Author: applebyelectrical

Domestic / commercial professional electrician

York renovation

Nice little project for an existing customer / friend – full renovation including damp proofing, rewire, central heating, plastering, joinery, decorating.

Hebden Bridge

At last it’s finally gone through
This is so Hebden Bridge! It’s not going to be a walk in the park though – full renovation required
Ex social housing
And a complete write off by the previous tenant/s
on the upside it has a sump pump, and a dual rcd consumer unit although the boiler will need replacing – along with kitchen, bathroom, windows / door + plastered throughout etc etc
It’s all about the location! This was another ‘cash no surveys ‘ offer. It usually takes a property to fall through a couple of times before someone would accept an offer like mine. The vendors also asked for an upfront deposit of 10% which i was happy to do
My solicitor (now retired) thinks i’m mad?

York renovation

A good customer of mine got me to project manage her renovaton project in York. I was still waiting for my house in Hebden Bridge to go through so why not? 2 bedroom mid terraced with back yard, on street parking 1/2 a mile from the city walls.



upon first inspection it was clear there was rising damp throughout the ground floor


The drains were broken and blocked
hack off plaster + render to 900 / repair floor joists / timber treatment install channel round perimiter where floor is to ground
first coat of sand cement / waterproofer
plastered out time for second fix + kitchen / bathroom
central heating

So far it’s taken 6 weeks for the renovation with the kitchen / bathroom to go in next week and finishing off of the electrics. All in all it will probably be completed around 1 week from now making it a total of 7 weeks from start to finish – strip out, re- wire, new central heating, damp proofed, plastered, new kitchen and bathroom. Nice little house!

Slaithwaite kitchen refurb



A recent bespoke kitchen refurb in Slawit – joinery courtesy of Steve at Boxwood Cabinet Makers – Honley https://www.boxwoodcabinets.co.uk/

The boring part – split electrical supply tails to new consumer unit so all kitchen circuits are new and fully compliant to the latest regs (BS7671 2018)

12 – Hebden Bridge

https://2bedroomterraced.blogspot.com/

Eighteenth Edition BS7671

Appleby Electrical is now fully qualified to the latest 18th Edition wiring regulations.

Some of the big changes are –

lighting circuits in domestic dwellings must have additional protection by RCD or deemed as potentially dangerous.

split load consumer unit – the circuit breakers to the right of the blue switch are non RCD protected. (usually lights / cooker / immersion heater / boiler). The circuit breakers to the left of the switch on the right with the yellow test button are protected by RCD (sockets / shower etc). This consumer unit would now need to be upgraded and replaced.


Surge protective devices are being introduced at the origin of the installation – either by way of it’s own enclosure or within a new consumer unit / distribution board. This is down to all the expensive vulnerable electrical equipment that can be damaged from power surges – including in domestic dwellings (boiler’s, computers, Tv’s, game consoles sky boxes etc).

A home in the uk – 20 houses on the same street all had a power surge at the same time.
A SPD (surge protective device ) would have prevented this from happening .

There’s also the introduction of Arc fault detection devices to cosumer units to prevent dangerous electric arcs.


A consumer unit in Bradley, Hudddersfield last year. Could have done with an arc fault detection device!

Call Appleby Electrical on 07723 361 955

Florida trip flip

Florida trip flip no flop!

Whilst we were out visiting the in – laws in Florida we were drafted in to help refurbish this ex- rental to get it ready to sell. It’s been rented out for a few years while waiting for the market to pick up after the recession.

There were the usual things like a deep clean throughout, decorating, and fix a leak that had ruined the downstairs floors and walls. A bit of re plastering, some nice new laminate flooring, bish bash bosh job’s a gud un!

Photos after

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/101-Victoria-Ln-Haines-City-FL-33844/81475698_zpid/

House 11 – SOLD

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10 Years in Business

Appleby Electrical is celebrating 10 years in business!

I’d just like to say a BIG thank you to all my customers  – in all my working life I’ve never had the pleasure to work for such a great bunch of people and who are happy with the work and pay their bills on time – it makes the whole thing a pleasure not a chore!  – Robin Curley

    Newsome re-wire

    Recent re-wire of this 2 bed semi in Newsome  – tastefuly designed by the current owner