Have you just bought an apartment or a house to renovate? Summer is the best time to do electrical work; it’s the perfect time to get started or entrust your project to a professional! Renovating your electrical installation in the summer is all the more practical because your electricity needs are reduced: lighting, hot water, not to mention heating reduced to nothing… In this article, DelightFire makes an inventory of the electrical work to be done this summer!
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Replace your electrical panel during the summer season
Do your electrical needs and equipment no longer adapt to your electrical panel? Is your old panel playing tricks on you and endangering your safety? It is high time to replace your switchboard! Professionals recommend a number of rows proportionate to the needs of the occupants and the surface of the dwelling:
- A 2-row panel for a studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom apartment of less than 32 m².
- A 3-row table for a T3 or T4 (from 32 to 100 m²)
- A 4 rows panel for a T5 and more than 100 m².
The advantage of changing an electrical panel in summer? Carry out electrical work without lighting or heating, and reduce your energy consumption in summer! Once the power is off, you can enjoy the sunshine and daylight until late evening.
Bringing your electrical installation up to standard in the summer
Are you completely renovating the electricity in your home? Here again, summer is a perfect time. Work to bring your electrical system up to standard generally takes time. For a reason, they consist in :
- Removing the old electrical installation
- Grounding the circuits and the electrical panel
- Installing a new network of electrical cables (circuits for sockets, switches, lights…)
- Replacing the switchboard, its modules, and its protection devices (circuit breakers in particular)
- Install a communication box within a GTL, and RJ45 plugs
The workload also depends on the characteristics of the home: large surface area, number of rooms to be brought up to safety standards, new lines to be drawn…
A personalized estimate will allow you to evaluate the number of days required for your project (8 to 10 days as a general rule).
As the electricity will necessarily be cut off during work, DelightFire suggests that you plan a place to sleep during work.
Installing new electric radiators in July and August
As soon as the summer season begins, it is difficult to anticipate heating consumption for the coming winter. However, summer is the ideal time to replace your electric radiators. In July and August, there is no need to heat!
The demand is even lower on the market at this time of the year (no stock shortage from suppliers), unlike in autumn. You are also not safe from a cold snap in October when you will have to turn the heater back on. Seduced by energy-saving radiators? The soft heat inertia radiator is the technology to choose! It consumes little, rises gradually in temperature, and diffuses the heat in your room. A connected radiator model is even more interesting to save energy by programming your radiators to the hour and the degree.