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and an airhead to boot.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.
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
I'm old fashioned just use the blank side of the yearly tax return and a pencil..........I would simply use a word document and list per room .....
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..........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 !
Sorry, didn't spot that it was up front, i assumed it was RCD for sockets and standard ways for lighting or similar setup!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?But nobody in their right mind would keep an up front RCD board - unless they come to work on a horse.
section 314."division of installation" (BS7671 17th ed.)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
Maybe you can't seem to get anyone round because of your plans to get it done for 3 grand?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?
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
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 .A small 2 bed terrace, 1 bathroom, up north. Seems a fair price to mr
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