How bad is VIR wiring?

coffeehound

A sticker on the board indicates a socket safety test was c/o in 2008 when the meter was fitted, but that's 15 yrs ago now..

Risteard

coffeehound said:

A sticker on the board indicates a socket safety test was c/o in 2008 when the meter was fitted, but that's 15 yrs ago now..

Means nothing - they will only have been verifying polarity, and possibly (though not probably) Earth fault loop impedance at that point.

lucas20042004

I have some quotes. It's looking like it's going to be around £8-9k which includes the garage 

Risteard

lucas20042004 said:

I have some quotes. It's looking like it's going to be around £8-9k which includes the garage 

All I can say to you is that putting it off isn't going to make it any cheaper. On the face of it (without any information) it seems a very fair price - in fact quite cheap if anything.

flo22

When I was having building work done the electrician noticed that I had similar.  it looked like some time in the 70s a dodgy electrician had put pretend earths in but the wires were not connected to anything.  Ended up having to have it all channeled out and redone

Ectophile

lucas20042004 said:

I have some quotes. It's looking like it's going to be around £8-9k which includes the garage 

Is that with them having to work around you living in the house?  It may be cheaper if you move out for a while.