How do you approach your Rewires?

[highspark]

Personally I always start on the upstairs lights. Then up sockets and move down. Be interesting to see where everyone starts.

 

[Chris sparky]

Got one starting next month. Shouldn't be too bad. Empty 3 bedder. No downlights anywhere (madness i know ). No carpet to lift either. I shall approach it with glee as opposed to my usual hatred of rewires.

 

[7029 dave]

Got one starting next month. Shouldn't be too bad. Empty 3 bedder. No downlights anywhere (madness i know ��). No carpet to lift either. I shall approach it with glee as opposed to my usual hatred of rewires.

Lucky you.

 

[Englishman]

I don't, I despise them, quoting ridiculously high always sees that I don't have to carry them out.

 

[Knobhead]

Five house rewires in forty years speaks volumes as to how much I enjoyed the job.
Of the five I had my arm twisted for four of them. Bloody families!
The other was my own house, couldn’t really get out of doing that. That was almost a never ending project. Divorce twenty years ago finally put an end to it and I’ve never touched domestic wiring since.

Give me a couple of 1000KVA transformers and the MV/LV switchgear, I’m happy.

 

[CockneyReject]

Lights first day, upstairs in the morning (usually done by bait) then downstairs, once they are out of the way get all the power pulled in then come mid week it's time to wreck the spot and do the chasing, then it's 2nd fix and do the DB and testing last, that's how we used to do them (pretty much always occupied council with a week per house) thesedays if anyone asks I bang a daft quote in and hope I never hear from them again, I don't mind doing the odd new build house if it's of a decent spec but I avoid domestic as much as I can

give me a dirty horrible plantroom, ankle deep in water any day of the week

(i wear 8 eyelet waterproof boots lol)

waterproof of boots or not mate I'd happily be knee deep in water barefooted in a plant room than do a rewire

plant rooms are usually my favourite bit of the job too, well once the pipeys have ****ed off

 

[D Skelton]

A few weeks ago I was in a ship's sewage tank connecting the new pump up to the supply and stink pipe. I honestly think I'd rather be doing that day in day out than arguing the ---- with my subordinates over whether to loop at the lights or the switches.

Rewires are fine with me, but unless it's either hi-spec or a job of love I'm not interested.

 

[shanky887614]

Lights first day, upstairs in the morning (usually done by bait) then downstairs, once they are out of the way get all the power pulled in then come mid week it's time to wreck the spot and do the chasing, then it's 2nd fix and do the DB and testing last, that's how we used to do them (pretty much always occupied council with a week per house) thesedays if anyone asks I bang a daft quote in and hope I never hear from them again, I don't mind doing the odd new build house if it's of a decent spec but I avoid domestic as much as I can



waterproof of boots or not mate I'd happily be knee deep in water barefooted in a plant room than do a rewire

plant rooms are usually my favourite bit of the job too, well once the pipeys have ****ed off

dont go barefoot, this is what you need