House rewires

[Shiny]

Hi, I haven't worked in the electrical trade in the UK for approx 13 years. Much of that time was spent working in Canada.
Many changes have taken place during my absence and I am trying to get up to speed. I am about to rewire a house I have bought in the Market Rasen area and any advice pertaining to this would be appreciated. I have been told that ring mains are being phased out. Is this correct?

 

[telectrix]

rings are not being phased out, but where a circuit is lightly loaded, e.g.as bedrooms, then a 16A or 20A radial is preferred.

 

[Dave OCD]

Less hassle to test as well. :smiley2:

 

[bigspark17]

Less hassle to test as well

Surely not ur reason for radial over ring.?

 

[7029 dave]

No RFC are still the preferred method in my book.

 

[Dave OCD]

Less hassle to test as well

Surely not ur reason for radial over ring.?

No not at all, merely a slight advantage when a RFC isn't required due to the length/design current etc. Can you avoid using 'text speak' in posts, it's a bit annoying.

 

[Octopus]

and then there is Part P.

 

[Flanders]

Do you know about rcd protection for cabling less than 50mm in walls, rcd protection for sockets and rcd protection for bath or shower room and of course metal consumer units ? As others are said ring or radial it depends on design it could be cheeper to run in a radial if the disign current of the circuit is low

 

[loz]

Nice area you've chosen. Company I work for are based in Louth so we do a fair bit round there. There's a cef in Louth and also an independent wholesaler (2branches) one in Louth one in Grimsby, called SR ELECTRICAL, great bunch of guys and a cracking range of gear at reasonable prices