Should I re wire

[Declansmith567]

I’m industrial spark and never worked in a house in my life.. Just bought a 3 bed bungalow and I don’t have access to a tester atm I’m off on holiday for 2 weeks.. I have 4 circuits at the DB, 32 amp cooker, 32 ring, 16amp radial and 6 amp lighting circuit. What are your thoughts on the current set up.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Where do yo think you need a rewire.
Plus why are those extra tail is the rcd isolator?

 

[Declansmith567]

Where do yo think you need a rewire.
Plus why are those extra tail is the rcd isolator?

It feeds the rcd for the garage
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Where do yo think you need a rewire.
Plus why are those extra tail is the rcd isolator?

Just unsure on the the old colours/age of consumer unit. Only ever worked on new builds

 

[buzzlightyear]

It feeds the rcd for the garage

Has for the tails in the garage another rcd board in?
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Just unsure on the the old colours/age of consumer unit. Only ever worked on new builds

Looks to me 25 plus colours. Plus with out a test gear then you are snookerd.

 

[Declansmith567]

Has for the tails in the garage another rcd board in?
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Looks to me 25 plus colours. Plus with out a test gear then you are snookerd.

I know, going to try get a tester from a friend. Might just bite the bullet and rewire it, probably better in the long run

 

[buzzlightyear]

I know, going to try get a tester from a friend. Might just bite the bullet and rewire it, probably better in the long run

And who going to part p the work?

 

[Declansmith567]

And who going to part p the work?

Bit different in Scotland..

 

[buzzlightyear]

Scotland

Where's that then. Lol.just remembered still tide to England. I did not see on your profile
that you are planted their.

 

[Julie.]

I would suggest you do a full eicr in great detail before anything else.

Then you will know exactly the state of the installation.

For most of this you wouldn't need a mft, as you would gain great understanding from just looking under the covers, this may be enough to decide in any case, then get a tester for the testing aspect - at your own home you can spread the work out and do 100%

Then decide.

Although, I would think about putting a bigger rcbo cu in place and check out the earthing in any case - is it TT?

You would likely need to add/upgrade smoke alarms etc in line with the new law

There should be no reason to automatically need to replace the red/black pvc stuff, but you would probably want to extend or change stuff to match your future needs

 

[telectrix]

as Julie says. first look all round and decide if you need more sockets etc. and if relocating some would be advantageous. then a test of the installation. I'm a firm believer in the adage " if it ain't broke, don't fix it".