I need to rewire my flat which is a self contained flat in a 1930's purpose built block.
A Partial rewire was done by the previous owner. The Power circuit has been done but not the lighting. It is VIR (Yes I do mean VIR(or was it VRI) the old flakey rubber stuff) . The CU's done and as I said the Ring Main/Cooker... The reason the lighting has not been done is that accesss to the upstairs is tricky for a number of reasons.
The Flat had crappy nicotine coated polystyrene Tiles on the Ceiling. I am considering running the wiring from my own flat by basically removing areas of the ceiling, wiring in the void and then either patching the ceiling and having it skimmed or, more likely patching it and recovering the whole thing (old ceiling plus polystyrene) with Plasterboard and having that skimmed.
In principle I see no problem with this (other than the aggravation/mess). On the plus side I also sort out the ceilings. However, has anyone any comments/thoughts/experience on doing it this way ?
JJP
A Partial rewire was done by the previous owner. The Power circuit has been done but not the lighting. It is VIR (Yes I do mean VIR(or was it VRI) the old flakey rubber stuff) . The CU's done and as I said the Ring Main/Cooker... The reason the lighting has not been done is that accesss to the upstairs is tricky for a number of reasons.
The Flat had crappy nicotine coated polystyrene Tiles on the Ceiling. I am considering running the wiring from my own flat by basically removing areas of the ceiling, wiring in the void and then either patching the ceiling and having it skimmed or, more likely patching it and recovering the whole thing (old ceiling plus polystyrene) with Plasterboard and having that skimmed.
In principle I see no problem with this (other than the aggravation/mess). On the plus side I also sort out the ceilings. However, has anyone any comments/thoughts/experience on doing it this way ?
JJP
