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Plastic clips/cleats

whjohnson
So, are plastic cable clips and cleats completed banned from use anywhere on an 18th ed installation now?

Do I have to chuck my stock away?

If still permissible to use, then where and when?

If not, how would one go about securing a run of NYY to a light fitting on the corner of a beautiful stone detached house without resorting to the use of steel conduit, galv cable tray secured with resin or expansion anchors//SWA and steel ty-wraps which I'm sure the customer would be delighted with?


The proposed cable will run from an existing light fitting over the front door so I guess it is part of an escape route too.


What were they thinking of when they got together to come up with this nonsense?

I suppose plastic wall plugs are out too! If so, what are the alternatives?


Anyone out there with a definitive answer? Or are we moribund in a world of ifs and maybes?
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    Let's be sensible, please! If the exterior of a building has become so hot that plastic cleats, Rawlplugs, or WHY have melted, is any living person likely to be in the building?



    Depends where the fire starts - if in bins (or piles of rubbish) outside (perhaps ignited by a discarded cigarette from a passer by) the inside of the building might be perfectly habitable still - yet the fire exit (or entrance for fire fighters) might be past the seat of the fire.


    I recall an office where the concrete/steel stair well (the only means of escaping from the first floor) was condemned during a fire inspection because the waste paper recycling bin had been placed there.


       - Andy.
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    Let's be sensible, please! If the exterior of a building has become so hot that plastic cleats, Rawlplugs, or WHY have melted, is any living person likely to be in the building?



    Depends where the fire starts - if in bins (or piles of rubbish) outside (perhaps ignited by a discarded cigarette from a passer by) the inside of the building might be perfectly habitable still - yet the fire exit (or entrance for fire fighters) might be past the seat of the fire.


    I recall an office where the concrete/steel stair well (the only means of escaping from the first floor) was condemned during a fire inspection because the waste paper recycling bin had been placed there.


       - Andy.
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