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  1. P

    Re-wire for cooker 3.7 kw

    Hi - We want to install a cooker in our new house (moved in Feb 2011) which needs a 3.7 kw supply - Our current cooker (which has just been broken down) is dual fuel (electric oven) & plugged in to the wall. It has a single oven and came with the house - I'm not even sure what wattage it...
  2. M

    re-wire price

    hi everyone been asked to quote for a re-wire that is a 3 bed bungalow and a 2 bed flat. the bungalow sits on a hill and the flat is on the under side of the bungalow. All the ceilings are down below allowing easy access to the joists for the ring up in the bungalow. the bungalow has a roof...
  3. H

    Re-wire advice

    Hi about to re-wire my house and use it for assessment with napit. Can't decide on how many circuits to do, only a 3 bed semi, but can't decide on whether to do rings or 4mm radials for power. Not concerned on size of d/b or cost, what do you guys think, are radial circuits extinct or do you...
  4. M

    So you're faced with a re-wire and the ground floor is a concrete one...

    ...what would you do? I am faced with this for my own place and as the time gets closer to when I will be carrying this out, I am fishing for ideas. My initial thoughts were to channel out the floor and chase up the walls to the socket points, lay steel conduit in it and wire in singles. Once...
  5. D

    3 bed re-wire! Advice please!!!

    Hi I started out on my own recently and have only taken on small jobs so far to gain more experience and confidence. I going to look a 1970's three bed house tomorrow to rewire and just need some advice on what I should be looking at when pricing up. Are there certain problems you look out...
  6. R

    Garage re-wire

    Evening all. Just started a garage re-wire this afternoon for a neighbour and just after a bit of advice. The previous owner was a bit of a diyer!! I advised her that it will be easier and best if we start from scratch. As an example of what I found on my initial inspection:- Earthing for...
  7. B

    RE-wire or not

    I have a client that belives they need a rewire because they have been told that the installation is more than 25 years old and there is no earth on the light switches (as they did in the old days). The insalation and continuity tests are all fine, and the light switches are class 2 so I...
  8. 1

    How long domestic re-wire kitchen

    Hi there could anyone give me a rough idea about how long it would take 1 or 2 people to do a kitchen rewire (council houses) when running trunking through the front room. The premises are vacant and the kitchens are small and the fridge freezers and ovens are still in the kitchen and have to...
  9. D

    Advice for re-wire

    Hi all, Been to look at a possible full re-wire job which I will do with my friend, The majority of it should be fine, but the one big problem will be doing the downstairs ring, as their entire downstairs floor area is covered in a solid wood parquet flooring, which they do not want disturbed. I...
  10. B

    Re-wire, How long should it take...

    I am enquiring as to how long a full electrical re-wire should take for a standard 4 bed house. I am currently having this done and my electrician (nic, part p qualified) has taken 7 weeks so far (working 8am - 4pm fulltime!) and still isn't finished. Tea breaks and banter I don't mind, but...
  11. B

    How long does a FULL RE-WIRE take?

    Hi there, I am enquiring as to how long a full electrical re-wire should take for a four bedroom house. The reason I ask is, I am currently having this done and my electrician (qualified) has taken 7 weeks so far (coming in 8am-4pm fulltime!), and still isn't finished. Tea breaks and banter...
  12. W

    Re-wire: Best method for wiring lighting?

    As stated in title :D
  13. La Poste

    Bungalow re-wire

    Greetings and salutations. I have been working for an electrician for a while but unfortunately he will soon be defunct. I have just started a bungalow re-wire for a friend of my father and want to make a nice job of it. The wiring is a right old state and there is steel conduit in the walls...
  14. T

    Total Re-Wire, Steels and cables

    Hi all cant find anything in the regs on this one so guess it purely experience... Im on my a re-wire where they have decided to gut the place and completely rearrange everything. I returned to site today to start work and they have installed a number of steels (rsj's) around the place making...
  15. E

    3 bed re-wire - how to 'attack it'

    Hi All , Going to be starting a 3-bed rewire on an occupied property that is to be used as my 'part p' assessment. The house is owned by family but is occupied with furniture and carpets in place and will be lived in throughout the rewire ! The downstairs floor is concrete so all...
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    Re-wire done by a company who has gone bust. No part P issued

    I'm looking for some advice as my local building control has given my conflicting advice to what I have previously read. I had a full re-wire of my house done last year, by an apparent Part P certified person (I foolishly didn't check which body they were registered with etc) and the Ltd...
  17. B

    house re-wire

    hi all, i am training to become an electrician on the 2330 course, was going ask my tutor last night but college was cancalled, so thought i would ask on here. i would like to re-wire my house, if i do this and then get a qualified spaky in for inspection and testing would this be ok? thanks
  18. W

    certs on re-wire ?

    I have recently been asked by a friend if i could re-wire a property he has just bought, i am a fully qualified electrician to 2330 and 17th ed, but not yet passed my 2391. I wondered how i would go about getting it tested once finished and would this be allowed ? I do have experience in testing...
  19. S

    Complete re-wire

    I have been asked to look at a complete re-wie for a property that has 5 bedrooms, 2 basement rooms, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, lounge and and extension room added at the back. This is my first major job and before i meet the client, i want to be able to give a rough time scale for work completion...
  20. S

    When to re-wire??

    Hi guys, when would you consider a re-wire was nesscesary?? I recently when to a property to have a look at a consumer unit change to find in my a opinion a mess!! The consumer unit (old wylex re-wireable type) hanginging off the wall no bonding at all. So on further investigation i found a few...

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