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Folks,
The 'consumer unit in our house needs some attention. It's in the hall, recessed into the wall about 9 inches from the floor. I've replaced the original rewireable fuses with MCBs as soon as we moved in as a stop gap (apart from the 45A cartridge for the shower, though no RCD).
The unit it adjacent to the elec boards fuse & the tails are about 12-15 inches long
What would need to be done to replace it with a 21st century version ? New unit I assume, re-routing of cables ?? I'll get a few professional quotes as I won't even attempt to tackle any part of this myself ! My main worry is how will the cables we routed from the back of the existing unit, where they are now to a new unit which, I assume, will be higher up.
Any feel for what the job would cost approx parts + labour, we're in a four bedroom house.
I hadn't planned to rewire the whole house.
Thanks, TP
PS. Just finished replacing the existing electric shower so feeling mighty proud.
The 'consumer unit in our house needs some attention. It's in the hall, recessed into the wall about 9 inches from the floor. I've replaced the original rewireable fuses with MCBs as soon as we moved in as a stop gap (apart from the 45A cartridge for the shower, though no RCD).
The unit it adjacent to the elec boards fuse & the tails are about 12-15 inches long
What would need to be done to replace it with a 21st century version ? New unit I assume, re-routing of cables ?? I'll get a few professional quotes as I won't even attempt to tackle any part of this myself ! My main worry is how will the cables we routed from the back of the existing unit, where they are now to a new unit which, I assume, will be higher up.
Any feel for what the job would cost approx parts + labour, we're in a four bedroom house.
I hadn't planned to rewire the whole house.
Thanks, TP
PS. Just finished replacing the existing electric shower so feeling mighty proud.
