Electricians..

Any sparkies on here taking on work, I need a light switch taking off a wall and placing on another wall.. Probably a small job to someone that qualified.

I don't have any spare time to take on any work but it will be more work than you think.

1. Some of the floor boards in the room above the light will need to be taken up for access to the ceiling rose.

2. The wall were you want the light switch will need chasing out, or if it is a false wall, find the noggins for running the cable down.

3. You may be able to use the same cable if it is in good condition and correct length but more than likely it would be new cable.  Also if the ceiling rose and pendant needed replacing.

It would save you a lot of money if you did the labour work such as lifting floor boards, chasing out the wall and put back the floor boards then plastering the chased out wall after the electrician has wired up the light switch.  Not sure on price because it would depend on how long the labour side of the job would cost.

Let us know if you have any more questions.

Cheers for the post, much appreciated.. Not sure if this makes a difference but the wall that we want to put the new switch on (in the kitchen) has a switch on the other side of it (in the front room) so I assume the wall is already "ready" to have a cable put down it?

I hope that made sense lol

Damn!

I thought someone was about to give us some new floodlights.

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Cheers for the post, much appreciated.. Not sure if this makes a difference but the wall that we want to put the new switch on (in the kitchen) has a switch on the other side of it (in the front room) so I assume the wall is already "ready" to have a cable put down it?

I hope that made sense lol

Happy to advise or give any information, I know what you are saying but again without pictures or looking at it, it can be hard to say one way or the other.

There are several ways that electricians work, for example some will chase out the wall, clip the cable to the wall then plaster over the cable. Some will put a metal cover over the cable to stop nails going through the cable.  With both of these you can not run more cables down due to the plaster covering any gaps.

If trunking was used then you should be able to run cable down it and the job becomes a little easier.

If it is a false wall, it will depend if there is insulation in it and where the noggins are.

From what you are saying, the light switch that is on the wall in the front room (other side of wall in the kitchen) controls the lighting in the kitchen.  If this is the case you should be able to drill through the wall and it will just be a case of connecting the cable up to the new switch.  If this is the case you could convert it to a 2 way switch so it can be switched either in the living room or kitchen (upstairs downstairs switch).  This way will also save lifting floor boards and chasing a lot of brick work out.