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Hey all, just been to see a client ref possible full rewire ( she would prefer just odd cabling changed i.e. odd ring legs etc... ) and during she mentioned where service comes in the property just in lobby/hallway into usual cupboard kind of affair.
Basically she has a staircase like almost spiral running up in a tower structure to right side of front door which is directly opposite the mains cupboard and as she may want to knock through the cupboard at some point she wants to look into taking entire mains out DNO included and move to inside the tower structure which would entail a builder making some kind of doorway in the external curved wall and DNO refitting mains in there. So I need to look at extending all circuits and back to that point and then installing a brand new CU and associated, biggest pain is 2 large lighting junction boxes in there next to CU which is BS 3871 styleee, all cables need pulled up and out jointed through in ceiling and a route found to new position ! If it happens that is ? ( dependant on DNO costs etc.. ) I'm for one thinking it will be a time consuming and expensive ball ache and also what suggestions would you entertain to extend the cables ? Every lighting cable in and out of junction boxes, ring circuits etc. etc. prob need to be all maintenance free kit. Won't be accessible to use din rail enclosures. ( plus very expensive din over here )
Basically she has a staircase like almost spiral running up in a tower structure to right side of front door which is directly opposite the mains cupboard and as she may want to knock through the cupboard at some point she wants to look into taking entire mains out DNO included and move to inside the tower structure which would entail a builder making some kind of doorway in the external curved wall and DNO refitting mains in there. So I need to look at extending all circuits and back to that point and then installing a brand new CU and associated, biggest pain is 2 large lighting junction boxes in there next to CU which is BS 3871 styleee, all cables need pulled up and out jointed through in ceiling and a route found to new position ! If it happens that is ? ( dependant on DNO costs etc.. ) I'm for one thinking it will be a time consuming and expensive ball ache and also what suggestions would you entertain to extend the cables ? Every lighting cable in and out of junction boxes, ring circuits etc. etc. prob need to be all maintenance free kit. Won't be accessible to use din rail enclosures. ( plus very expensive din over here )