House rewiring ?

wolvesinwales wrote:

My friend needs her house rewiring, its a 3 bed semi, any ideas what sort of cost she is looking at ? Someone has mentioned some new regulations that will make it a lot more expensive, any ideas ?


Thanks

It depends where you are in the country.
The golden rule of course is shop around.
Below is a link to a www site owned and run by an electrician local to me, he publishes example prices for specific work.

Take a look at the price guide section.

http://www.notshocking.co.uk/

I think you'd be lucky to get it done for that.

just had my own 3-bed semi done, I think the budget of 2k is a good benchmark, though make sure you check what fittings (plug, light sockets etc.) the person will use.
i'm not an expert, but I gather that the new regulations mean that from now any new electrical work done on your house has to be done by a qualified electrician (following I think the Insitution of Electrical Engineers/IEE regulations) - https://www.iee.org.uk should help), so make sure anyone you get in can confirm they are registered otherwise could be a problem when you come to sell the house.

b.abraham wrote:

i'm not an expert, but I gather that the new regulations mean that from now any new electrical work done on your house has to be done by a qualified electrician (following I think the Insitution of Electrical Engineers/IEE regulations) - https://www.iee.org.uk should help), so make sure anyone you get in can confirm they are registered otherwise could be a problem when you come to sell the house.

No unfortunately thats not quite right. Not only do they have to be qualified but they also have to be registered to self certify under the new part p regs. So in theory a fully qualified spark can not do the work without being part of another register (which they have to pay to be on) or you need to get planning permission from the council. It's competely bonkers.

mjobson wrote:

I think you can still do electrical work yourself, but now you need to get a certificate after the work is complete. Which is probably only £100-£200.

Hmm I'm trying to work this one out myself. Technically if not using a qualified part p registered spark then you need to apply for planning permission from you local council and then get a qualified, but not necessarily part p registered, spark to certify the work. Sounds expensive to me.

Also the appropriate part p certificates will be required when it comes to sell your house. And (not sure how true this is) you could be sued by subsequent owners if any dodgy non-certified wiring is found to cause injury or damage. I wonder how they would prove that?

So bottom line is its probably best to choose a spark who is not only qualified but registered for part p and make sure they give you the correct certificates. I'm sure a call to the local planning dept would help (maybe).

For more info and good discussion on part p see .....

http://www.screwfix.com/talk/thread.jspa?forumID=23&threadID=12188&messageID=111628

http://www.iee.org/Forums/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=4283

http://www.handymac.co.uk/PartP.asp

Cheers

Rob