Rewire while house occupied. - Tips and strategies?

[GLENNSPARK]

make sure your quote is high enough to cover the extra time it will take you. sometimes it helps to work area by area, 1st & 2nd fix each room/circuit, rather than 1st fix the lot then go back into rooms and move furniture again to 2nd fix.

yep..often overlooked....as is the dreaded laminate flooring...lol..

 

[telectrix]

laminate flooring is dead easy to get up........ getting it back down so it don't look like rats have been at it is a different ball game.

 

[kingeri]

I did an occupied rewire last month, house was an absolute filthy hell-hole. Rubbish and dog turd everywhere, animal urine soaked into all floorboards. Rotting food everywhere. Woman seemed to have no shame. Proper had to bleach myself when I got home each night. My wife wouldn't come near me until I'd had a shower followed by a bath. Eurgh!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I did an occupied rewire last month, house was an absolute filthy hell-hole. Rubbish and dog turd everywhere, animal urine soaked into all floorboards. Rotting food everywhere. Woman seemed to have no shame. Proper had to bleach myself when I got home each night. My wife wouldn't come near me until I'd had a shower followed by a bath. Eurgh!

hmm...a bit like some of the places in leeds where i was doing ECRs for landlords....lol

 

[Jay Sparks]

hmm...a bit like some of the places in leeds where i was doing ECRs for landlords....lol

A bit like ALL of Leeds...lol

 

[GLENNSPARK]

A bit like ALL of Leeds...lol

allrite...
shall we get on the subject of bradford then Jay?...lol...lol....

 

[Jay Sparks]

allrite...
shall we get on the subject of bradford then Jay?...lol...lol....

No way, Ill get banned from the forum...lol I hate Bradford more than I hate Leeds.lol Unfortunately for me, I live on the border of Leeds, so I have the worst of both worlds..lol

 

[telectrix]

Bradford twinned with islamabad?

 

[Jay Sparks]

Bradford twinned with islamabad?

I could of twinned it with any Sh%^ hole. Actually, I could of twinned it with Leeds....lol. I have had to type the name of that town, 4 times today, Its making me feel sick!!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I could of twinned it with any Sh%^ hole. Actually, I could of twinned it with Leeds....lol. I have had to type the name of that town, 4 times today, Its making me feel sick!!!

well calverley isn`t bad jay...its just when you start getting into bradford proper...
starts getting tatty....
saying that where i live (dewsbury) isn`t too cracking either...lol...
i..oops sorry i meant my avatar blends in nicely round here....

 

[sedgy34]

Sub it out mate save you the hassle

 

[Jay Sparks]

well calverley isn`t bad jay...its just when you start getting into bradford proper...
starts getting tatty....
saying that where i live (dewsbury) isn`t too cracking either...lol...

I live about 2 mins from Calverly. As soon as you pass the "Now leaving Calverly" sign, you are entering a different world.lo, Where woman walk about in the PJ's and night gowns, Kids are running around the streets without nappies on....Its like the esate from shameless..lol Your mate is coming over tonight....hope he brings his steering lock!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I live about 2 mins from Calverly. As soon as you pass the "Now leaving Calverly" sign, you are entering a different world.lo, Where woman walk about in the PJ's and night gowns, Kids are running around the streets without nappies on....Its like the esate from shameless..lol Your mate is coming over tonight....hope he brings his steering lock!!

lol...
you and him off out for a beer then Jay?..

 

[shanky887614]

lol...
you and him off out for a beer then Jay?..

better not take the steering lock, they will just steal the 4 wheels instead from the van/car

 

[Jay Sparks]

lol...
you and him off out for a beer then Jay?..

Yeah...He called me up the other night seeing if I wanted to go to Farsley for a few last night but I was alredy going out, so I asked him to come over to working mens club for a few beers and a few games of snooker tonight. Be nice to put a face to the voice.lol You should come over as well, Id love to see you hobble round the snooker table..lol

- - - Updated - - -

better not take the steering lock, they will just steal the 4 wheels instead from the van/car

The steering lock was to hit the scrouts with!!!lol

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Yeah...He called me up the other night seeing if I wanted to go to Farsley for a few last night but I was alredy going out, so I asked him to come over to working mens club for a few beers and a few games of snooker tonight. Be nice to put a face to the voice.lol You should come over as well, Id love to see you hobble round the snooker table..lol

- - - Updated - - -



The steering lock was to hit the scrouts with!!!lol

lol...i`m bad enough with snooker even when i`m not on crutches...
only got a few weeks of this shyte left...
then i will be back on the tools...

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Hot tip. When going through the knicker drawer, make sure you put them all back. A pair hanging out ye back pocket (for a later sniff) usually guarantees a quick end to that contract.


I'm told.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Hot tip. When going through the knicker drawer, make sure you put them all back. A pair hanging out ye back pocket (for a later sniff) usually guarantees a quick end to that contract.


I'm told.

ECRs are also a good hunting ground for such stuff as well elmer...
and sometimes...just sometimes you also come across lesbyan artefacts as well+ mags and other paraphernalia....

 

[ruston]

A bit like ALL of Leeds...lol

It's not just Leeds lol.

 

[trev]

My tip is to leave as much of the old stuff on as possible, for example when running the new RFCs in first and second fix them but leave the legs hanging where the new cu is going to be. Similarly with anything that is not going to be in exactly the same place as the old stuff, obviously doing this with the lights is going to be tough but if I'm honest, if you can't first and second fix a lighting circuit in a normal sized house in a day you've got problems. You can also get a lot of the testing out of the way as you're going using this method thus saving a bit of time on change over day.