DIY skills

[Busy Bee]

Hi All

I am planning on rewiring my house and I am going to undertake a Domestic Electricians course but the one thing that I need help on is where to learn to extra skills required like plastering, making good and general DIY skills so that I don't make a total hash of the finish.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to any DIY training courses please?

many thanks and have a good day!

 

[trev]

Your quote on the other thread is more accurate mate. I'll post it here just in case you forgot.
"Complete this course and you are qualified to become a fully qualified electrician" Clever wording hides the real deal

 

[NigelreoC]

its fine to have your own opinion on these places because there not for everyone but i know you get the full quals at the end of the course i got a job from them.

 

[Octopus]

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Dan won't like you advertising unless you are a forum sponsor and for anyone reading this you can not become a fully qualified competent electrician (domestic) just by doing one of these courses.

 

[Adam W]

I think it depends WHY you want to rewire your house yourself.
If it's a project to give you a sense of satisfaction then your local college might do some part time evening courses in DIY, which would also be a good way to meet new people.

If you're doing it because you think you'll save money, you either won't (simple as that) or you could well end up with a slightly off-piste end result.
I'm not knocking your DIY skills but if you want a good job done then it's best left to professionals - there are guys on here who have been electricians for years and could rewire a house with their eyes closed, but when it comes to things like plastering over chases they'll either pay a plasterer to do it or make the customer aware that they're an electrician and not a plasterer.

Same with painting and decorating - OK painters and decorators aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer but they do the job day in day out, to the extent that you can usually tell the difference between a professional job and one where someone has decided it can't be that difficult to give their property a quick lick of paint.

The electrical part of the 'wire your house yourself' scenario has already been done to death on here.

 

[NigelreoC]

i cant comment on the domestic becuase i did the l2 and l3 but im pretty sure if my boss wasnt happy with my work id be shown the door. its not like theres a shortage of sparks out there to take my place...

 

[DNS1]

Busy Bee,

I'm in Chelmsford and just starting out in the domestic electrical game (years of experience with general house-bashing though).

PM me details of where you are, what you're doing etc and I might be able to give you a bit of advice.