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Customer still has to deal with payment for replacing the ceiling.
The OP makes it quite clear that the ceilings are being removed and replaced so your point is irrelevant in this case.
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Customer still has to deal with payment for replacing the ceiling.
The OP makes it quite clear that the ceilings are being removed and replaced so your point is irrelevant in this case.
Hi!
I'm new to the forum - thanks for having me.
I have a question for a domestic rewire - I just bought my first property and want to know the prefered method for a rewire and if it really matters or is a personal preference.
I'm going to rip down the thin chipboard ceiling and have it replaced - do electricians prefer to rewire from below with the ceiling removed or from above wiring below floorboards onto a new ceiling (from upstairs /loft). The job will include a couple of new sockets per room and an approx 4 spotlight points in most rooms.
Would be great to know the pros and cons of each. Ideally, I would remove the ceiling myself and have the rewire done before a new ceiling due to timescales as my dry liner/plasterer is coming in later.
Cheers
In answer to the many disagreements of my comment, of course if as the OP states which, in all honesty I missed, that the ceilings were coming down then in this case I would agree with the majority do it from below.Rewires always a pain if occupied, whatever, under the floor boards every time for me. Imagine drilling a row of holes in the joist above your head, purgatory, kill your back and shoulder in no time, sure you get bad knees from doing it under the floor, but far far easier than working over your head.
In answer to the many disagreements of my comment, of course if as the OP states which, in all honesty I missed, that the ceilings were coming down then in this case I would agree with the majority do it from below.
One question to the OP, he says he want's the thin chipboard ceiling down.
OP is, or does the rewire include every thing in the house, or is it just in one area for example the Kitchen area? will all the ceiling material be removed from the entire property?
A thought just occurred to me - I really hope that those "thin chipboard" ceilings are not asbestos. I did some work in a kitchen once (not electrical) and the ceiling was lined with something called 'asbestolux'. It was an ex-council house I think. We had to get the guys in white suits in to dispose of it.
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