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The future of residential building electrical installations

This is a spin-off from the discussion What is the best way to wire ceiling lights.


What do you think is the future of residential building electrical installations in 20 to 30 years time? Will they in modern and modernised houses be significantly different from what they are today or will they most likely be barely changed from what they are today?


Will consumer demand be a driving force for change or will electricians only make changes from the status quo in order to comply with updated wiring regs?
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  • Arran Cameron:


    . . . In the 1980s house design took a sharp turn from the modernist designs from the 1950s through to the 1970s with more emphasis on tradition. Chimneys returned even though they were purely decorative or just used as flues for gas fires. The building industry today still holds much resistance towards modernist designs of houses. . .

     


     

    Quite so. From the late 1800s to the 1930s house design evolved in an attractive manner. From the 1950s, unashamed modern designs emerged. Nowadays we see a lot of bogus copying of traditional ideas that are no longer appropriate. I particularly hate windows divided into tiny panes (apologies if anyone reading lives in such a house), which involve less daylight entering and more cleaning. 


    My previous house was 1970s built and had no chimney. I mounted TV aerials on a gable end, employing quite a high ladder. This is not something I fancy doing again 30 years on.
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  • Arran Cameron:


    . . . In the 1980s house design took a sharp turn from the modernist designs from the 1950s through to the 1970s with more emphasis on tradition. Chimneys returned even though they were purely decorative or just used as flues for gas fires. The building industry today still holds much resistance towards modernist designs of houses. . .

     


     

    Quite so. From the late 1800s to the 1930s house design evolved in an attractive manner. From the 1950s, unashamed modern designs emerged. Nowadays we see a lot of bogus copying of traditional ideas that are no longer appropriate. I particularly hate windows divided into tiny panes (apologies if anyone reading lives in such a house), which involve less daylight entering and more cleaning. 


    My previous house was 1970s built and had no chimney. I mounted TV aerials on a gable end, employing quite a high ladder. This is not something I fancy doing again 30 years on.
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