Electrician needed (small job HKI )

Foreigner(1) · Post by **Foreigner(1)** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:33 am

Hi all need to add a few power points in my kitchen and I am looking for a electrician who can do this ..... any recommendations ?

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Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:31 pm

Apartment? You got green light from manager?

edit. electrical stuff's maintenance belongs to the housing coop: http://www.sahkoala.fi/koti/lehti/suunn ... itovastuu/

Foreigner(1) · Post by **Foreigner(1)** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:13 pm

Yeah need a electrician to take a look at what I would like done he then says if it's possible and the I approach the housing manager with the plan of what I intend to do and contact details of the electrician he then decides if we can proceed or not .... That's how It works or ?

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:20 pm

Unless your apartment is brand new, the house company is unlikely to know anything about the wiring. So are unlikely to know if you change it or not - provided that it's done correctly.

e.g. when we had putkiremontti, the house company's plans showed our kitchen in a completely different room

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:00 pm

Foreigner(1) wrote:Yeah need a electrician to take a look at what I would like done he then says if it's possible and the I approach the housing manager with the plan of what I intend to do and contact details of the electrician he then decides if we can proceed or not .... That's how It works or ?

Pretty much. Might be cheapest to call/mail the manager first and ask what kind of planning, if any, he wants to see. The plans might end up the expensive part of the project.

Mook wrote:Unless your apartment is brand new, the house company is unlikely to know anything about the wiring. So are unlikely to know if you change it or not - provided that it's done correctly.

e.g. when we had putkiremontti, the house company's plans showed our kitchen in a completely different room

And that is why the new housing coop law came... people have been doing changes to their apartments that end up costing to all the owners.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:29 pm

Upphew wrote:And that is why the new housing coop law came... people have been doing changes to their apartments that end up costing to all the owners.

Indeed, but the law has been taken a bit far. Adding a couple of sockets in your kitchen is hardly likely to affect anyone.

As I said, if they don't know what you have, how can they know if you changed anything?

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