Rewire "specialists"

[Matesrates]

Ives seen quite a few of these companies claiming to be rewire specialists.
Can be in and out a 2 bed house fully plastered an d 2nd fixed all in a day. 2 sparks plasterer and an apprentice.

I wonder what makes them special.
Seen alot of their work proudly displayed on facebook. Cables not in zones for a start so wonder what lies under the floors or in the walls.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Quickest I've ever rewired a house with 2 sparks and 2 mates is two days including filling chases.

 

[Dave OCD]

I did a small bungalow a long time ago with just me and one [good] apprentice in 2 days but couldn't do it now.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I did some contract work for a large national company who had a contract with a council across the bridge in Wales, had to rewire the flats, was all surface mounted and the building was only expected to last another 15 to 20 years maximum. We did one flat a day from start to end leaving all the old stuff in the metal conduit in the concrete walls and ceilings. There were 4 teams working on the contract with 3 people per flat, we just removed the old sockets and switches before the plasterers covered it up. It was like grown up lego. the new wiring was about the only good thing about the building, the lifts were broke, the windows leaked and the building was well due for demolition.

 

[andysparkfree]

3 bed house about 5 years ago re-wired in 2.5 days(2 x electricians) but only because the builder did all chasing and filling (and sweeping lol)

great feeling afterwards

 

[Marvo]

I think I've only ever done one domestic house rewire in my entire life and it took me a full week working alone in the days before RCD's and cordless tools and I hated every minute of it.

 

[AJshep]

Years ago 2 of us did a surface rewire of an old council bungalow in day, But it was an easy one, empty and had suspended floor, basic pendant and switch in each room & if I remember it had the old imperial metal conduit drops and that we were able to get the new switch wires down too..
Still, it took us a long day.

We used to start on upstairs lights. One bloke in the loft, the other poking cable up at the next light, the guy in the loft would pull back to the previous light trying his best to route it along the joist ready to be clipped when they were all pulled in.
and 2 of us would aim to get that done for 10:30 then concentrate on downstairs lights & upstairs ring, finishing up with Groundfloor Ring.

Like Dave mentioned our testing was sloppy and very basi. ring cont, zs, and Rcd test.

If you put enough blokes in you can do it but I bet its not clipped not tested and rough as.

 

[JK-Electrical]

There's a young guy on MyBuilder who claims to have rewired over "2000 properties of all shapes and sizes all over the country" in the last 10 years. If true, this would mean that he's been able to do around four rewires a week, every week, for ten consecutive years. Yeah right. Clark Kent, eat your heart out!

 

[MJPD29]

There's a young guy on MyBuilder who claims to have rewired over "2000 properties of all shapes and sizes all over the country" in the last 10 years. If true, this would mean that he's been able to do around four rewires a week, every week, for ten consecutive years. Yeah right. Clark Kent, eat your heart out!

Fair play to him he's either an elaborate liar or has no life outside work!

 

[JK-Electrical]

Fair play to him he's either an elaborate liar or has no life outside work!

You mean that there are people trading on MyBuilder who tell whopping, big fibs about their abilities and qualifications? Surely not.

 

[Dozer 73]

I have done a few tenanted 3 bed houses in a day 4 men team poss 5 (in my few years of house bashing )
Council houses these , tenants have already moved all furniture into middle of room , most floor boards have been up before and runs are ready to go for you , the houses are exactly the same in layout
All the lads have a set task and can do it without thinking
You can complete one in an 8 hour day easy , it’s bloody hard dirty work though
You put a sleeve on all accessories uwzee box it’s called if my memory is correct allowing plasterer to come day after rewire to patch up
An electrician has a return visits a few days later once plastered and kitchen tiled to remove these boxes/sleeves to screw back all accessories 1hours work
Job complete hundreds go on every day around the country like this on council estates , most carried out to a good standard
Would I do it again NO !!!!!
Earned some bloody good money doing it too

 

[andysparkfree]

just an observation
everyone thinks that re-wires are hard dirty work and that you really need to graft to earn great money , just wondering why the cost of re-wires haven't escalated over last few years
been a couple of years since my last normal one but am right in thinking a basic re-wire costs 3k ish ?

 

[Dozer 73]

just an observation
everyone thinks that re-wires are hard dirty work and that you really need to graft to earn great money , just wondering why the cost of re-wires haven't escalated over last few years
been a couple of years since my last normal one but am right in thinking a basic re-wire costs 3k ish ?

For yourself yes , all depends what the client requires , can soon escalate
But labour only contracting £800-1000 , 1 days works 2 sparks 2/3 mates/apprentices , that’s when I call it hard work , head down arse up
But as one of the sparks you should be taking £250 out of that price at least , it can be a good weekly wage and these contracts go on for years
Like I say For the minute I’ll give them a miss
Do the odd one for myself

 

[telectrix]

sod that for a game......2 good sparks... 2 days first fix, 2 days 2nd fix. 1 day testing, and a week getting the customers cats out from below the floorboards.

 

[Dave OCD]

sod that for a game......2 good sparks... 2 days first fix, 2 days 2nd fix. 1 day testing, and a week getting the customers cats out from below the floorboards.

Haha that rings a bell, a board the whole length of the upstairs landing put back at the end of the day and fixed down with 2 x 2"screws with a cordless at each joist. Then the elderly customer was missing a cat later that evening, rather than call me she unscrewed the board by hand and completed the rescue with a bribe - tuna I think.