Signs of house needing a rewire??

[hbrad92]

I have had a call from a friend asking me to come check his wiring in his house and to basically tell him if he needs it rewired.

I know the fusebox will need replacing as he has the old rewireable cartridge fuse set up.

What a wanted to find out is what are the obvious or most common signs of a rewire being needed? I understand most oldish properties have white cable with old red and black colours etc, but is that an instant sign of a required rewire?

I plan to test the installation regardless of whether it needs rewiring or not when I upgrade the fusebox, but the bloke wants answers and prices asap. That leads me to my next question of how much should a rewire come to roughly. its a small 2-3 bed house and will only require basic sockets switches and lights etc (nothing fancy).

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[MDJ]

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[dazza1981]

MDJ your thread yesterday you started!!!
This is what it was aimed at i presume???

 

[BES]

Can't wait till the gorilla sees this one

 

[trev]

Your tests will tell you about the state of the wiring that you can't see. The price will depend a lot on whereabouts you are in the country.

 

[Resu]

I know the fusebox will need replacing as he has the old rewireable cartridge fuse set up.

Why?

What a wanted to find out is what are the obvious or most common signs of a rewire being needed?

What's inspection and testing for anyway?

Good luck...

 

[Plonker 3]

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Can't wait till the gorilla sees this one

http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk.../88188-new-sparks-who-change-dist-boards.html

 

[brucelee]

Hi mate you should know what is required to determine if the house needs rewiring throug you knowledge and technical experience and by carrying out appropiate Inspection and Testing of the installation usually a EICR beforhand or at least sme pre work Inspection and testing

You also need to be competent to do this are you registered with a scheme or do you intend to notify via LABC

 

[Andystraughan]

Obvious DIY by unqualified persons. Old Bakerlite switches/pendants. Whether the ring mains are actually ring main. Water/gas earthing. I'd start there

 

[trev]

Or are you in Scotland or Ireland?

 

[Pete999]

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Nice and subtle mate nice

 

[MDJ]

I have had a call from a friend asking me to come check his wiring in his house and to basically tell him if he needs it rewired.

I know the fusebox will need replacing as he has the old rewireable cartridge fuse set up.

What a wanted to find out is what are the obvious or most common signs of a rewire being needed? I understand most oldish properties have white cable with old red and black colours etc, but is that an instant sign of a required rewire?

I plan to test the installation regardless of whether it needs rewiring or not when I upgrade the fusebox, but the bloke wants answers and prices asap. That leads me to my next question of how much should a rewire come to roughly. its a small 2-3 bed house and will only require basic sockets switches and lights etc (nothing fancy).

Any help would be much appreciated!

I bet he wants answers, I smell a Cowboy, No EICR carried out and a customer who wants answers, poor bugger, I hope he isn;t a retired man on a tight pension.

 

[Andystraughan]

Where I'm from your lucky to get a rewire for 2k its a night mare

 

[Meggerman]

If you are doing an EICR then you should know what you are looking for, right? I find, if it looks good and is original then it is probably OK, however I don't commit to anything until I have carried out inspection & tests. If it is a real dogs dinner just from a visual and he is prepared for rewire, then save him the money of the EICR and just quote rewire. 2.5 - 3K.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

That was very poor timing wasn't it MDJ!!

You're going to have to get ready for one or two 'interesting' replies hbrad, but stay calm and some responses will be very helpful.

Have a look at the thread recently posted by MDJ and that will give you an idea of whether the CU really does need changing.... It wont need changing just because it has old rewirable fuses as they may or may not still be working perfectly well..

Good luck..