Order of work?

MissMarble

Hi everyone,

We recently bought our first house and have booked in an electrician to carry out a re-wire, but I'm a bit confused about the next steps. Can anyone help with the order in which we do work? I've put together the list below, but I'm not sure if it's logical enough to work that way?

1. Rewire (remove plugs from skirting boards)
2. Replace skirting boards
3. New doors (front and kitchen) and windows
4. Knock through living/dining room wall
5. Plastering
6. New boiler/radiators
7. Paint and decorate (some rooms)
8. Cut pipe off gas fireplace and install new fire place (feature only)
9. Replace carpet/flooring
10.. Refurb bathroom - new tiles and suite
11. Refurb kitchen - new tiles and decorate only

Does that work? We are in a Victorian semi-detached so the property is quite old and we are living in the property currently - but will be moving out for the re-wire.

Hope you can help. I think I'm mainly confused about what work we need to get booked in after the re-wire and with winter looming we want a house with heating and hot water!

Thank you

naf123

You should do the rewire and replumb at the same time. (assuming noone is living in the house!) Note - do only first fix at this stage (wires and pipes). I would advise if you are doing such major works to replace all the pipes too - including hot/ cold water pipes to the bathrooms toilet, kitchen plus all new radiator pipes etc.

You can also get builder in same time to start stripping walls and skirting boards and knocking through walls. .

when the rewire and replumb is done, and everything is gutted, then you can install new windows and doors - before the replaster - then the builder will replaster and decorate then you call in the electrician and plumber in to do 2nd fix (sockets and radiators and boilers. )

This is a very major job - will take 2 months if you coordinate well but can take up to 4 months.

Good luck

MovingForwards

Same as suggested before

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5873799/house-renovation-what-order-should-we-do-things-in

MissMarble

naf123 wrote: »

You should do the rewire and replumb at the same time. (assuming noone is living in the house!) Note - do only first fix at this stage (wires and pipes). I would advise if you are doing such major works to replace all the pipes too - including hot/ cold water pipes to the bathrooms toilet, kitchen plus all new radiator pipes etc.

You can also get builder in same time to start stripping walls and skirting boards and knocking through walls. .

when the rewire and replumb is done, and everything is gutted, then you can install new windows and doors - before the replaster - then the builder will replaster and decorate then you call in the electrician and plumber in to do 2nd fix (sockets and radiators and boilers. )

This is a very major job - will take 2 months if you coordinate well but can take up to 4 months.

Good luck

Thanks for your reply! I don't know if we could undertake the bathroom with the re-wire, if we were to delay it would it be more hassle than it's worth?

Also, our plasterer has sent us a few different options for the re-wire and I'm not sure which one would be best. He's quoted to patch plaster so when the rewire is complete they will be screwed back flush to the walls, so then plasterer would have to unscrew the sockets/switches so it hangs loose, but is still connected then the wall would be plastered and screwed back. Would that be a good way to go about it? Or is it best to get a rewire without any patching?

Thanks again.

naf123

What do you want to do in the bathroom ?

New lights ? Ventilation ? Shaver socket ? Can it be done without breaking too much tiles ?

Do you want to replumb? Can you replace radiator pipes and replumb the bath /shower toilet etc easily ?

At the end of the day it is depending on what you want to do .

Doozergirl

If you're plastering anyway then there's no point having any plastering separately with the electrics.