rewire

Hello - hoping for some advice on the partial rewire my electrician just recommended, trying to gauge how necessary/urgent that is. Please bear with me, it's a bit of a long story. 2 years ago, bought my flat, electrics from 2003, I hire a certified electrician for inspection. He says I need a...

Hi all, Please bear with me as this is my first post and not use to being on the internet. I have some questions I hope someone can help me with. I have recently had my whole house rewired. Obviously I knew there would be mess and disruption. Question 1/ Can I ask when the guys cut floor boards...

Okay so have 4 rows of spotlights in living room, it was all done back in 2002, so the wiring is not ancient. (Black, red, earth etc). Each row controlled by a dimmer switch. I would like to keep the row of spotlights on sides. And cap off the spotlights marked red, patched up with plasterboard...

hi All, I had the house re-wired by an electrician who assured me he was a professional. He has rewired the whole house and he only sent me the EICR I am not sure but I though it required some building regulation with an EIC, which I have not received. Do you know how can I get a building...

electrician wanted near Brighton, experienced in rewiring a house that has galvanised conduit throughout, running new cables (singles?) in existing buried conduits and avoiding chasing-in new conduit.

Evening all, My husband is a fully qualified electrician (NVQ3 AM2, 2391 5 yrs apprenticeship etc) and has been work as such his whole life. He works for a national company that regularly “checks” the cps schemes (they do the same for gas safe) for workers being registered and this normally...

Currently 1 one shop, it's being split into 2 same landlord. Existing consumer unit staying in 1st shop and new single phase consumer unit being fed in 10mm 3 core armoured from existing (15m run max) 16 sockets wired in 2.5mm lsf and 8 lights (3 of which are emergency) wired in 1.5mm left in...

I have recently purchased a flat and am planning on having it re-wired. It was built in the 1960s and is a small block of 12 flats. I am on the 1st floor with another person above me. The ceiling is concrete. I am hoping to create a small void just large enough to run the necessary cables...

Hi All, Would appreciate some advice on whether it's necessary/urgent to rewire a new house. The sockets in a few rooms are in the skirting board (house is old) and I know this isn't best practice by modern standard due to fire risk. How urgently does the wiring need to be replaced though? The...

Hoping someone can help me make a bit of sense of the EICR I just received - very new to all things property related. I had an electrician come in to carry out an EICR for a property we're hoping to purchase - 2 bed victorian terraced. He's said that based on his findings the property would...

Anyone got experience on how good a finish I can get chasing through lining paper and finishing chases on a lined wall? I'm about to start a full rewire on our house. We moved in about 4 months ago and all rooms had been lined with thick lining paper before place was put on sale. I've had to...

Hi all, I came up with this wiring design for a complete rewire for my home. Can I get some electricians to review this design? One area I need help with is what cables to leave for the secondary consumer unit which will eventually be installed for the outbuilding. The outbuilding will be used...

Hi, I'm in the process of buying a 3 bedroom 1930's house which has an old Wylex fuse board mounted on a wooden backboard. I'm planning to get an EICR done before exchanging contracts but am thinking I will rewire as the owner mentioned she has not had any electrical works done apart from when a...

I’ve had the house re wired this week and have some issues I’m not sure about 1 lights upstairs go off with a bang when I switch light in the hall, 2 wires directly under bath ( not the floorboard in bathroom) 3 duck tape on cable 4 whole house was to be required but the upstairs light cables...

Hello, I am getting a bit bogged down with detail as I always try my best to meet every best practice but I am very out of practice as I have been working outside the industry for 15yrs. All help appreciated. I am refurbishing my small 2 bed bungalow and have some questions for all the...

Helo All! Right, I'm having my house rewired. And to save some cash I'm wanting to do most of the chasing out, as wll as some of the more simpler 1st fix of the upstairs and downstairs rings and lighting myself (excluding bathroom and kitchen). Before I go out and buy the materials has anyone...

Afternoon, As the name suggests im not an electrian, I know enough to wire anything to do with boilers/water and I know enough to be helpful when rewiring a property from new. I do a lot of work for a charity and as such all building control certificates, guarantees, etc need to be proper and...

Hi all, I have recently replaced one of the sockets in my house and for some reason it is tripping the RCD on the consumer unit. Can anyone help please? A little background info, Following some recent works on the house I have had to replace an electrical cable to a socket as the original...

Hi all, I am a new member so forgive any mistakes, but wonder if anyone can help advise me, I am a retired electrician doing a full renovation with a rewire of a property. I engaged an approved electrical contractor to carry out all wiring and installation of a whole house MHVR system. Re the...

I'm just about to have my kitchen refitted. I've had an electrician to come and have a look. He's quoted me £2500 for a rewire. We are after new lights and lots of fiddly bits around the new cupboards. The bit that worries me, is that we want to mount x2 pyrolytic neff ovens away from the...