Electrical under floors

Question

Hi My contractor said he needed to remove some floor to run wires
He pulled out the ENTIRE floor. Every single board in every room 

Surely this is not correct ?  They now want to sell new floors to me

Jason · Accepted Answer

Hi Ann, normal practice would be to remove some floorboards which will allow you to route cables from A to B using fish rods. It is not necessary to remove all floorboards unless it has been agreed with the client beforehand

Richard · Answer

As the previous reply. Normally a couple of lengths of boards would be "carefully" removed and replaced after the work is complete. Sounds like someone is trying it on!

Aaron · Answer

Hi, whilst running cables within the floor board is the neatest option as the cables would be concealed, its not the only option. Pending on what you discussed with the contactor, other options could have been "Chased in the wall" or run in "Surface mounted trunking / conduit". In the case of new flooring, I would ask for the reason behind the recommendation and the comparisons between your existing flooring and new flooring as to why you the customer should spend money on a new floor.

Mirza · Answer

Take them to court ,take few advices  from experienced trade man in written .this happened when you go with cheaper quotes.

Tahirgjeta · Answer

that work should be looked at closely and the best way should be found without spending too much material, thank you

Ben · Answer

This definitely is not the right thing to do! They only need around 4 boards per room up

Dane · Answer

1 If you have agreed for all underfloor heating to be put in the house are flat than he would have to removed the flooring . 2 but if you just wanted a particular room done ,  he should not have done that . 3 Regardless of wherever the power is coming from .

Tom · Answer

This wouldn't usually be the case as mentioned already. Generally when rewiring, we group furniture into the middle of the room and pull a board  from either side of the room. This allows us to fish our cables under and into sockets around the room and stopping by lights and sockets in rooms below.

Madalin · Answer

Hi, I'm sure that's not correct.  but maybe he had no other solution to change the cables.

Peter · Answer

This is normal to remove some of the floor boards to get to cables and junction boxes but to remove every single floor board is excessive. some boards may need replacing due to them splitting when being lifted. but definately not all boards should have had to be removed

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