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  1. R

    How much to re-wire a 3 bedroom semi?

    Firstly, I'm not an electrician and I'm not going to be doing the work. A friend of a friend has been quoted to re-wire their 3 bedroom semi in Manchester. I think due to the age of the house, that it will be VIR with the origional rewireable fusebox. All sockets, switches and CCU need...
  2. P

    Pricing a Re-wire

    Hi All I recently Qualified as a domestic Electrical Installer, I achieved my 2382, 2377 and awaiting my EAL certificate, I decided to try it "on my own" after several tried and failed job interviews and applications. I have had a few small jobs, Moving sockets, changing light fittings etc. I...
  3. R

    Extractor fan – Is a re-wire change to change timer duration?

    This is my first post to seek advice from experts as a non-electrician, as to whether what I am being told is correct. We have recently been supplied an Xplelair inline extractor fan with timer in our bathroom. The electrician fitted it such that when the bathroom light is switched off, the...
  4. K

    Re-wire or upgrade earth bonding?

    Hi All My first post so please bare with me. I am a landlord and currently refurbishing a property. I called in a local electrician to get a quote on having a kitchen extractor fitted, and he basically noted the following things: - ALL wiring (sockets, switches, lights) in the property is...
  5. M

    Re-Wire

    I went to look at a house the other day that is in desperate need of a re-wire. For starters the board was old fuse wire! To cut a long story short the Customer had another electrician look at it. This so called electrician took one switch off in the whole house and declared it did not need a...
  6. A

    Re-Wire Prices in Exeter

    Hello How much for a Re-wire in the Exeter/ South East Devon Area for the following:- I was estimating £3200 + VAT, is this too high or too low? This includes Materials & Labour, but does not include plastering chases as that would be extra Qty Description 26 x Double Sockets 4 x Fused...
  7. H

    Re-Wire Separate Kitchen Ring or Not??

    Afternoon chaps I have started a rewire today and initially I planned to put a separate ring in for the kitchen. However now I have started I'm not sure I need to. It's a small terrace with living room (4 Doubles) dining room leading to the kitchen (4 doubles in the dining room & 6/7 points...
  8. M

    Newly Qualified - Own House re-wire

    Ladies and Gents I will try to tread gently here so please don't slate me. Having just left the Armed Forces and achieved C&G 2330, 2382 and 2391, I am just about to re-wire my own property. I have plumped for the following consumer unit: Schneider 17th Edition High Integrity Dual RCD...
  9. L

    Kitchen re-wire

    Doing my first kitchen re-wire, the customer wants the fridge, dishwasher and washing machine in one switch (grid, with engraved text) as they are rated at 20A do I need a seprate fuse unit, the switch will supply a normal single socket not switched Thnx Bill
  10. E

    heat detector for kitchen re-wire

    just done a klitchen re-wire, no heat detector on the plans, customer has never specified one and i haven't put one in (first fix, getting boarded next week) but now all of a sudden i have a funny feeling that there is some sort of regulation saying that i have to put one in. so can someone...
  11. G

    Flat Re-Wire

    First real post: Doing a complete re-wire on a 2nd storey flat. Was orinially a large 1850 house and has been converted into 8 flats. Flat is big, 3 bed, kitchen, bathroom, lounge, dining room. Area roughtly about 170sqm. Walls are lime plaster (2-3" thick in places), some walls are solid...
  12. C

    Small Flat re-wire

    Going to re-wire a small flat, at the moment they have 24 of these 12v small downlights, on 8 transformers stuffed in trunking. What would be a better way of doing it is there a transformer that will do like 12 of them? Also does it have to have smoke detectors?(Reason being another big firm...
  13. R

    Re-wire time scales

    Hi all, wondering what time scales you would put on domestic re wires etc, example being a 3 bed house, works involved; 4 double sockets on a kitchen ring main incorporating 4 sfs for sockets at low level for w/m, d/w, f/f and extractor fan. complete re-wire and connection of cooker circuit...
  14. W

    Finished the Re-wire

    Hey lads, Just a quickie to let you know i am still alive, house successfully re-wired, very happy customers, very tired Ben and very glad to be out of that house. Its hard to fully explain it on here, you would need to see my face turn pale as i tell the stories, but the house was 110%...
  15. Goody

    Terms & conditions to go with a quote for a re-wire.

    Hi, Can someone let me have a copy of Terms & conditions to go with a quote for a re-wire. Many thanks!
  16. S

    pricing a large 3 bed re-wire.

    Evening lads. Most of my work in new build installation but i have been asked to price for the above job. Its a large 3 bed detatched house. its going to have an up and down stairs ring circuit (3/4 sockets in each bed, 1 socket in hall and another on landing, 6 twins in lounge). it will also...
  17. W

    House re-wire help

    Hi chaps, Right...need some help. Had my first call through for a house re-wire. As of yet i have not done any jobs of this magnitude and frankly dont want to get it wrong/lose the job. Unfortunately the lady left a message on my voice mail while i was working and i was unable to reach her...
  18. D

    what test sheets do i need for a re-wire?

    Hi people im just new to this forum and looking for some advice. i have just served my time and a friend has asked me to rewire his house and change over the DB....i have no issueswith the wiring or the change over but i am use to working on big commercial sites and my testing knowlege is...
  19. Paul.M

    Re-wire rant!

    Ok its a full house rewire, thing is the boss didn't listen to me when I did the home buyers report (just short of a PIR btw). I told him that it would be a barsteward of a job due to the lay out of the house but he still said "£XXXX amount and it will take two and a half weeks". The customer...
  20. C

    Re-wire done other week, now require extra circuit.

    Hello, I've never had this before so sorry for sounding silly... I did a re-wire for a customer the other week, now they have decided they would like an outside socket. Every things been tested, there's a spare way left on board so all I need to do is run a new circuit but what cert would I...

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