Hello my name is Hanson and I am new to these forums, I am a retired plumber.
I recently purchased a freehold ex local authority 3 bed property for my own use, everything appears fine except for two minor issues.
Cealing hights through out is 7ft 10inches.
Bedroom 1, the largest of them has no overhead lighting, no light switch, I did not note this when I viewed the property, all other rooms have their light switches and cealing lamp fittings.
I have spoken to the excutors of the late owner, according to her daughter to the best of her memory it was always like this, her Parents relying on table/side lights for this room.
The property was bulit in 1962, I think it unlikely no overhead lighting was installed in this bedroom, the daughter did inform me a new cealing was put up in 2012, for reasons I can't fathom, a light circuit was not reinstalled at that time.
There is no light switch but I am about to strip the walls of several layers of paper, I may find evidence of one.
What there is however, about 4inch below cealing height, is a live unswitched FCU, live of the supply side in 2.5 T&E, ( old colours ), no cable from the load side. the suply to this FCU comes from a twin socket in the bedroom.
I have made an assumtion this FCU must have operated a light circuit for this bedroom, it is a fair assumption but not a certainty but I can't think or see what else it would have done.
I know it's permisable to run a lighting circuit off a FCU but under currant regs can the FCU remain in its currant position/height or repositioned along side a new light switch or next to the socket and is this notifiable work?
My next question is the kitchen has 2 seperate final ring circuits each protected by their own seperate MCbs, 1 isolates all the sockets above work tops including a single spur for the combi, the other is for a twin socket that apparently was used for a washing machine and tumble dryer only, is this set up OK?
I recently purchased a freehold ex local authority 3 bed property for my own use, everything appears fine except for two minor issues.
Cealing hights through out is 7ft 10inches.
Bedroom 1, the largest of them has no overhead lighting, no light switch, I did not note this when I viewed the property, all other rooms have their light switches and cealing lamp fittings.
I have spoken to the excutors of the late owner, according to her daughter to the best of her memory it was always like this, her Parents relying on table/side lights for this room.
The property was bulit in 1962, I think it unlikely no overhead lighting was installed in this bedroom, the daughter did inform me a new cealing was put up in 2012, for reasons I can't fathom, a light circuit was not reinstalled at that time.
There is no light switch but I am about to strip the walls of several layers of paper, I may find evidence of one.
What there is however, about 4inch below cealing height, is a live unswitched FCU, live of the supply side in 2.5 T&E, ( old colours ), no cable from the load side. the suply to this FCU comes from a twin socket in the bedroom.
I have made an assumtion this FCU must have operated a light circuit for this bedroom, it is a fair assumption but not a certainty but I can't think or see what else it would have done.
I know it's permisable to run a lighting circuit off a FCU but under currant regs can the FCU remain in its currant position/height or repositioned along side a new light switch or next to the socket and is this notifiable work?
My next question is the kitchen has 2 seperate final ring circuits each protected by their own seperate MCbs, 1 isolates all the sockets above work tops including a single spur for the combi, the other is for a twin socket that apparently was used for a washing machine and tumble dryer only, is this set up OK?