Hi all,
I've had some plans drawn up for the refurb on my house, it's a 1930s house that hasn't been touched in perhaps 40 years or so.
The wiring in ancient and needs to be completely redone.
These are my proposed plans: https://imgur.com/8cdYgRY
Currently the fuse box is where the new WC is going, and I will need to get that moved into the Utility room. I haven't marked out furniture/TV etc yet and as I've never had an electrical work of this scale done before I want to make sure I don't get taken for a ride and I ask for the right things.
I've previously read people put wiring into conduit and so if they ever need to replace wiring they can just use a pull cord and pull the cables out, push the new ones through.
I can see that working for some areas but with a house of this size I'd imagine you'd have conduit everywhere and you'd never be able to keep track of it.
I'll be running lots of ethernet around the house as well, I imagine it'll be about 25-30 ports dotted everywhere throughout the house so that I'll have to take into consideration. I'll be marking out where the plug sockets and ethernet sockets will be going as in some areas it'll be quite specific.
What else should I ask, or communicate to the electrician that I want doing before he starts work that'll make sure my house is done well, is kind of future proof (as much as possible) AND it's easier for the electrician?
Cheers!
I've had some plans drawn up for the refurb on my house, it's a 1930s house that hasn't been touched in perhaps 40 years or so.
The wiring in ancient and needs to be completely redone.
These are my proposed plans: https://imgur.com/8cdYgRY
Currently the fuse box is where the new WC is going, and I will need to get that moved into the Utility room. I haven't marked out furniture/TV etc yet and as I've never had an electrical work of this scale done before I want to make sure I don't get taken for a ride and I ask for the right things.
I've previously read people put wiring into conduit and so if they ever need to replace wiring they can just use a pull cord and pull the cables out, push the new ones through.
I can see that working for some areas but with a house of this size I'd imagine you'd have conduit everywhere and you'd never be able to keep track of it.
I'll be running lots of ethernet around the house as well, I imagine it'll be about 25-30 ports dotted everywhere throughout the house so that I'll have to take into consideration. I'll be marking out where the plug sockets and ethernet sockets will be going as in some areas it'll be quite specific.
What else should I ask, or communicate to the electrician that I want doing before he starts work that'll make sure my house is done well, is kind of future proof (as much as possible) AND it's easier for the electrician?
Cheers!