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    Maximum age of wiring

    Hello and thank you for the replies. I have done (sort of) a visual inspection myself. All the backboxes have 4 holes for screws rather than two. The cables are solid core, rather than stranded. The earth cable is not insulated except in the backbox itself with solid green insulation. Light...
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    Maximum age of wiring

    Hello, I live in a house where part of the wiring dates to 1960 (exact). Now I know after ~30 years old, a rewire is advised. And at 58 years it should definitely be rewired, but it's going to be difficult to convince my parents to have the house rewired soon - as we have 5 people living here...

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