Inexperienced in house rewires. Guidance needed.

[OhmSweetOhm]

Hi people,

Gonna rewire my house in the forthcoming weeks but I myself work on commercial and industrial projects and have only newly wired houses as an apprentice 2-3 year ago so I am unfamiliar with what should and shouldn't be done in house rewires.
I plan to use this thread for any advice that you lot would like to offer and for myself to ask any questions which I happen to think of!

So my first few are...

• Should outside sockets be part of a ring main or should they be spurred off a ring main?
• Does a boiler require it's own dedicated circuit?
• Is it legal to run cables behind skirting boards or must they be run underneath the floorboards and chased into the walls?

Thanks, appreciate it!

 

[nickblake]

I always put boilers on a seperate circuit normally on an RCBO , outside sockets i take off the ring main but via a fused spur in the house so they can be isolated during the winter months or when not in use

 

[trev]

As for the Regs, minimising disruption is another wishy washy statement IMHO. If it's a requirement then RCBOs should be required and not split RCD boards, which would end the dissagreement and clarify the position.

2012 amendment perhaps?

 

[Guitarist]

2012 amendment perhaps?

Or just 18th edition. The training centres can then charge us another few hundred quid for "qualifying", plus the IET can publish another batch of books

 

[Rauer]

Or just 18th edition. The training centres can then charge us another few hundred quid for "qualifying", plus the IET can publish another batch of books

Wonder if they'll fix the mistake on the cover this time round?!!!!