As the paper stripping continues from the top floor down there has been an opportunity to update the house electrics, by this I mean making the lights on each of the three floors 2 way switching. When the house was rewired in the 1990`s the electricians at the time failed to make it 2 way switching, I can see reasons why, probably the time and cost of chasing cable into and through quite heavy duty walls and plaster.
But, here we are today in October 2012 and the house has to be a home with all the comforts we come to expect, this includes up-to-date compliant electrical services. So, as we are back to bare plaster ready for skimming, we took the opportunity to make the changes to 2 way switching and an additional pendant light on the second floor.
Fortunately in this modern world of ours we are blessed with SDS power tools and purpose made brick and mortar chiseling attachments which take very little time to cut 30mm wide cable runs into 20mm thick old plaster, this completed it was just a case of installing runs of 3 core and earth cable to convert the existing lights into 2 way switching. Another job completed ready for the plasterer to make good again.
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| cutting out the plaster |
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| utilised original old conduit |
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| found old wiring in conduit |
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