Up Timeline Viewing and Buying Property Condition In the Beginning Front Exterior Hallway Rewiring Bathroom Fitting the Kitchen 1st Floor Bedrooms Attic Conversion Dining Room Minor Difficulties The Garden Patio The Old Forge

Rewiring

Getting to grips with the French wiring systems was challenging as the wire is much tougher and connecting to and fitting the sockets is quite different to any UK wiring we had undertaken before. However, the existing wiring in the house supported only 5 working sockets and initially 5 (later on 3) working light fittings - all in very ancient cabling and porcelain fittings - something HAD to be done. We rewired the house completely, ripped out the old wiring and connected it all to a nice new fuseboard according to French wiring regulations, with 30mA RCD (Residual Current Devices) protecting the two phases to supply the house (the third phase reserved for the old forge, which will become our living area).  Reassuringly, all the circuits worked perfectly first time. This enabled us to connect the water boiler, which Steven had fitted in the utility room, when he created the bathroom.