Domestic rewires

[GMES]

Ok so as anyone who knows me will know That I try and avoid Domestic work at all costs but now and then I get a request from one of my Ind/Commercial customers to do their homes.
I had to do one last month and once again realised pretty quickly why I try to avoid them, so the point of this thread is curiousity more than anything.

Do you Domestic lads have any set ways you approach them, by that I mean do you chase everything first or as you need them, do you get all Boards up and all joist drilled, do you do a floor at a time etc etc etc.
The house was fully furnished but occupiers went away for a week so there was no need to replace boards every night etc and finally how long do you normally take to do an average 3bed semi, all switches and sockets to new heights not original.

I will be interested to hear your methods.

 

[Octopus]

I've not long brought a property that needs a rewire and already looks a nightmare.

-Existing sockets random heights
-Solid floor downstairs so lots of chasing
-No route from CU to ceiling so got to go up to loft first then back down
-Existing holes in joists don't meet latest regs.

That's just some of it lol

What do you mean about existing holes not meeting regs?

 

[JakeC]

What do you mean about existing holes not meeting regs?

Drilled less than 50mm from top, less than x3 diameter spacing & not in the correct zone. :nopity:

 

[Octopus]

Drilled less than 50mm from top, less than x3 diameter spacing & not in the correct zone. :nopity:

So do you drill more holes or use the existing ones?

 

[JakeC]

So do you drill more holes or use the existing ones?

Use existing for structural reasons but the annoying thing is that it's harder and more awkward to use them.

 

[stevethesparks]

Its never bothered the plumbers who come in afterwards and hack away half a joist in any zone to plop their pipes in.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Its never bothered the plumbers who come in afterwards and hack away half a joist in any zone to plop their pipes in.

The worst I have ever seen is a plumber that cut away half the depth of three joists each for approx 1m, to allow a shower tray to be flush with the tiles (poor man's wetroom!). So the previously 8" deep joists were all now 4". The ceiling below it had a few cracks on it before it was removed.