How long does it take you to do a Domestic rewire?

[MDJ]

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

 

[dingledong]

it takes me about two and a half weeks i would say and i am not ashamed of myself or my work at all
i am more ashemed of the one week wonders that crash it in then wont go back and i have to do the making good

 

[shanky887614]

it takes me about two and a half weeks i would say and i am not ashamed of myself or my work at all
i am more ashemed of the one week wonders that crash it in then wont go back and i have to do the making good

What size house though?

 

[chcnorris29]

Void or tenanted 1st fix (inc fitting out, not in plastering (another company follows us round)) with a 3 man team (2 qual sparks and me (apprentice). done in 1 day.

 

[uksparks]

The house I finished off recently, had 12 storage heaters into a three phase board, 14 circuits into a 24 hour board and. Three base board and separate Contactor, all new tails etc to both boards. Needed 5x 50mm pipes dropped down cavity.

It had 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, downstairs toilet, conservatory, dining room, loung, large hall, kitchen, utility, double garage that needed full power and lights, 6 outside flood lights, 4 smoke alarms, interlinked, boiler circuit, alarm circuit, hob and cooker separate circuits.

The loft was boarded, all rooms downstairs were very expensive high polish wood floors, upstairs, all good quality carpet.

All fittings needed to be at new heights, all solid engneering brick walls even upstairs.

I know how long it took me, I'd be interested to know how long other people who take.

Oh, the house was empty, no furniture at all, only carpet etc. I think there were 42 double sockets, 16 light switches if I remember. Oh and a change over switch in the cupboard opposite the bathroom to witch between the three phase board and the 24 hour for the water heater.

This was a big job.

Come on JRC, how long? 2 days?

 

[uksparks]

it takes me about two and a half weeks i would say and i am not ashamed of myself or my work at all
i am more ashemed of the one week wonders that crash it in then wont go back and i have to do the making good

Totally agree, I say upto 10 days, but sometimes it takes a lot longer, you never know you are going to find.

 

[MDJ]

I voted 6 days in case anyone wondered, usually it takes me around 5 hard days and I go back on a Saturday to test, certify and connect the finals, sometimes the following Monday to make sure the carpets and furniture is back properly, but 6 days I think about right for me.

 

[R G]

Takes me a lot longer now than it used to , I was rewiring council houses back in the mid eighties , 2 off us did them in 2 days , 3 bed semis as well all surface mind you,. Private 3 bed semis on my own and flush would take me 2 weeks now a bit longer if there is excessive chasing ie solid floor on ground floor, I would add another week for that , but that includes me plastering up as you go ,,,

 

[elliot123]

Can vary a lot, I haven't rewired that's many only been an apprentice but have done a 3 bed semi in 3 days two blokes but walls where soft so box sinking kit came into its own, floor boards up and down plus owner was renovating so there was no kitchen or bathroom but other times there's been four of us doin a similar sized house but has taken 6 days due to solid downstairs floor and engineering bricks so chasing took double long

 

[KFH]

I am working on a partial rewire in a partially furnished but unoccupied two bedroom bungalow, I am still doing it two years later. Customer is still making up mind about what they want to go where. I have forgotton what I was doing and despite labling cables have to work out what I indended to do with them on the odd occasion I return. To make matters worse the loft is a maximum of three foot high with 10" of stuffing laid over everything and the loft access is so small I have to up with arms over my head and when I come down it strips off my shirt. Not a pretty sight as I lost my six pack a long time ago.

 

[Guest569]

My monster occupied bungalow with original 1930s panelling, solid wood flooring and 1ft depth under floor , plywood down upstairs and many other obstecales ended up taking 4 days, 2 men and labourer. 8am till 6pm average....customers happy heres her feedback ...."Fantastic team. Excellent in all areas, house was covered and kept clean during the work and cleaned after job. Nothing was too much trouble. Totally reliable for pre- work visits and work on site. The team worked non-stop to finish work as quickly as possible and believe me this wasn't an easy job. Took great care of 1930's paneling and rewiring of original lighting. Would recommend these chaps to anyone and have already done so. We moved out so trusted the guys to lock up & care for the property."

In comparison this week I have a 2 bed room pull through with all points in original places 1-2 days max.

10 Jan 2014

 

[D Skelton]

Reading through your reviews I notice you seem to have a rather high (compared to myself that is) percentage of customers who request you come back to sort out snagging issues.

I'm not having a go, I'm just interested as to why this is?

 

[ArseyDee]

Reading through your reviews I notice you seem to have a rather high (compared to myself that is) percentage of customers who request you come back to sort out snagging issues.

I'm not having a go, I'm just interested as to why this is?

If the typical rewire is two days including sheeting up, moving furniture, lifting boards, first fix, making good, second fix with board change, testing, certification, clearing/cleaning site, oh.... and earthing all metal capping.....is it any wonder that snagging issues frequently arise?

 

[Guest569]

Reading through your reviews I notice you seem to have a rather high (compared to myself that is) percentage of customers who request you come back to sort out snagging issues.

I'm not having a go, I'm just interested as to why this is?

Im not sure what reviews you speak of to be honest ? on my first page of 73 reviews, I have 2 jobs that suggest we may have been back but I can't see many more ? There are obviously jobs we return to do parts that couldn't not be completed during rewire at no fault of ours but I can't see many reviews that say that?

Are you sure your reading the correct reviews ? I have 2/3 jobs which were 4/4.5 stars , the rest are excellent !

 

[D Skelton]

Without reading through them all again, as I recount it appeared that you had about three, four or five where you were called back to deal with snagging issues (all it seems were delt with well I must add). I only ask because of all the work I've ever done, if I remember rightly I've only had to revisit a new install once to sort out a snagging issue.

 

[Guest569]

I can't see any that mention snagging ?

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and even if they did , 4/5 snags over 73 jobs ( around 60 of which are rewiring ) ..Id say that was pretty good !!