Thanks for that I did forget until the Electrician mentioned. I think he mentioned Aico smoke detectors. Hallway, Landing, Kitchen, Living Room. I need to think about the home alarm as well - totally forgot its best to do it all at once!
I mentiond Part P as thats what when I was getting a...
So I have an electrician out for a rewire quote and he said that he will wire up the sockets, lights etc but I have to provide the light switch fronts, socket faces -which is fine as we wanted flush metal fronts.
So are metal fronts better than plastic or is it just cosmetic?
Also are flush...
So I asked the electrician and he said he is registered and the way it works is that he logs onto the NICEIC website and uploads the data, who then share it with LBC.
Also as I am going for a rewire he said the new regs are that any rewire now requries a new consumer unit. Is this correct...
So I am going to get some quotes for a house re-wire, The consumer unit is 6 Ways.
I am a but confused with the following:
Now who informs the council after the work is done? The electrician or myself?
Also what standards should I ask for? NICEIC or NAPIT
Interesting reading.
I will contact my electrician when hes back from his holiday. But Looks like I will go for gu10 lights - either warm white or cool white but dimmable.
Is there a child safe dimmer? I replaced two dimmers at home as my kids would just twist and twist the dimmer until the...
If I go with cool white 4000k and I find them too bright can I swap some of the bulbs at a later date for 3000k or must I have to swap all the bulbs at the same time or are these downlight bulbs even replaceable?
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Really grateful for the advice on here - especially looking for the voids behind appliances and placing the sockets on the side - Brilliant advice.
I am having 14 downlights fitted in a kitchen - 13 sq metres , about 2.14m x 6.1m.
I have the option of Cool white 4000k or Warm white 3000k - how do I work out what I need?
Yes that's what I will be doing - sockets in a box? fixed to the side of the cupboard (not the back) because the side is 18mm and the backs is 8mm.
The socket will be vertical with a small hole in the back of the cupboard to pass through the plug.
With additional grid switch.
I think the problem with most customers / clients is that they equate the work charged to what they get paid.
Someone earning 20k a yr gets a tradesman to do the job and they work out thats like double what I earn in a day, you tradesman must be loaded, but forget all the training, knowledge...
I quite liked the idea of the grid switches, but I only thought of it as a concern when someone mentioned it would overload the circuit?
My sparky is away on holiday so I am not going to bother him, it's not urgent.
Luckily the firdge freezer sockets can go low down where the freezer...
So I have had a look at the work my Electrician has advised and I am having extra sockets put in where the washing machine and tumble dryer are going, Moving the current socket so it can supply the Dishwasher. Having a new socket where the fridge freezer is going.
Grid switches for built in...
Thats what the electrician quoted for when I showed him the kitchen plans from Howdens. Grid switches if I recall correctly for hob, washing machine, dryer, hood I think.
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