Hi everyome
We're refurbing our lower ground flat within a Victorian terraced house, and there are 2 flats above.
Contractor has knocked out all relevant walls and found services running through what is to be open plan living room. So we need to relocate the service run to the flats above. Gas and water easy. Electrics need the cables extending. The contractor has said his electrician is't prepared to do the work as it involves extending the sub-main cable (3-phase?) which is not armoured cable. He says its a shifty thing to do.
Our electrician, who previously did a complex job to enable us to move all of our meters, and has already extended these cables once, is prepared to do it, using joint boxes accessible to the flats above, all installed in metal trunking. He will offer NICEIC certification, testing to all flats and minor works certificates.
We don't know what we should do. If we need to put in armoured cabling to the flats above then this will be v disruptive finding cable runs, e.g. pulling up floors etc. and then any follow on work required to ensure all fittings in the flats are working. And getting permission to do all this intrusive work will be difficult not to mention time consuming.
This situation must happen all the time in old buildings with a number of flats? Can you advise what would be acceptable? We were also thinking of contacting Building Control.
Thank you in advance
We're refurbing our lower ground flat within a Victorian terraced house, and there are 2 flats above.
Contractor has knocked out all relevant walls and found services running through what is to be open plan living room. So we need to relocate the service run to the flats above. Gas and water easy. Electrics need the cables extending. The contractor has said his electrician is't prepared to do the work as it involves extending the sub-main cable (3-phase?) which is not armoured cable. He says its a shifty thing to do.
Our electrician, who previously did a complex job to enable us to move all of our meters, and has already extended these cables once, is prepared to do it, using joint boxes accessible to the flats above, all installed in metal trunking. He will offer NICEIC certification, testing to all flats and minor works certificates.
We don't know what we should do. If we need to put in armoured cabling to the flats above then this will be v disruptive finding cable runs, e.g. pulling up floors etc. and then any follow on work required to ensure all fittings in the flats are working. And getting permission to do all this intrusive work will be difficult not to mention time consuming.
This situation must happen all the time in old buildings with a number of flats? Can you advise what would be acceptable? We were also thinking of contacting Building Control.
Thank you in advance
