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Thanks Salem, i'll cirtainly try the £0 route first. Thanks Kai, thats the bit I needed to know if Salems route doesn't bear fruit.

I fully agree Salem. The whole point of this thread is to find out the best/correct way of doing this so that the Sparks that I call in to quote for it won't give me duff info like the 'professional' that rewired it 3 years ago.

an RCBO is roughly the same price as an RCD but wouldn't I need an RCBO for each unprotected circuit ?

Thanks for replies. I have :- 100A main switch on the non RCD side covering 4 lighting circuits (one in the garage) and the central heating. 30mA hager CD284U 30mA RCD covering the rest. Is the best course of action to replace the main switch with say a hager CE284U 100mA RCD or to...

Thanks for the info Fastjedi, reading your post was what got me spooked in the first place. I paid £3000 to get a 3 bed bungalow 'professionally' rewired 3 years ago so i'm a bit ****ed to say the least that this could have been missed.

I think the main thing is that everyone is probably a bit wiser now.

new 12 way split load consumer unit was installed straight from meter tails so the whole circuit is not RCD protected. (lights and heating are not RCD protected)

Hi, Can anyone tell me if I have to have a separate RCD fitted to my incoming electricity supply between the meter tails and the new split load CU that we had fitted 3 years ago.

For lots of masonry channeling and chiseling i would say SDS+ is best. Rotary stop allows you to chisel. a quick change keyless chuck helps versatility as you can use normal drills etc. At that money try the Bosch PBH240RE i've got one and its a good general purpose drill. A lesser powered...