Rocky786
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Hi All,
We are about to buy a 1960 built 3-bed semi-detached. The upstairs bathroom was completely renovated in 2016 with new electrical installation (including isolation box just outside of bathroom) and a small Schnieder Easy 9 consumer unit placed by existing fusebox understairs (see picture).
We had an electrician around who stated the wires in downstairs utility are about 10 years old (visual inspection). He also visually checked the sockets in kitchen and said that, except for the absence of earth wire, the condition of wires looks OK.
However, the electrician did not offer to do a PIR, and instead looked at fusebox understairs and said I need rewire! He has quoted about £3300 +Vat to do the rewire.
Do the wires by fusebox look sufficiently OK?
Can we get a full consumer unit, change sockets and light and complete any work highlighted by a PIR?
We really want to avoid an unnecessaryrewire. We expect to live here for 10 years or more.
Thanks.
We are about to buy a 1960 built 3-bed semi-detached. The upstairs bathroom was completely renovated in 2016 with new electrical installation (including isolation box just outside of bathroom) and a small Schnieder Easy 9 consumer unit placed by existing fusebox understairs (see picture).
We had an electrician around who stated the wires in downstairs utility are about 10 years old (visual inspection). He also visually checked the sockets in kitchen and said that, except for the absence of earth wire, the condition of wires looks OK.
However, the electrician did not offer to do a PIR, and instead looked at fusebox understairs and said I need rewire! He has quoted about £3300 +Vat to do the rewire.
Do the wires by fusebox look sufficiently OK?
Can we get a full consumer unit, change sockets and light and complete any work highlighted by a PIR?
We really want to avoid an unnecessaryrewire. We expect to live here for 10 years or more.
Thanks.