Hi All,
I am about to buy a 1930s house for which I have got a Unsatisfactory rating for the Domestic EICR.
I am now in a bit of fix in deciding whether I should go for a complete rewire or just fix the issues raised in the report.
I am also planning a back extension in the next 6 months and...
Just spent 2 weeks rewiring a 3 bed house, I made it £500 cheaper to encourage the owners to move out which they did, thank goodness.... lived in rewires are a nightmare.
I finished the first fix a few days ago and the plasterer filled in all the chases as I was certain all was fine :D.
I then...
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Hi I’m planning on getting my house re-wired soon, the installation at the minute is an ancient old fuse board with all sorts going on in there! My main fuse is rated at 60 amp and my question is should I get the dno in to upgrade if needed to 80 or 100 amp! Am I best doing this before or after...
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Still trying to get my head around pricing jobs, I need a comparison for particular job
It’s a 3 bed house full rewire, Mostly pendants.
Kitchen and bathroom will have downlights,
It’s solid walls everywhere so there will be chasing to be done and floor boards lifted for wiring...
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Been doing a full rewire on a social housing 2 bedroom house.
Lifted the floorboards to find that the house has been rewired in the past.
The sockets were really low maybe 75mm off the floor, also the original cables to the sockets had be cut with about 3 foot left connected to the old...
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New to forum and enjoying reading the threads, all interesting, so..
Looking to re-wire my kitchen due to re-fit and some of you will be unhappy (understandibly) as I am not a qualified sparky, but I will notify building control and get the work certified and passed. This is simply an...
as title. quoting a job. as long as I get it , I will need 1 or 2 mates with some experience of house rewires, end of this month. job is close to Jct. 20 M6. any takers?
as title.quoting this 4 bed house. void rewire. need a couple of lads confident to 1st fix for starters on pre-planned cable routes.. floorboards up, joist drilled, chasing etc. any one close to area interested?
eicr,safety is the real issue here,but I’ve seen loads of real poor workmanship,by sparks,big & little things,& you give codes for it.
Just sometimes looking @ the real bad terminations,makes you mad.
Be great just to write condemned,Rewire,what’s your take on it all
It’s getting better cause we...
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I have been asked to carry out an eicr and issue cert on a property, the owner is looking to sell and he is getting some grief from the buyers as he had his property rewired 4 years ago but wasnt issued a certificate.
He has said he needs a certificate to prove the work has been done, as i...
So far I'm struggling to identify the cable in use here. I've attached a photo, could someone point me in the right direction of a wiring reference guide so I can attach a standard telephone socket for broadband?
We are having our kitchen moved to a different part of the house. I have asked that the wiring for the new kitchen be using a new consumer board. The old kitchen will be changed into a bedroom. What changes need to happen to sockets and wiring of old kitchen. Also in the new room where...
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We have had an electrician work on a fix price job to rewire the house. He has routed all of the cabling under the bathroom floor. I expected that he would routed another way which was more difficult, but wouldn't have gone under the bathroom floor.
Is anyone able to confirm if this...
Hi all, just got a property for myself and looking to rewire it. Have only every rewired houses with old floorboards but this property has the wayrok sheetboards. Anyone got any experience of of the best way to lift without ruining them too much? Thanks in advance
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