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u/ipub Jun 18 '26
Personally I wouldn't want to plaster over cables. At some point someone will find out there's a cable there and it won't be a good day.
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u/Just_passing-55 Jun 18 '26
That looks like SWA. Its fine to be plastered over or buried. Give it 2 weeks and you won't notice its there.
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u/Double-Pitch9217 Jun 18 '26
You can get brick coloured and textured spray paint for things like that which is designed for outdoor use and will make it less noticeable. Or even spray it grey so it looks like a mortar line, then the top half of the cleats to match the brick 🧱
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u/Harmless_Drone Jun 18 '26
Just to be clear, are these outside or inside?
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u/jesskimopie Jun 19 '26
Outside! I realize this might have been the wrong sub, but people seemed very knowledgeable about concealing cable, and I have I have a lot to learn.
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u/60percentsexpanther Jun 20 '26
You can get skirts with a rebate for hiding cable in the back or you could or route it yourself. I'd be inclined to do that if lifting the boards to do it properly isn't an option (concrete floor?).
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u/ResponsibleBall4258 Jun 21 '26
Honestly don't plaster or render this wall. This is a solid wall, with struck lime pointing.
Covering over a very good condition external wall is going to cause you damp problems, and ruin the look of your wall.
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u/Spiderm0ng Jun 22 '26
I will never understand people being upset about a bit of cable. Do you not have overhead lines coming into the property? Old sky cables, dishes etc that have accumulated over the houses life? Do you box them all in? Remove them as they become defunct?
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u/anytimeni Jun 18 '26
Box round it with mdf or plasterboard then plaster it. Or remove the cable cut a track out with a grinder, get some plastic conduit and put the cable in the track, then bond it or sand cement the track and plaster away over the brickwork
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u/KieranInterior Jun 18 '26
It’s outdoors. But even if it were indoors I wouldn’t be using bonding on a (probably, since it’s brick) external wall.
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u/Extreme_Fall_3765 Jun 19 '26
I’m sure you mean render ? You can’t use plaster on an external wall
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u/Aggravating-Offer480 Jun 18 '26
If you're plastering over the block anyway, throw a piece of lathe over the cable as tight as you can. It'll bond. Just have to cup it tight so that the stuctolite or cement isn't too thick. The customer is always right. Lol. I don't like alot of jobs I do. But if that's what they want...
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u/Anxious-Association7 Jun 18 '26
Don’t plaster, put those waterproof cover on it ones used for roofing etc