The consumer unit has tripped for the power downstairs. There were two switches on the consumer unit that both tripped and somehow the downstairs power and kitchen are related to one another as they both went out.
The electrician came and has fixed the power to the kitchen but he says that the power to the downstairs is faulty. However to fix this, he would need to lift the floorboards to see the cables and as the floorboards are laminate flooring this is a lot of work.
He has suggested that new wiring is put in for the downstairs power by surface running the wiring to the 7 sockets downstairs.
Anyone know if it is possible to fix the fault without the need to look under the floor? Someone has suggested that you can test between the sockets and see where in the circuit the problem lies and put in new wiring between those two sockets without the suggested advice of putting in new wiring for all the sockets.
Is this true?
The electrician came and has fixed the power to the kitchen but he says that the power to the downstairs is faulty. However to fix this, he would need to lift the floorboards to see the cables and as the floorboards are laminate flooring this is a lot of work.
He has suggested that new wiring is put in for the downstairs power by surface running the wiring to the 7 sockets downstairs.
Anyone know if it is possible to fix the fault without the need to look under the floor? Someone has suggested that you can test between the sockets and see where in the circuit the problem lies and put in new wiring between those two sockets without the suggested advice of putting in new wiring for all the sockets.
Is this true?