I've just recentlt purchased a new build house but want to have some addtional electrical work done. I've had two quotes from electricians who are part p qualified but they have both told me different things and their prices vary by quite a bit. If anyone has any advice on the issues I outline below it would be appreciated. It will be an electrician who does the work but not sure which one to go with.
Work asked to be carried out:
1) We would like some down lights fitted underneath the kitchen units. As the cooker hood is attached to a single socket the electrian has said he would connect a fuse spur switch to the single socket that powers the cooker hood and wire the downlights to the fuse spur switch. Is this acceptable? The second electrician said this is not possible and breaks the regulation as the single socket for the cooker hood is connected to appliance grid switch on the wall and then the grid switch is direct to the consumer unit. He said the single socket for the cooker hood is a spur from the grid switch as it has only one set of cables and by taking a fuse spur switch of the socket you are taking a spur of a spur and this is not allowed. I know you can't take a spur of a spur but the first electrician said its not taking a spur of a spur. The second electricians suggestion was to take it from another socket but the nearest sockets would involve taking numerous tiles of the wall etc. Any advice?
2) We want to add a socket in the hall and the consumer unit is directly above where we want to add the socket. Are you able to connect a double socket direct to the consumer unit as advised by the electrician. It would be connected to the same point as the downstairs ring but would not be joined to the ring. Is this acceptable? The second electrician has said its not and would need to be part of the downstairs ring so the ring broken into at some point. He said you shouldn't join direct to the consumer unit unless its on a breaker of its own and it wouldn't be.
3) We want to extend the upstairs ring to allow for extra sockets in the bedrooms by taking it through the loft. The second electrician said it was a no go as its taking the space of the ring over 100m square. The ring already goes through each room so this would be doubling its size.
4) We want to add some outside lights. The garage already has a socket and a fuse spare switch for the lighting (its a strip light). Can the outside lights be taken from the same fuse spare as the inside light? The second electrician says no and says that actually the way the builders have done the socket in the garage is wrong. It seems the socket in the garage is a spur of a socket in the kitchen and then the fuse pur switch has been connected to the socket. Is this wrong to? This is wht the builders did and it has all been certified.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Work asked to be carried out:
1) We would like some down lights fitted underneath the kitchen units. As the cooker hood is attached to a single socket the electrian has said he would connect a fuse spur switch to the single socket that powers the cooker hood and wire the downlights to the fuse spur switch. Is this acceptable? The second electrician said this is not possible and breaks the regulation as the single socket for the cooker hood is connected to appliance grid switch on the wall and then the grid switch is direct to the consumer unit. He said the single socket for the cooker hood is a spur from the grid switch as it has only one set of cables and by taking a fuse spur switch of the socket you are taking a spur of a spur and this is not allowed. I know you can't take a spur of a spur but the first electrician said its not taking a spur of a spur. The second electricians suggestion was to take it from another socket but the nearest sockets would involve taking numerous tiles of the wall etc. Any advice?
2) We want to add a socket in the hall and the consumer unit is directly above where we want to add the socket. Are you able to connect a double socket direct to the consumer unit as advised by the electrician. It would be connected to the same point as the downstairs ring but would not be joined to the ring. Is this acceptable? The second electrician has said its not and would need to be part of the downstairs ring so the ring broken into at some point. He said you shouldn't join direct to the consumer unit unless its on a breaker of its own and it wouldn't be.
3) We want to extend the upstairs ring to allow for extra sockets in the bedrooms by taking it through the loft. The second electrician said it was a no go as its taking the space of the ring over 100m square. The ring already goes through each room so this would be doubling its size.
4) We want to add some outside lights. The garage already has a socket and a fuse spare switch for the lighting (its a strip light). Can the outside lights be taken from the same fuse spare as the inside light? The second electrician says no and says that actually the way the builders have done the socket in the garage is wrong. It seems the socket in the garage is a spur of a socket in the kitchen and then the fuse pur switch has been connected to the socket. Is this wrong to? This is wht the builders did and it has all been certified.
Any advice would be appreciated.