Rewiring

nofx

Hi there,

Was wondering if any of the more enlightened forum members could give a bit of advice.

Myself and partner are first time buyers and in the process of purchasing a house. I got a EICR done on the property. I need a new consumer unit installed and there have been a few dodgy DIY additions that need fixed

The electrician advised us to rewire the house.
In the report there were the following faults.
C1 x 1
C2 x 9
C3 x 4

I'm just unsure whether to get the faults fixed or go for the full rewire as the house will be empty and needs decorated throughout.

Cheers
Tommy

brightontraveller

nofx wrote: »

Hi there,

Was wondering if any of the more enlightened forum members could give a bit of advice.

Myself and partner are first time buyers and in the process of purchasing a house. I got a EICR done on the property. I need a new consumer unit installed and there have been a few dodgy DIY additions that need fixed

The electrician advised us to rewire the house.
In the report there were the following faults.
C1 x 1
C2 x 9
C3 x 4

I'm just unsure whether to get the faults fixed or go for the full rewire as the house will be empty and needs decorated throughout.

Cheers
Tommy

Code C1
‘Danger present’. Risk of injury.
Immediate remedial action required.
Code C2
‘Potentially dangerous’.
Urgent remedial action required
Code C3
‘Improvement recommended’.

So down to what they consider c1, 2 etc

Personally if there updating CU and installation 30 years old or more I’d say rewire sooner than later best time to do it when property is empty

As a very rough rule of thumb change cu £500 ish . Complete rewiring basic white plate, trade sockets, switching etc £1000 per bedroom so one bedroom house/flat 1k, 2 bed 2k, 3 bed 3k etc

You redecorating thinking of staying a few years rewire ?

Hoploz

If its empty then get the rewire done. You'll get a shiny new certificate to pass on when you sell! Plus you decide where you want all the sockets etc, you know where the cabling goes so when you go to put a picture up you won't bang into a wire and electrocute yourself And you will have the peace of mind of knowing it's all safe with no hidden nasties.

It's a hell of a lot of hassle to do while you're living there though, so do try and do it before you move in.

And if you've got all solid walls like I did when I had mine done, there'll be a lot of mess and making good plaster afterwards so allow time and budget for getting this done too.

I paid more than brightontraveller suggests, but I'm in pricey Surrey and as I said it was a particularly rotten job with lots of chasing cables in. If it's a more modern house with some or all plasterboard walls then it'll be much less dust and dirt and making good, so I'd presume cheaper.

TheCyclingProgrammer

At the very least get the C1 sorted out, what were the others?

The wiring in our place wasn't too bad, relatively new CU and wiring (certainly not more than 20 years old I'd say) and our EICR only had one or two things that needed immediate attention. The rest we gradually got fixed over time while we did up the house (things like broken sockets, that kind of thing).

Risteard

You cannot put off rectifying any C1 defect as these are IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS. A C2 defect should also be rectified URGENTLY.

Unless you are going to rewire IMMEDIATELY then you need to rectify these defects NOW.

Improvement is recommended for any C3 defects, although these can be considered to be non-urgent.

nofxuk

Hi folks,

Thank you very much for all the replies. You've all helped make my mind up to go ahead with the rewire. We do intend to stay in the house for a good number of years, so may as well get it done now, and it could do with a few more sockets round the place!

Thanks again ��

Tommy

baldelectrician

Always use a registered electrician;





In Scotland


www.select.org.uk


or


www.niceic.com





In England and Wales;


http://www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk/

Risteard

baldelectrician wrote: »

Always use a registered electrician;





In Scotland


www.select.org.uk


or


www.niceic.com





In England and Wales;


http://www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk/

And in Ireland:

North: NICEIC (www.niceic.com)

South: RECI (www.reci.ie) - In the south of Ireland this is a statutory (legal) requirement. But given your reference to an EICR rather than PIR the property is obviously not in the south of Ireland.

Ainsley1

......and noted in another thread good guide to rewiring cost by Brightontraveller at [URL="http://https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5465710had my consumer unit replaced recently, it was a very straightforward job full mcbo switches and was just under his/her guide price.

strawberries1

Ainsley1 wrote: »

......and noted in another thread good guide to rewiring cost by Brightontraveller at [URL="http://https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5465710had my consumer unit replaced recently, it was a very straightforward job full mcbo switches and was just under his/her guide price.

That link is broken. Will you please post the correct one? Thanks.