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House wiring help needed

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The Thai electrican has left and I need to wire the house. Hopefully I have attached text of the problem and photos. I couldn't upload the file so have copied the text under. sorry.

I need help to complete the house wiring after the electrician left. In Pix 1 he has mounted the conduits in the cavity wall that come down from the roof space thru the wall to the outside consumer unit. He forgot 5 conduits, which makes a total of 30 conduits for 30 breakers. Pix 2 the conduits protrude into the roof space, but the steel beams are going to be exposed imitation wood beams, so the plaster ceiling between the exposed beams will be a small space. In Pix 3, 4 and 5 you can see the conduits from the roof to the other rooms.

I am not sure how he proposed to connect from the 30 conduits going to the consumer box and the conduits going down from the roof to the other rooms. Would you run conduit along the exposed beam where it meets the insulation and then drill thru the beams etc and put a junction box every 360 degrees of bends and then pull thru 3 strands of cable? Would you put a junction box at the top of the 30 conduits and then run insulated 3 conductor cable? Would you start some electric runs again and put them in conduit in the cavity walls, but would then have to drill thru the house support beams? Would you make up a race way from the top of the 30 conduits, in between the beams, and then drill holes in the exposed beam metal and take either conduit or insulated cable off to the room?

First, let's see if we can help a little with the "Pix" and "Text" to make your question more readable to people visiting this thread:

The Thai electrican has left and I need to wire the house. Hopefully I have attached text of the problem and photos. I couldn't upload the file so have copied the text under. sorry.

I need help to complete the house wiring after the electrician left.

In Pix 1 he has mounted the conduits in the cavity wall that come down from the roof space thru the wall to the outside consumer unit.

He forgot 5 conduits, which makes a total of 30 conduits for 30 breakers.

Pix 2 the conduits protrude into the roof space, but the steel beams are going to be exposed imitation wood beams, so the plaster ceiling between the exposed beams will be a small space.

In Pix 3, 4 and 5 you can see the conduits from the roof to the other rooms.

I am not sure how he proposed to connect from the 30 conduits going to the consumer box and the conduits going down from the roof to the other rooms.

Would you run conduit along the exposed beam where it meets the insulation and then drill thru the beams etc and put a junction box every 360 degrees of bends and then pull thru 3 strands of cable?

Would you put a junction box at the top of the 30 conduits and then run insulated 3 conductor cable?

Would you start some electric runs again and put them in conduit in the cavity walls, but would then have to drill thru the house support beams?

Would you make up a race way from the top of the 30 conduits, in between the beams, and then drill holes in the exposed beam metal and take either conduit or insulated cable off to the room?

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Thanks RichCor. If u want u can delete the thread and i will start again with pix in text and not attachment.

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Sorry RichCor my internet is horrible and didnt see you had fixed up the pix as well. Thanks

Quick response.

I would install plastic trunking 100x100 at the bottom of the conduits, then mount the Fuseboard below cutting a slot in the Fuseboard and trunking.

I like the idea of 1 conduit for one circuit, a little overkill, but great for future use.

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