Hi guys, new to the foum. I'm a commercial electrician, with Gold Card (for what its worth!) who has done very little in domestic.
I'm at the stage of thinking of going self employed at some point, registering with NAPIT or NICEIC. The bulk of my work has been in shopfitting, 95% of which is tray/trunking/conduit. As I'm starting to think of going on my own I'm imagining different scenarios and I'm embarrased to say I'm not entirely sure how I would run cables in certain scenarios.
Has anyone here gone from commercial to domestic without having much experience with it? Would I realistically need to work with a domestic spark before attempting to go alone?
For example, a mate is in the process of getting some quotes for an EV charger and was asking me how I would expect them to run the cable from his CU. He's in a new-build, CU is in the hallway and the EV is intended to go to the garage, walls are dot&dab. I'm looking at his freshly decorated walls and questioning if this literally requires multiple holes, butchering his walls and making good? In a commercial enviroment I'd do this without thinking - it's someone else's job to make good! The thought of making the same mess in someone's property makes me feel a bit un-easy.
I know this is very basic stuff, I'd be embarassed to ask these type of questions in the real world hence the reason I'm using the anonymity of the internet! Maybe I'm overthinking things, and it's a case of throw yourself in the deep-end then work it out... Or is it something that needs to be experienced before going on your own?
I'm at the stage of thinking of going self employed at some point, registering with NAPIT or NICEIC. The bulk of my work has been in shopfitting, 95% of which is tray/trunking/conduit. As I'm starting to think of going on my own I'm imagining different scenarios and I'm embarrased to say I'm not entirely sure how I would run cables in certain scenarios.
Has anyone here gone from commercial to domestic without having much experience with it? Would I realistically need to work with a domestic spark before attempting to go alone?
For example, a mate is in the process of getting some quotes for an EV charger and was asking me how I would expect them to run the cable from his CU. He's in a new-build, CU is in the hallway and the EV is intended to go to the garage, walls are dot&dab. I'm looking at his freshly decorated walls and questioning if this literally requires multiple holes, butchering his walls and making good? In a commercial enviroment I'd do this without thinking - it's someone else's job to make good! The thought of making the same mess in someone's property makes me feel a bit un-easy.
I know this is very basic stuff, I'd be embarassed to ask these type of questions in the real world hence the reason I'm using the anonymity of the internet! Maybe I'm overthinking things, and it's a case of throw yourself in the deep-end then work it out... Or is it something that needs to be experienced before going on your own?
