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Beelzebub666: I know you're right and I ought to ask the upstairs neighbour if I can lift his (newish carpets & floor)) or bite the bullet and replace the ceilings - but that's a whole different cost basis, not to mention the disruption. Thanks for your help.

Beelzebub666: Some of this wiring is very, very (let's make that 3 verys) old. I'm not joking when I say that there's a (redundant) switch I found on an original wall, behind a (1950's?) stud wall, that may be part of one of the first lighting circuits...ever. The house is Edwardian, so it's...

xr4x4: There's a flat above, so no loft. ban-all-sheds: all I'm suggesting is working under the professional's supervision, doing the donkey work, but even if that's impossible, I still need to know whether you (or he) can pull new wires through in that situation.

To save money, I want to do the basic work to rewire my flat's lighting circuit. I'll ask a professional to do the important stuff and certify, but the basic problem I see is that the ceilings are (very) old lathe & plaster that I'm worried about destabilising - so I don't want to cut into them...

Has anyone heard of roofing felt that is bird proof and, if so, who makes it?