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UPDATE - first quote received - £2000 excl. vat - ouch! :o Time to go and get another couple!

Apologies - if something is in a for reference thread (especially one that has been 'stickified') should the moderators not ensure it is generally accepted as sound advice? Lets face it - it will be the first thread checked when visiting here for the first time and I imagine a lot of queries...

There's a good post in this thread http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7553 by Plugwash about adding a shower CU to your mains CU if this is of any help?

Perhaps a slight dig at the aesthetics of the product in a home environment........ mmmmmmmmm PVC! :wink:

The guy seemed to think that everything done in the kitchen recently was fine (albeit that the CU end of all that he recommended be put onto one split load CU). I don't intend of changing anything in the kitchen that does not require it as I have effectively already paid for this recently...

breezer - that makes sense. Presumably it wouldn't be outside of regs to have specific sockets changed for RCD sockets if this was easier. I tend to power all garden tools/pressure washer etc using a RCD adaptor in the socket in the garage so presumably this is still okay?

Am I right in thinking that you have the high current stuff on the RCD side i.e. immersion, electric shower, cooker and the lights and sockets on the non RCD side? How many spare ways would you suggest to allow for future expansion? 2 on each?

Okay - the initial view is a complete lighting rewire, new split load consumer board desirable but not essential, upgrade earthing on sockets and upgrade earth bonding in a few areas - I've asked the guy for pricing on all the 'essentials' and then additional cost for desirables. I'll then use...

No problem - I appreciate all the advice given to be honest (even if you old hands used abbreviations I haven't heard of!) - thanks again

Don't worry - got there in the end :wink: I suspect the recommendation will be a full rewire, and to be honest with our first nipper on the way I'd rather get it done now than later. I wish the bathroom and kitchen people had of been honest and said that the electrics needed sorting...

I see, said the blind man :roll:

secure - is a 'rec' a Regional Electric Company.......i.e. in my case Southern Electric (or Scottish & Southern Electric if that's what they are called now)? Anyway - just been on the NICEIC website and found a registered firm down the road from me so they are going to come and formally...

Even I know that rubber on wiring = not good. Oh well time to extend that flexible mortgage arrangement............again!

Not all bad then :lol: Seriously a lot of that post went over my head but it is appreciated nonetheless. Looks like getting a professional in will be the best thing.

Nope. I thought the same Not sure - would have to lift some floor boards and find out Used to have an electric shower - this was replaced with a power shower (Monsoon pump) Dec last year when bathroom was re-done by a local chap. Not sure whether anything is on this now.......? The...

Well here's some pics of the offending so to speak: - What started it all - The Lounge Light Switch Then The Lounge Wall Light The Consumer Unit - with the new one on the right for the Kitchen/Diner The old CU a bit closer - only one fuse does both upstairs and downstairs...

I'll post some pics tonight for your amusement of how much this is all going to cost me :lol: :lol:

Thanks for your candour, it is appreciated. Considering that there are only 3 sockets and 2 lights downstairs on the old CU and 3 sockets and 5 lights upstairs it might not be a huge job [he says in the hope of the cost not being too high!]. I'll take a couple of pics this evening so you can...

Have saved all the pics and instructions from that post breezer. The survey on the house (and the electrician who was appointed by the people who did our kitchen) said that although the CU is not completely up to date (no circuit breakers/trips - just big pull out fuses) the wiring from the...

:lol: Now the only 'old' lighting downstairs is the hall and lounge lights (the kitchen/diner is on a new separate circuit) is this a potential DIY job? I could do with learning how and would also like to be able to plaster so making any new channels would be a way of easing me in to that...