Rewiring 40-50 year old wiring

[telectrix]

Only pulling your leg, you on the Diamond White/White Lightning already?

never touch that rotgut. Theakstons Old Peculier when I can get it. Occasional cider is Old Rosie.

 

[telectrix]

She was previously known by the pseudonym 'Jordan', which I suppose, sounds better than naming yourself Syria, Iraq, Iran or Israel. While the stupid bitch thinks nothing of spending two million on gifts and allowances for previous partners, she wouldn't pay an electrician the £3000 that she owed him. An oxygen thief if ever there was one.

and an airhead to boot.

 

[Fiftyhertz]

Thanks for all the replies, I'm going to try get a full rewire for 3 grand it's a three story two bed. we only bought it to do it up, so hopefully it will help when we come to sell it in 2 years time. It seems to be a busy time for sparks at the moment, can't seem to get any one round.

 

[Fiftyhertz]

If you do go for the rewire - just make sure you write a specification for what you want now and possible future upgrades.

Talk it through with sparks who come to quote

Think about CAT 5 or 6 to rooms with TV's, aerial cables, boiler control wiring, mains smoke and heat alarms, outside lights and power .....

Adding things later could be major upheaval, more plastering and decorating and higher costs

Rewires, new circuits and changes in bathrooms fall under Part P of the building regs - so make sure the person doing the work provides electrical certificates AND Part P certificates too.

Excellent advice, I'm an electrical designer by trade so I'm just going to whip up a cad plan to price from.

Thanks again

 

[Octopus]

Excellent advice, I'm an electrical designer by trade so I'm just going to whip up a cad plan to price from.

Thanks again

I would simply use a word document and list per room .....

 

[Squid]

I would simply use a word document and list per room .....

I'm old fashioned just use the blank side of the yearly tax return and a pencil..........

 

[Dave OCD]

I had an electrical spec' e mailed to me for a self build bungalow with detached garage to price up last week. From a retired chap, 63 pages with every ceiling and wall of every room on a seperate page !

 

[Squid]

I had an electrical spec' e mailed to me for a self build bungalow with detached garage to price up last week. From a retired chap, 63 pages with every ceiling and wall of every room on a seperate page !

I'd run away as you know he'll be looking over your shoulder day in day ut then will deduct the tea, biscuits and toilet paper consumed from the fan bill, I bet he also want the scrap cable..........

 

[Dave OCD]

Do you know this bloke ?

 

[johnduffell]

But nobody in their right mind would keep an up front RCD board - unless they come to work on a horse.

Sorry, didn't spot that it was up front, i assumed it was RCD for sockets and standard ways for lighting or similar setup!
Anyway it was a point of order i was making rather than a suggestion.

 

[Fiftyhertz]

But nobody in their right mind would keep an up front RCD board - unless they come to work on a horse.

Pardon my ignorance, what's so wrong with an single RCD board - I know it's ideal to have a dual to stop everything going in the event of a current imbalance. Also, the meaning of an upfront board?

Cjeers

 

[telectrix]

Pardon my ignorance, what's so wrong with an single RCD board - I know it's ideal to have a dual to stop everything going in the event of a current imbalance. Also, the meaning of an upfront board?

Cjeers

section 314."division of installation" (BS7671 17th ed.)

 

[KentSparky]

Thanks for all the replies, I'm going to try get a full rewire for 3 grand it's a three story two bed. we only bought it to do it up, so hopefully it will help when we come to sell it in 2 years time. It seems to be a busy time for sparks at the moment, can't seem to get any one round.

Maybe you can't seem to get anyone round because of your plans to get it done for 3 grand?

 

[Fiftyhertz]

Maybe you can't seem to get anyone round because of your plans to get it done for 3 grand?

A small 2 bed terrace, 1 bathroom, up north. Seems a fair price to mr

 

[Octopus]

Pardon my ignorance, what's so wrong with an single RCD board - I know it's ideal to have a dual to stop everything going in the event of a current imbalance. Also, the meaning of an upfront board?

Cjeers

A full rewire would include an AMD 3 compliant fuseboard with 2 or more rcds

 

[KentSparky]

A small 2 bed terrace, 1 bathroom, up north. Seems a fair price to mr

I would probably have thought 3 grand was a fair price to be fair but it clearly isn't judging by your struggle to find an electrician to do it .

 

[123]

This is often the problem when the customer tries to dictate how much it should cost.

You'd be better to have a spec of what you need and want and let the spark give you a quote. Rather than telling them how much you think it should cost.

When I go to quote a job and the customer is telling me how much it should cost and keep going on about it, I tell them they have got the wrong person. I'll give them a quote, not the other way around.

 

[Octopus]

Maybe the op should view threads about poor installations before setting an unrealistic budget for a rewire.

Write a spec and get at least 3 quotes ....

 

[Fiftyhertz]

I haven't told any contractor the price I'm wanting, I've done exactly the above message got a spec and I'm getting them to tender it. The main struggle has been getting people round to quote and actually turn ip, last week may have just been a busy week as I've got 3 sparks coming round this week.

Cheers all

 

[Octopus]

Please do come back and report your findings ....