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For arguments sake lets assume it is a 3 bed semi with normal pendant lights and normal socket numbers and the house is lived in by a family of 4 people
 
Depends how many sparks and labours are mucking in. I am doing one now for my dad's mate un- occupied. Havn't been back near it in 8 weeks due to being on tour offshore in Nigeria for 4 weeks and on holiday in Thailand for 3 weeks so I think I maybe biased lol!
 
I have got a barn conversion that we started about 6 months before the new colours came out ( was that around 2005 , I think ? ) , it has been part lived in since about 18 months after we started it .
All circuit's which are live and bonds ect have been tested , but as of yet it has not been signed off as it has only been half finished ( Not even sure I should , as it was started before part pee !? ) , having said that if I count all of the buildings that adjoin the main house to make the courtyard ( some of these were started in 03/04 then it would probably swallow in region of 25 3 bed house's , the part that is currently being lived in would easily take about 12 of them at the moment !
When they first moved in the wife did her nut after using just about ÂŁ600 of oil in the first week for the heating / water and Aga .
And to top it off , only 2 people live in it !
They made HIS money through selling most of his old farm off for a bypass and a lot of housing .



Edit ; Thinking about it , we were not even a limited company when we first started this one !
 
Me and a sparky are doing a 2 bedroom rewire and looks like it will take us 2.5 days but the owner (plasterer) cut the plaster out and made holes in the ceiling and took the odd floor board up so would prob be a good 3 days if he did nothing

I'm on my phone so can't vote or at least can't see how too but id say a good week and maybe a little of saturday thats just cos u know the customer will slow u down!!
Thats for a sparky and a mate.

On my own (student) 4 years 7months lmao!!!!!
 
Me and a sparky are doing a 2 bedroom rewire and looks like it will take us 2.5 days but the owner (plasterer) cut the plaster out and made holes in the ceiling and took the odd floor board up so would prob be a good 3 days if he did nothing

I'm on my phone so can't vote or at least can't see how too but id say a good week and maybe a little of saturday thats just cos u know the customer will slow u down!!
Thats for a sparky and a mate.

On my own (student) 4 years 7months lmao!!!!!

Get the tapatalk app its ace.

Last rewire I was on, took 1.5-2 days at most from bare brick.

Thats about 5 electrician's, apprentice and a labourer first day.

I have no idea why boss decided to do this as there was a lot of standing around doing nothing.

1 guy marking
Grinding
Chasing
Fixing boxes
2 pulling cables in etc
 
Get the tapatalk app its ace.

Last rewire I was on, took 1.5-2 days at most from bare brick.

Thats about 5 electrician's, apprentice and a labourer first day.

I have no idea why boss decided to do this as there was a lot of standing around doing nothing.

1 guy marking
Grinding
Chasing
Fixing boxes
2 pulling cables in etc

I have that app, the pro version, am I meant to be able to vote via it

I can imagine with 5 electricians it wouldn't take long at all!!

If u know how to vote via this app do me a favour and tell me

Update

What u piece of ----, clicked web view and saw the pole, each time I login it kicks me back here, after trying 4 times I gave up
 
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I have that app, the pro version, am I meant to be able to vote via it

I can imagine with 5 electricians it wouldn't take long at all!!

If u know how to vote via this app do me a favour and tell me

Update

What u piece of ----, clicked web view and saw the pole, each time I login it kicks me back here, after trying 4 times I gave up

You need to set browser agent to desktop in web view

(Most browsers have the option opera definatly does)
 
I've been reading this post as well as the chap in Scotland regarding rewires and personally if I couldn't do a rewire in 5 days maximum I'd be ashamed of myself.
Obviously this is a basic 3 bed.
think about it your only talking of 10 lights, 25 sockets, cooker, and board.
furniture or not its easy money.
i believe the chap in Scotland with his 3 a week with the amount of labour he's talking about.
I worked on a 4 bed house that had been rewired in a weekend by 4 guys whilst the owners lived there.
Now it wasn't the neatest job but they hadn't cut any corners and everything was chased in so it can be done if you want to work hard.
 

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