Monday, May 30, 2011

Installation of Electric Supplies for Home Extensions

Home extension is a mode of home improvement which provides extended living space. You can add a room for different purposes. You can add a bedroom, bathroom, gym, dining hall, home office, and so on. A well planned home extension project can be successfully completed without hurdles. One of the constituents of home extensions include installation of electric supplies.

Electric supplies in a home renovation process can be done by your own. However, when a room is added or extended, it is better to take help from a competent and qualified professional electrician to provide the supplies. Power outlets, ceiling fixtures, switches, and other major appliances need to be properly arranged in your home extensions. Also a detailed wiring plan should be made. Both internal and outside wiring has to be made carefully. External wiring is helpful for conservatories and garden rooms.

Home extensions which are at the back or front of a house such as lean-to extensions are generally used as living space. So you can use solar powered lighting systems for them. Simple photoelectric panels are used by these systems and can be powered by recharge batteries. So you can avoid any wiring in such extensions. Some extensions including kitchens, bathrooms, and utility rooms require special circuits for boilers, cookers and other such appliances.

Decide whether you want wall lamps, central lighting, or low-voltage lighting. You can opt for circuits in order to use standard and table lamps that can be turned off and on from a single wall switch. You need to arrange weatherproof sockets on an outside wall. Decide the number of sockets you need and double it for future or spare use. This can avoid use of extension leads all over the places whenever you wish to install new appliances.

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