Would you get a rewire done if there's nothing wrong with the old stuff?

[Electrics]

Hi all.

Just bought a house and it needs some attention to the electrics in terms of layout - loads of rooms that need 2 way switches don't have them, weird lighting set ups where one switch will do an inside and outside light at the same time etc, mostly trivial stuff.

I had planned to get a full rewire done but upon taking all the faces off, everything is wired up fine and they've done a good job - grommets all present, earthing all done properly etc.

If i get it tested and it tests fine is there any point rewiring completely?

I could do without the expense, although all the wiring is currently old colours.

What do you reckon?

 

[UNG]

If you don't want all the mess of chasing out in every room why not chase out in the rooms you are decorating and in the other rooms mini trunk the cables and as each room is decorated chase the cables in

 

[Dustydazzler]

If I were doing this i would just clip the new cables in the right place Leaving a little bit of slack. Cheap surface box screwed to the wall. Unclip and chase in when the time comes...

 

[Electrics]

If I were doing this i would just clip the new cables in the right place Leaving a little bit of slack. Cheap surface box screwed to the wall. Unclip and chase in when the time comes...

I will suggest that, sounds a good idea.

 

[UNG]

If I were doing this i would just clip the new cables in the right place Leaving a little bit of slack. Cheap surface box screwed to the wall. Unclip and chase in when the time comes...

I suppose it would depend on the decorating timescale if it is going to be more than a month or two I wouldn't want to install it that way
We all know how brittle cheap surface boxes are and don't stand up to knocks very well and it would probably need the cable clipping with P clips and screws as I doubt the standard T&E clips lasting that long in an old plaster wall