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haha dont go down the line of the forum standard murdo (get a professional in) these forums are there for advice so why should multiple posts asking for help and advice matter but to cover your point ive spoken to some local sparks who are not so keen unless they are doing the full job them...

Ow ok so when folk talk about a poor designed system they mean in the sense of practicability more then safety using your example there doing a ring circuit for """1 socket in the bathroom"" there no safety issue doing this just a waste of cable i remember when i spoke to one of my...

yeah i agree... but you get some that say its not as simple as running cable A-B but it pritty much is aslong as common sense is used aswell as the correct rated rcbo for the cable its protecting and aswell as the correct size cable for the load in domestic house 99 percent time would 2.5mm /...

Small 2 bed cottage yeah so thats what i mean if not 3200 then even 4k/5k so diy building control route even if it was 2k with inspections its still gonna be a 2k saving

Ok so if thats the process then i just need to find the exacts costings from building control even if building control charge the said 1000k and the materials 600 quid thats still probably half the price of what a trade would charge to do the job i can see something on my local council website...

Thanks again for the replies , i got the energy supplier to install a isolator couple months ago so i wont be pulling any mains fuse but yeah regarding smoke alarms i feel there a personal choice battery alarms did good enough for years and i dont even have any in my current home but yeah...

Here is prime example made by the folk who dont like DIY rewire... i mean come on there is being competent and being totally stupid surly any fool would isolate the mains before ripping out cables..

Another question to ask where would you stand if you ran all the new cables your self fitted all new sockets and everything and wired it into the old board then got a spark in to changed the board to a new board would it all be then certified and signed off all good ?

Yeah i wont be putting in any hard wired smoke alarms or any out door sockets or lights also good point about the bathroom and kitchen extractor but i wouldn't feel the need for these to be on there own dedicated circuit these both could be ran on spur units from sockets or a spur break in the...

Yeah i get what your saying i think it would be worth while splitting the bedrooms from the living room Having Kitchen Bedroom 1/2 Living room and dining With the boiler i could do that i suppose but it would mean running a full circuit over to the boiler which is quite away from the board...

I presume you have some sort of central heating system where you have zones and controls in each room if its complex as a standard central heating system wouldnt be complex at all , you genrally have a switch fused spur powering the boiler then a thermostat control feed from the boiler to either...

Sorry i missed to say the 2 bedrooms would be on the same ring as the living room The boiler would be on a fused spur from the ring from one of the kitchen sockets No alarm system or any other electrical thing such as outdoor lights or sockets All how it currently already is One thing i...

Thanks again guys for the advice im not in the field of electrics no but im also not a saturday morning have a go steven ive did all fields of diy jobs with electrics and plumbing watched and read alot aswell if it was a commercial job i wouldn't even been considering doing a rewire my...

Yeah i wasn't looking to go down the line of even asking a domestic spark to get involved as likey chance as soon as they here Diy and such i presume they be like nooopee.... so wanted to work with me and just the building control i wouldn't be looking to test my self i would be thinking the...

Thanks for your detailed reply yeah see thats what im trying to find out ive bought all the cable consumer unit and rcbo for around £600 its only a small 2 bed single story cottage so not big at all im guessing a spark would charge anywhere between 3/4k to do the work if the BC with...

Ok thanks ive sent them a email just though i would ask on here also

Hi guys so looking for some advice well i say advice i dont mean specific generally views lol i mean the official legal advice on where you stand as a full non qualified diyer who wants to fully rewire there own home the lot new consumer and everything. am i write in thinking that you can...

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Here is where i am the past bodger has broken then front of the concrete lintel slab and build them 2 shoddy piers.. i want to take them out the ones with blue tics could i put a section of strong box steel over where the red is right through the brick ? Pack it and let it go off then remove them ?

Why when you attach files on this forum does it put them the wrong way around ?