Recess electrical in exterior wall

[frullster]

Hi,

I am renovating my 1940s kitchen and plan to embed electrical conduit and boxes.

I intended to rout in the conduit and then put plasterboard on top, but the problem I encountered is that the boxes I find are 50mm deep, which means I have to rout quite deeply into the standing paneling, which is the existing interior wall (I have removed the chipboard that was on before) in order to get the boxes flush with the plasterboard.

The question is simply, can this be done or is this standing paneling load-bearing? The boards that make up the paneling are 50mm thick.

Attached is a photo of a routing I've already done.

Thanks in advance

 

[Josth]

I think you should build an installation layer inside with 45×45 mm studs, at least on the exterior walls. There you place all the electrical conduits and extra insulation. Then OSB and plasterboard. It will make solid walls.

 

[frullster]

I think you should build an installation layer inside using 45×45 mm studs, at least on the exterior walls. That's where you place all the electrical conduits and extra insulation. Then OSB and drywall. Makes for solid walls.

I have considered that too, but there are surface-mounted pipes for the radiator system running along the exterior wall with the window, which would make the installation layer very deep. Plus, there are joints in the pipes, making me reluctant to build around them. Re-routing these pipes without joints is possible, but the budget is, of course, also a constraint.

Admittedly, the water pipes are in a place where I wasn't planning to conceal electrical conduits, with the window in between, but it seems like it would look odd with different depths for the window trim.