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Hi guys,

So been in the job for a year now, I have done 1st fixing and a lot of ducting in that time, all in residential new builds.

The problem is my friends & family have been asking me to do jobs for them in their houses (outside lights, extra sockets, 2 way switching etc). I feel like because I've only worked in new builds I wouldn't be the most confident doing jobs in someones house as I have no experience. I keep thinking how would I do things like lifting up carpet & floorboards, drilling through walls, drilling holes in the ceiling etc without ruining the house! I also feel a bit silly being an electrician & not being able to confidently say 'yes i can do that for you'.

I have been thinking of ringing up smaller firms in my area as I would be able to do a wider variety of electrical work and gain more confidence.

Any advice from you guys would be appreciated!

Thanks
 
I'm employed by a company and doing my level 3 at college but i'm 25 so i'm not doing the 'traditional' apprenticeship route straight out of school
Who or what is the company about. The one I did my apprenticeship with, did domestic, commercial & light industrial. It made me decide on the industrial side of things, but I got a balance of work in my 'informative years'. In my final sparkying years, I've dropped back to domestic.
 
cutting and lifting floorboards is not difficult. it's the junk underneath that causes problems.like wet-pants's pipes tight up to the boards. them weetabix sheets can cause trouble as well. it's all down to getting experience.
 
Hi and welcome
Confidence is the thing have confidence in yourself and you will be fine. Carpets are easily removed although a pain start from one corner and pull up remove the poxy carpet grippers spikey buggers them and will tear your hand to shreds lol. Get a good board lifter bar and a multitool to cut boards to suit, always try and cut boards centre of joist so you can screw back in place. Get a wide bolster chisel to push carpets back under skirting and over carpet grippers. You will gain experience by shadowing an electrician who deals in domestic properties and try to focus on houses that are lived in rather than new builds. Every house is different from the next and the experience will only come from doing the work. Search youtube for videos on removing floorboards, carpets, Drilling through walls and chasing out walls e.t.c there is a lot of information out there.
Good luck and enjoy your work.
 

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