Renovation project - fitting plug sockets in France
It is time to get back to work. It is at that situation where we need to look at what jobs need doing the most. We need to finish off the living room, but there are lots of little jobs needed in the kitchen.
It is time to get back to work. It is at that situation where we need to look at what jobs need doing the most. We need to finish off the living room, but there are lots of little jobs needed in the kitchen.
As the living room is reasonably liveable, the
kitchen wins.
We have our normal argument about plug
sockets, I want plenty (but not to be seen) and John wants less. We come to a
compromise and now just have to choose where they are going.
We need to put the new fridge socket in place, here in France all the major appliances in the kitchen must have their
own lead and breaker, make sure that you buy the right ampage for each
appliance.
We are still able to hide all of the wires
with the new boxing in.
We have 2 more sockets hidden next to the work
top and then John continues with the sockets in the living room.
This is not an easy job as the walls are made
of stone and we do not want to see the plastic trunking around the walls.
If you pay a professional to do your re
wiring, make sure you stipulate that you do not want to see the trunking around
the walls as this is common practice.
Here is an example of a re wire with trunking (this was completed by a professional) which is why it is important to stipulate you want the wires burying, rather than surface mounted.
Within a couple of days all the sockets are in
place and we are both happy
Here is an example of a re wire with trunking (this was completed by a professional) which is why it is important to stipulate you want the wires burying, rather than surface mounted.
I'm laughing because (1) you can never have too many electric outlets and (2) we had major arguments with our electrician about not having any wiring on top of the walls. As with your place, the walls of our apartments are made of stone, 30 cm thick, EXCEPT for the "cloisons," which are only 5 cm thick. The cloisons are almost a bigger problem because they are so thin that the channels dug out for wiring sometimes pierces through to the other side. It's all done now, and looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteyou brought back some memories with your comment, the first project we had here we did the same with a thin wall, got them perfectly lined up and fitted and then say they had come through to the other side! one of our first lessons learned :)
DeleteIt is always the same here,I want no sockets or cables showing, John says should I ask the neighbours if we can put them in theirs x
ReplyDeleteHa ha, that sounds like something my John would say ;) x
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