Our French RenovationFor the last two months we have been surviving with no lights and only one mains socket.
We are still reliant on our 30 year old portable, camping gas stove for our meals and have yet to sort out any form of heating.
As the nights draw in, we will soon need some form of lighting other than torches.
Time is running out!
The professional quotes for wiring the house were astronomical; in fact they were several years wages.
Luckily as a teenager, I qualified as an electrician in the UK.
Most of those skills are transferable to French regulations and wiring practices.
There are now nearly 1500 meters of first fix cabling starting to route their way through the house and we have barely started.
Within the next week, we might have a working hob and oven. Plus, we'll have such luxuries as fridges and freezers!
WOW!
In France the regulations for wiring a house are different to the UK. In the UK you have ring mains. In France, you don't. There are regulations on how many sockets a room needs per square meter. If you have a timber framed house like us, even an average room can need 4 breakers to meet regulations. Our kitchen uses 14 circuit breakers!
Our current consumer unit has 3 rows of 11 circuit breakers (33 total + 3 RCDs). We will be adding a second 2 row unit, mostly for lighting.
To a lay-person, particularly someone from the UK...
When they open up the cupboard containing the fuse box, they will be confronted with a colossal wall of switches! Nearly 60, once we are finished.
We were talking to our neighbours and their house was recently upgraded to 3 phase 12Kva; like ours. Previously, they had been surviving on just 2Kva. To many, non-French 12Kva sounds rather lightweight, however for the Creuse it is the top specification available.
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