Looking to Upgrade Electrics and electrical questions

Gloomendoom

Heat detector detects heat and, generally speaking, a fire alarm detects smoke... or cooking bacon.

EssexExile

bery_451 wrote: »

Where can I find these alarms that requires wiring not batteries? Any good deals on these?

Google "smoke alarms".

Risteard

Tom99 wrote: »

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]You could pay for a Domestic Electrical Installation Condition Report which might cost about £200 and give you much more detail about the current installation and a list of items which can be upgraded.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]When you choose a new consumer unit allow at least a couple of spare slots for any future new circuits you might want.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I went for a Wylex unit and used individual RCBO's for each circuit which is more expensive but if you get a short you know which circuit has blown.[/FONT]

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is issued following periodic inspection and testing of the installation which is what I had referred to.

Personally I favour Hager distribution boards for domestic installations.

Ectophile

I would recommend asking the electrician which brand of consumer unit they would fit. They will have differing ideas, but will tend to go for makes that (a) aren't cheap and shoddy, (b) are easy to fit, and (c) have good parts availability at their favoured wholesaler.

At some point, the electrician should test each circuit before re-connecting it. Nobody knows what horrors they will uncover until they do the tests, and they are liable to charge you more for fixing the problems.

If that kind of risk isn't acceptable to you, get them to do the tests before they start, then at least you know what to expect. But don't expect those tests to be free. Doing it properly takes a few hours.

bery_451

Ok another question that I have is the wall is not straight so the plasterer bought the wall out at the end to make it look cosmetically straight. However the metal back box socket at the end is way behind the plaster due to this. I understand longer screws can be used to reach however there still be a gap between socket and back box resulting in not being flush.

So is this gap ok if not what do I do to cover the gap?