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Location: Cheadle Hulme, Gtr. Manchester, Lancs
Date: Jan 2010
Description: The new home owner wanted the electrical system replaced in this double garage as the old electrics were corroded, improperly run through a metal pipe buried underground and as it turned out were unearthed.
The old wiring though connected properly withing the garage were not safe as the earthing cable was broken at the old consumer unit. The old cables were tightly zip tied to the metal roof framework which could have created a live roof were the PVC to have been broken! We removed all of the old fittings and added a new weather sealed garage consumer unit and wired that back to the property using armoured cable. As the house was built on a concrete pad we ran our armoured cable underground and then up through a purpose built sleeve to the loft. We then connected up to the new RCD protected consumer unit and confirmed all cables.
The sockets and lights were added through conduit unlike the previous cable which had been zip tied to the metal frame work of the roof trusses. Once installed the accessories were also tested and then connected up to the garage unit. Lights and sockets now safe to use.