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Re wiring house
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Thank you. My house is 1950s. We bought it last year, there's nothing wrong as far as I know but we need a new consumer hint as it's one with fuse wire. There's not many plus sockets so I'll get some added at some point. I wonder if it needs retiring or it can wait a few years?
I can't afford to re decorate and plaster every room at the same time!0 -
monty-doggy wrote: »Thank you. My house is 1950s. We bought it last year, there's nothing wrong as far as I know but we need a new consumer hint as it's one with fuse wire. There's not many plus sockets so I'll get some added at some point. I wonder if it needs retiring or it can wait a few years?
If you're even _thinking_ about it, do it first.I can't afford to re decorate and plaster every room at the same time!
It's eminently preferable to live with some patched-up plaster and paint for a year or two than to hack about in fairly freshly decorated walls...0 -
If it is the original 1950s wiring it needs changing. Especially if the wire is rubber-coated. The rubber perishes leaving bare wire exposed :eek:monty-doggy wrote: »Thank you. My house is 1950s. We bought it last year, there's nothing wrong as far as I know but we need a new consumer hint as it's one with fuse wire. There's not many plus sockets so I'll get some added at some point. I wonder if it needs retiring or it can wait a few years?
I can't afford to re decorate and plaster every room at the same time!
And redecorating 1st is mad. Always do the underlying work first.
If other work is needed (eg wood treatment?) do it at same time as floorboards will need lifting for both jobs.0 -
I once did a house swap, and both properties needed rewiring. We thought it made sense to use the same firm, and they did both houses over the course of a week. In the one we were leaving, there was significant replastering, and a fair bit of decoration needed. In the one we were moving into, there was hardly any. It seems to depend on how easy it is to get behind the walls, and no one can tell you without looking. Each house is different.0
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