Lived- in rewire

[Pete999]

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[thekingiam]

did one a while back was always told that i was drinking too much the night before and to have a shave etc
my mother is so fussy.

 

[telectrix]

geordies in houses??? bloody 'ell. next thing will be welshmen in grass huts.

 

[thekingiam]

i prefer grass skirts

 

[ipf]

geordies in houses??? bloody 'ell. next thing will be welshmen in grass huts.

Well, Scotsmen already wear grass skirts................just watch 'em at hogmanay

 

[camerabloke]

Used to rewire a three bed house in two days, and before anyone says anything like "bet that's a rough old job" no it wasn't inspected by the C of W Electrical, all surface, buckle clipped, floors down,carpets relaid, no making good that was done by others.

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Used to rewire a three bed house in two days, and before anyone says anything like "bet that's a rough old job" no it wasn't inspected by the C of W Electrical, all surface, buckle clipped, floors down,carpets relaid, no making good that was done by others.

Bet that was a rough old job : )

 

[iamelectric]

how do you rewire a kitchen ? anyone

 

[Hawkmoon]

Used to rewire a three bed house in two days, and before anyone says anything like "bet that's a rough old job" no it wasn't inspected by the C of W Electrical, all surface, buckle clipped, floors down,carpets relaid, no making good that was done by others.

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Used to rewire a three bed house in two days, and before anyone says anything like "bet that's a rough old job" no it wasn't inspected by the C of W Electrical, all surface, buckle clipped, floors down,carpets relaid, no making good that was done by others.

Is that 48 hours non-stop??? - I'm getting too old for that kind of performance lol

btw did you need to tell us twice?

 

[monkeyelectric]

Don't do it! Run away! Ignore the phone! Dear god i can't think of anything worse than an occupied rewire! Done one once and it was a nightmare, there were daily arguments that i couldn't turn any circuits off and whatever room i was in they wanted something out of there or wanted to be in there! They had a tw4t of a dog that kept robbing my tools, i nearly nailed it to the floor! No more occupied rewires for this monkey!!

 

[Dcf]

there is a a knack to doing these.
i sometimes used to get sent with an old lad who was called the ghost as he could rewire an occupied house and you would not know he had been in.
he was scrawny old man who all the old widows would take pity on and if you were with him you were guaranteed a nice bit of home baking or mince n tatties for your lunch.result.
he once told me to go and wire a doocot in some house we were wiring which had about 100 birds going mental in , i let them out and they all took off.
i thought then that maybe that wasn't too clever and asked the woman if her pigeons came back,
yeah son they are homing pigeons!panic over.
in all seriousness he showed me loads of wee tricks that still can get you out of a jam to this day

 

[telectrix]

there is a a knack to doing these.
i sometimes used to get sent with an old lad who was called the ghost as he could rewire an occupied house and you would not know he had been in.
he was scrawny old man who all the old widows would take pity on and if you were with him you were guaranteed a nice bit of home baking or mince n tatties for your lunch.result.
he once told me to go and wire a doocot in some house we were wiring which had about 100 birds going mental in , i let them out and they all took off.
i thought then that maybe that wasn't too clever and asked the woman if her pigeons came back,
yeah son they are homing pigeons!panic over.
in all seriousness he showed me loads of wee tricks that still can get you out of a jam to this day

wasn't geordiespark by any chance?

 

[Dcf]

ha unfortunately not.
one bit of advice ill give is know your structure.
as in to be quick you really need to know the layout of the house and the routes to the board etc

 

[7029 dave]

Yep there is a knack with this type of work,try and pull through as much as you can with conduit systems ie switch drops property's (circa 1930)to 60's, normally in slip tube so easy to cut back. Start upstairs and work down, whilst upstairs floor boards are up think about downstairs lighting circuit, look for switch drops in conduit it saves a hell of a lot of time. (tin hat on) Maybe think about joint box system on lighting circuit downstairs less floor boards to lift fish across where you can less cable usage no loop feed to worry about . Plan a rout down for your risers, you may be lucky and pull through on conduit or even voids in wall. Keep work site tidy at all times and respect the persons home, speed is of the essence here. Good luck.

 

[Dcf]

sterling advice from dave above.
a joint box for the lighting does lend itself in this case.
make sure your back is strong as you will no doubt have a double bed on it while trying to lift a board in the middle of it.
i found this was the one domestic electrical job where the boys who were more into the commercial industrial side were completely lost.
not electrically but in the dark art of how to go about it.
its hard graft alright

 

[iamelectric]

and the kitchen ???