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<blockquote data-quote="Evans Electric" data-source="post: 496816" data-attributes="member: 1408"><p>You often find wiring nor accessible on newer housing , you say 1983 with timber stud walls &amp; plasterboard I presume . You may have to ignore the original wiring , get some boards up &amp; start anew. At least you have floorboards &amp; not chipboard 8ft sheets . Consider using Fastafix boxes , being a maintenance spark you may know of them . </p><p></p><p></p><p>You are a "Proper electrician " albeit maintenance so house bashing will be new to you. Imagine a house basher trying to be a maintenance spark .</p><p></p><p>You'll probably find you have to cut slots in plasterboard walls to fish cables through , no consideration will have been given to future re-wiring ... most modern housing is done to the " <em> Nail it in as fast &amp; cheap as possible because theres no profit in it" </em>method<em> ,</em> so probably 2 days work , wire it in a day ...fit it out in a day , no testing just move on . </p><p></p><p>Edit : Just noticed your title says "Timber framed " . You usually have a problem there of NOT penetrating the weatherproofing with cables , is it finished with brickwork outside ? </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evans Electric, post: 496816, member: 1408"] You often find wiring nor accessible on newer housing , you say 1983 with timber stud walls & plasterboard I presume . You may have to ignore the original wiring , get some boards up & start anew. At least you have floorboards & not chipboard 8ft sheets . Consider using Fastafix boxes , being a maintenance spark you may know of them . You are a "Proper electrician " albeit maintenance so house bashing will be new to you. Imagine a house basher trying to be a maintenance spark . You'll probably find you have to cut slots in plasterboard walls to fish cables through , no consideration will have been given to future re-wiring ... most modern housing is done to the " [I] Nail it in as fast & cheap as possible because theres no profit in it" [/I]method[I] ,[/I] so probably 2 days work , wire it in a day ...fit it out in a day , no testing just move on . Edit : Just noticed your title says "Timber framed " . You usually have a problem there of NOT penetrating the weatherproofing with cables , is it finished with brickwork outside ? [/QUOTE]
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