Sadly where I live there is a major shortage of skills and people don't like small jobs (I count extensions in this category) so bump the price up to lose the work. However if they do win they then rush the job and do the bare minimum. As an example of overpricing I was quoted £700 to wall...
Thank you all for your advice. I think my original question was answered as well as an interesting debate on best practice for doing the works and having it signed off. I'm definitely speaking to building control and will take it from there.
On the topic of saving money yes that is a big part...
Don't we all want to try and save money Murdoch?
I want to make sure I do everything necessary to meet the regulations and build a safe extension hence why I'm asking for advice. Building control have signed off everything up to the insulation and next on the list is the electrics. I'm...
Thanks for all the advice, I will give building control a call to discuss. Hypothetically though, what would happen if you bought a house without electrical certification. In this situation the tester wouldn't have done a visual inspection or be part of the design but would surely still be able...
Building control use a third party to do the testing, and not knowing who the individual will be until I call building control to tell them I'm ready and they organise it I was hoping to get a steer from this forum as to what could be suitable.
So where the new door way is I haven't put the door liner up yet so can get easy access to the cavity so could add some form of cable support easily enough. A radial for the utility room isn't a bad idea but i'll do the other sockets on an RFC.
Thanks for the quick responses. I'm not an electrician but will be doing the work myself and have paid the extra for not being a competent persons and getting building control to sign it off. The extension is a 2 storey side so I want a lighting circuit for upstairs and down, and it also...
Hello,
I'm currently in the process of building a side extension. I will be putting in 2 new rings and 2 new lighting circuits. To get them from the CU to the extension I wanted to run them in the cavity of the old external wall (now internal because there is an extension on the other side)...
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