Hello again, everyone
Thanks again for all your comments. It's been a busy few days at The Project, but now I'm back at work I've got 'time' to respond.
First things first:
333rocky333 said:
Some of the work is also notifiable , kitchen, bathroom.
I'm already aware of that, thanks, and have things covered.
333rocky333 said:
The amount of j/bs does seem excessive could you not do some of the rooms 3 plate at the ceiling roses and just some at the j/bs if necessary.
Admittedly it's not very clear on the legend/key on my diagram, but some of the black blobs are roses, and others are JBs. There's a newer diagram below.
Lectrician said:
A new installation should have no joint boxes...
..It is NOT a loop in / loop out method at all, stop calling it that! You are proposing the old school and out dated JOINT BOX method.
The previous diagram could have been a little misleading, being stretched out like a London Underground map, but as I've mentioned the blobs were either JBs or roses.
I figured a ceiling rose is a joint box by another name, but I understand what you are saying. Obviously the fewer joints the better, and hopefully you'll approve of my latest approach.
We have finalised the type and position of most of the lights in the bedrooms, hall and lounge, but the kitchen and bathroom are still up for grabs, hence my preference to a JB until we decide.
333rocky333 said:
The feeds at the start of the runs, would be better than teeing in I think.
After I uploaded my drawing I did think that might raise a few eyebrows. Again, the revised diagram hopefully rectifies this.
333rocky333 said:
He may also not want to chase out the wall and switch boxes for up to 3 cables.
Quite right. Some of my switchplates are two-way, and some are even 3-gang. Despite "loop-in at the switch" being the
preferred approach by most professionals, and there may be the opportunity to do that in some places here, I'd prefer all drops to switches to follow the same format, hence connections at the ceiling/loft.
The new diagram is below - I hope you'll all like it a bit better.