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mark harrison wrote:
Thankyou for the replies Gents. I understand what you say Dave, but to
be told that your wiring circuit is unsafe as it was put to us was a
cause of concern. Thats why the wife and I went into panic mode and
made the presumption that it was something that we could not do
ourselves.
The wiring is PVC coated 2 core, so running an external earth wire
could do the trick as Christian inferred ?

Ah - right. So it's unlikely to be unsafe as such but simply doesn't
conform to modern regs.

But to be perfectly honest running just an earth wire is likely to be
nearly as much work and only save maybe 30 quids worth of cable - and at
the end of the day isn't going to impress a survey etc if you sell.

Getting to the upstairs lighting would be fine from the loft space,
ground floor ceiling lighs would be accessed by lifting floor boards in
the bedrooms , but what would we do about wall lights (would they need
chasing out ??)
Thats something that we can do ourselves and would undertake.

If you don't feel capable of doing the wiring, giving the electrician a
clear run by doing the donkey work will save a great deal of money.

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