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    Rewire of apartment with economy 7, storage heaters, immersion & UFH

    Hi all looking for a bit of advice. I've been asked to price a rewire for a early 70's build 2 bed apartment. The apartment block was built in the very early 70's. It has 2 consumer units (one being economy 7) and appears to have underfloor heating in the rooms, 2 storage heaters & an immersion...
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    flat rewire pricey or not?

    Called out to have a look at a failed EICR remedials quote earlier, down stairs 2 bed flat, lounge, kitchen dining room. needs a new swa from the communal utility room (same floor) and rewired tbf. Over £7k quoted to owner; someone either doesn't want the job or is very expensive. thoughts on...
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    Full rewire required?

    My new house has four floors including a basement and an attic. I have been inspecting the wiring of the sockets circuit. There is a single socket circuit which has a 32amp (6kA type B) MCB. An RCD is installed. There are 26 sockets. I disconnected the live conductor(s) at a socket and then...
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    I need a professional opinion on a recent rewire please

    Hi, I have just had a full rewire done on my house by a Napit registered company whom I didn't realise at the time where allowing none registered persons to do the work. I have had to call them back several times to many issues I came across and am now concerned about the safety of the rewire. I...
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    UK Mature first time buyer seeks advice - Full rewire needed?

    Hi there, I am a mature first time buyer looking for a property at the budget end. I have seen this property for sale and I would like to know whether it needs a full re-wire and whether this would need to be done straight away or could be left a few years. It has a Merlin Gerin unit. The...
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    Electrician Jobs rewire team wanted

    rewire team to work in lincolnshire. long term contract
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    Having a house re-wire, are old back boxes within new regs?

    Hi, Glad to have found a good forum to ask my electric related questions. So my property had old vir cables nearly throughout and ceramic fuses. The company doing the rewire is 3/4 of the way through, but I have a few questions. 1. Are the original light switch back boxes still under current...
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    Garage Rewire

    For a change its nice to have a clean slate to work to. Client wants their garage rewired (and boy does it need it!) so they can have the following: Washing Machine, Tumble Dryer, American Fridge/Freezer, Outside socket, outside lights, workshop tools all 13A type such as circular saw etc...
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    Commercial Property Rewire Query

    Hi Guys Just thought id ask the question as I've been asked to rewire a commercial property, and I don't do much commercial as it always has to be done tomorrow. Anyway its a basic setup Ring Main sockets and LED Panel lights. However when I've gone to the board I can see its an old board...
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    rewire choosing between 2 unregistered firms to do the job

    Hello thanks for reading - I am having a 3 bed semi rewired and narrowed it down to 2 electricians. Both a not on any register as far as I can see. One will do the work in 3 days (3 people doing long days) and get it signed off under the Third Party Certification scheme The other says he...
  11. motopsycho87

    Partial home rewire?

    Hi all, I'm new to the forum so I'll give a background first. I've been a mechanical engineer for years, qualified to HND level so numerous electrical science modules completed. Come COVID the factory I worked at was penned for closure so I decided to retrain in electrical as the jobs market...
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    Do I need a rewire and new fuse box? Or is this OK?

    Hello - I’m a new member here seeking some advice. I’m purchasing a project property - sadly the previous resident passed away. I’m trying to work out whether I will need to have any major electrical work done or not. The property is fairly run down, but the electrics look like they might be...
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    £4K rewire what do you expect ...

    when it comes to rewires you literally get what you pay for , £4K allows 3 days to complete the job , of course it’s going to be thrown in roughly imo
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    House rewire - no certificate ?????

    Just had a full property rewire completed, My contract was with a registered electrician ( sparky 1 ) , I checked prior to engaging him and he is registered with NIC IEC The job took five days and the electrician had another electrician working alongside him When the job was completed I was...
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    Consumer unit / rewire

    Morning all, Try to keep it short. We purchased our house 2 years ago, on a tight budget and wanting to get out of renting we purchased a house using a basic survey etc. Looking back maybe not tge best idea but hey we did what we did. Anyway we have been looking at doing improvements and had a...
  16. Marcus Vaughan

    Comments - Full Rewire Required - C1

    Hi All, A top quality EICR report attached. I'm detecting an increase in opportunists looking to scare the bejesus out of landlords in particular. This report is utter crap. Everything ticked or N/A on the inspection schedules to suggest all is satisfactory but then some belter C1's in...
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    Would you get a rewire done if there's nothing wrong with the old stuff?

    Hi all. Just bought a house and it needs some attention to the electrics in terms of layout - loads of rooms that need 2 way switches don't have them, weird lighting set ups where one switch will do an inside and outside light at the same time etc, mostly trivial stuff. I had planned to get a...
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    Full rewire needed? First time home owner

    Hi All, Thanks for all the helpful advice in this forum. We've recently bought our first house - yay! With that being said, our building survey highlighted the wiring in the house, and an electrical installation report from 2017, when a new consumer unit was installed, suggested a rewire was...
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    Best way to wire new kitchen

    Hi, I am having my kitchen remodeled. I got a new panel put in this summer giving me the option to run more lines to the kitchen. right now the whole kitchen is running off of two double pole 20 amp breakers. We have tripped the breaker twice when using both the microwave and an air fryer at...
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    A really honest break down of rewire costings

    I really good open debrief from partisan electrical on a recent job

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