Ok hopefully won't get too much flaming on here as I usually do! lol
My brother and I are renovating a 300 year old house. The main supply comes down the exterior of the chimney stack. DNO has agreed to move this to floor level as the chimney and roof will come off in the spring with a new box on the exterior with the meter
The current CU is located at the top of the landing along with the meter, two boxes for storage heaters and the CU
I have just recently installed a full new ring main upstairs as when tested we found a number of faults so I chased the walls out added new sockets and this has been signed off by BC along with the new bathroom (different location to old)
We have decided to put the new CU downstairs in the utility room along with the storage heater units as it is immensely unsightly mess at the top of the landing .
I have had a couple of electricians come round to price up the job as I have only ever fitted a brand new CU and a full rewire to a bungalow we converted and the whole place was dot and dabbed so it made the rewire very easy. This one I'm not sure of so thought I would get someone in with more experience then me.
I have had two suggestions 1 electrician said a full rewire of the whole house would be required
The second guy has said extend the ring mains/lights/storage heater cabling upstairs so it can be connected to the CU in the utility room and adjust downstairs cabling to suit as it would be longer. He mentioned multiple junction boxes being located in the loft to extend the cable?
I have never done this before but have come across a load of 30amp junction boxes buried under an upstairs floor where someone had fitted a new CU and extended the cabling and the property had been issued with a cert. I only found this out to repair squeaky floorboards!
I'm looking for some advice really. How should this be done? I want it to be done in the safest way adhering to the elec regs and no shortcuts taken.
Has anyone had any experience in this?
Thanks
My brother and I are renovating a 300 year old house. The main supply comes down the exterior of the chimney stack. DNO has agreed to move this to floor level as the chimney and roof will come off in the spring with a new box on the exterior with the meter
The current CU is located at the top of the landing along with the meter, two boxes for storage heaters and the CU
I have just recently installed a full new ring main upstairs as when tested we found a number of faults so I chased the walls out added new sockets and this has been signed off by BC along with the new bathroom (different location to old)
We have decided to put the new CU downstairs in the utility room along with the storage heater units as it is immensely unsightly mess at the top of the landing .
I have had a couple of electricians come round to price up the job as I have only ever fitted a brand new CU and a full rewire to a bungalow we converted and the whole place was dot and dabbed so it made the rewire very easy. This one I'm not sure of so thought I would get someone in with more experience then me.
I have had two suggestions 1 electrician said a full rewire of the whole house would be required
The second guy has said extend the ring mains/lights/storage heater cabling upstairs so it can be connected to the CU in the utility room and adjust downstairs cabling to suit as it would be longer. He mentioned multiple junction boxes being located in the loft to extend the cable?
I have never done this before but have come across a load of 30amp junction boxes buried under an upstairs floor where someone had fitted a new CU and extended the cabling and the property had been issued with a cert. I only found this out to repair squeaky floorboards!
I'm looking for some advice really. How should this be done? I want it to be done in the safest way adhering to the elec regs and no shortcuts taken.
Has anyone had any experience in this?
Thanks