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MichaelW, with respect, you may have seen what others have done while putting in a power point, but what you probably haven't seen is all the considerations that went through their minds when deciding whether it was OK to put a power point in that position and on that circuit. It's like the...

Thank you. Sorry, I'm about to go to bed (I'm working on US time), and I'm trying to keep US and Aussie rehab/reno terminology straight, and I've mixed the two together and probably made up some of my own. :D At least you figured out what I meant. ;)

Not true in QLD. It is. :) I think the $6,500 was for a project, rather than a particular trade, and that's now $11,000. I think the $3,300 was even lower before. It isn't always black and white. But if you get an electrician to do set out, then back to put on power plugs after plastering...

In QLD, you need a licence to perform or supervise any works where labour and materials comes to more than $3,300 value. The "value" part is really significant; even if you do the work yourself, and got the materials free, if the market rate for retail purchase and laying of the tiles would be...

My husband *is* an electrical engineer. This qualifies him to draw great circuit diagrams, but I don't let him actually TOUCH anything!

I couldn't agree more. You're not supposed to do plumbing or tiling either - and I don't - but at least if you screw up it's going to make a mess and cost you $, but it's not going to kill you. :o I remember the story of a school friend's Dad being killed, about 20 years ago. He wasn't doing...