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A friend of my cousin is an electrician, he has offered to do the job for 2500 with parts. Or just 2000 labour. He said if I wanted to do it he can also guide me all the way through the process and be there at every step, effectively I will be his helper. He told me told me to make him an offer...

I genuinely thought that's what BO were for. I understand why people should not do their own electrics - you can literally kill people, it does not get more severe than that. I thought I was not doing on my own - I thought the building officer was looking out for me? Perhaps I have misunderstood...

Thanks for the reply taylor I'm still in the learning phase. Perhaps I have misunderstood how this works and ericmark reply does make me believe it's not as straightforward as I thought. I realise that a fully qualified electrician has a large body of knowledge (which also includes current...

well spoted. you often hear not to install lights on RCD as they are out of harm's way or some such and being plunged into darkness is worse. from what I have recently learnt is that the cables (less that 50mm deep) coming down to the light switch create a need for having RCD (in case someone...

Interesting.

Perhaps because of the induction cooker. If that needs a circuit of its own might as well do the lot. The new cooker is far away from the main CU. It's a lot less destructive to route the cable outside the house (trench being dug anyway). If I have to do that anyway, rather than put the cable...

thanks for correcting my homework again.

I'm afraid this is a case of Chinese whispers - I was not present when he came. This was remembered or mis-remembered by someone who knows even less than I do. I was not there so I asked my sister to ask him are we allowed to do our own electrics and how much would the extra checks cost? And...

Thanks for the reply EFL Maybe it was a typo - or maybe my brain was drifting, something about cookers causing rcd's to trip unnecessarily and so to use MCB not protected by RCD. (earth leak voltage). So now Im wondering to MCB or RCBO. I dont have to worry about earth leak voltage as im using...

does anyone think my idea of 4 radials (4x 20A RCBO/2.5mm2) 2 lighting circuits 2x 6A MCB 40A MCBO for induction cooker. metal CU, 10mm2 armoured cable to supply CU is fine?

thanks for the reply flameport. well that's good to know.

Thanks for the reply Taylor Ah I see what you mean. I was actually going to do things in advance. The block work is halfway up in the kitchen, but enough to do all the sockets etc. I would then cement them in the channels. I would only work on the builders days off. The inspector would follow...

Hi John, what's wrong with hiding a continuous run of cable under plaster? both ends of the run will be exposed, surely he just has to inspect the joint made at the socket etc? I have read in various places (granted some conflicting information) that cables can either be chased or capped prior...

thanks for the reply John. i assumed they would come at the various stages not just on one day? or would there be a charge for each day they came to inspect? sadly i was not there when the inspector arrived and never got to ask him. im trying to see if i will save money by doing it myself and...

thanks for the reply John. is there enough info there to show what im trying to do? can a non-qualified tackle this? and then get BO to check?

the attachment is on the first post. it's a PDF. is it not showing?

I have attached a drawing

Thanks for reply Taylortwocities. I think you misunderstood my post. The building officer said that we (as an unqualified person) are not allowed to add a NEW CU. He said however we can use the old one and do the rest of the electrics ourself. [Our old CU was actually replaced not so long ago...

The block work is pretty much up. I have a chasing machine. I wanted to chase the cable in for the kitchen sockets etc so they can plaster. Electrician seems to be charging a lot for what I think I can do myself to help save costs, such as all the chasing and putting in the back boxes. Is it...

thank you for the reply taylor and ban-all-sheds. The BO just came to check insulation - I was not in but my sister asked about DIY electrics. He said something about the cost being £500 but we could not put in a new CU - we had to run off the old one. Running off the old is not a great idea -...