http://www.waverley.gov.uk/buildingcontrol/partp.asp

So switch off circuit.
Cut though wire.
Circuit now damaged.
Replace, with new sockets etc as required.

If a ring main is replaced over a few years...

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zaax wrote:
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/buildingcontrol/partp.asp

So switch off circuit.
Cut though wire.
Circuit now damaged.
Replace, with new sockets etc as required.

You can extend an existing circuit with new sockets etc anyway. So no
need to go cutting cables.

If a ring main is replaced over a few years...

Tis fine, just you can't (in theory) install a new one.

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zaax wrote:
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/buildingcontrol/partp.asp

So switch off circuit. Cut though wire. Circuit now damaged.
Replace, with new sockets etc as required.

You can extend an existing circuit with new sockets etc anyway. So no need
to go cutting cables.

If a ring main is replaced over a few years...

Tis fine, just you can't (in theory) install a new one.

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Cheers,

John.


Who is ever going to know unless you take out a full page advert in the
national newspapers?
Who even cares?

Who is ever going to know unless you take out a full page advert in the
national newspapers?

dont you need an electrical test certificate
when you're selling a house these days,
which would fail if I rewire my bathroom and kitchen?
and should we use the new colours of wire?

george

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George (dicegeorge) wrote:
Who is ever going to know unless you take out a full page advert in the
national newspapers?

dont you need an electrical test certificate
when you're selling a house these days,

Not as such AFAIK (unless a HIP requires one).

If you disclosed that recent work has been done on the place then they
may take more interest. Having said that the standard sellers forms
allow for the possibility that paperwork is "lost".

which would fail if I rewire my bathroom and kitchen?

Why would a test fail if you have done the work correctly? (or am I
missing your point)

and should we use the new colours of wire?

Yes, why not.

The colours don't date work as pre or post part pee anyway since new
colours were allowable before, and old colours allowable after.


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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:52:52 -0000, "George \(dicegeorge\)"
wrote:

dont you need an electrical test certificate
when you're selling a house these days,
which would fail if I rewire my bathroom and kitchen?

Why should it fail? If you do the job correctly you'll likely get a
better result than so-called 'professionals', simply because you know
that you are doing the job for your own benefit and safety rather than
as a money-making venture, so you will use decent quality
wire/cable/accessories/miscellaneous 'bits and pieces', and follow the
relevant legislation.

If someone has to test it, it makes no difference at all who carried
out the work. As long as it's a 'satisfactory' installation the
certificate will (should!) be forthcoming.

and should we use the new colours of wire?

Colours of the wires don't affect safety.

Regarding selling a house as you mention, forget that you intend to
sell, treat the house as your own and develop it accordingly, then you
have nothing to hide from a potential purchaser.

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Frank Erskine
Sunderland