Daydream fund challenge part 4

Rummer · 31 July 2015 at 3:33PM

Good Afternoon!

I have been continuing the house clearing after a brief couple of days sunshine respite. Today is the turn of the living room and things are going well

After falling into the trap of using my nearest supermarket I went to one a bit further away and the savings were huge! So I will be doing that trek weekly now until the bad weather returns.

I just wondered what does having a house rewired involve and does anyone know how much roughly it costs?

I_have_spoken · 31 July 2015 at 6:07PM

Mum back in hospital, but it seems to have been a TIA (transient ischaemic attack) rather than a stroke. Very oddly, they did a CT scan and told me it showed she's had an actual stroke in the past but it seemingly hadn't been recognised. Hopefully she'll be back at home Tuesday.

Also two fish plus snail have ceased to be.

It's being so cheerful that keeps me going...

Davesnave · 31 July 2015 at 6:26PM

Rummer wrote: »

I just wondered what does having a house rewired involve and does anyone know how much roughly it costs?

Errr....do you really want to know? :eek:

Firstly, does it need rewiring? Ours did, not because the circuits were old or inadequate, but because we were changing so much (and some parts were a bit random as well!)

The almost impossible problem is getting the new wires to the sockets without damaging decorations, so its's really not a job to be undertaken lightly.

However, if the wires are good, you could just change sockets and consumer unit, if that needs to be updated to circuit breakers instead of fuses.

Our total rewire is costing £3k, but that is dirt cheap and involves a certain amount of jiggery-pokery, fitting in with the leccy guys instead of the other way around. Sometimes it drives me nuts, but they are true to their word.

Davesnave · 31 July 2015 at 6:33PM

Sorry to hear about Mum IHS. I suppose it could have been worse and the investigation has at least given the medics more info, so not all bad.

Like your fish, my day has had it's difficulties, but I've now sussed how to retrieve the floor tiles intact, with a batting average of 4 out of 5. This means the drill and kit has already paid for itself.

Far from finished though, and my back is kernackered for today.

I heard on the radio that Exeter Airport recorded a temperature of 2c last night; a new record for July. :eek:

Rummer · 31 July 2015 at 8:21PM

IHS, sorry to hear about your mum, hopefully she recovers well soon.

Dave :eek::eek::eek: to the cost! It was just a discussion we were having before pressing forward with the decorating. The electrics seem fine however they were installed in 60s and I have no idea how often these things need replaced

lostinrates · 31 July 2015 at 9:08PM

Tip, when one of you says, at about eight o'clock, knowing that you don't have everything needed to complete the new to you bed, ' let's take apart this bed and see what other bed is like, and then we can always sleep on the floor inside the new bed frame'. The other part of the couple should always answer no, not, 'oh yes, that sounds fun. An hour later, it seems like a very bad idea, having remembered all the gunk and junk that hides under beds. Considering kipping on sofa bed instead....early.

Davesnave · 31 July 2015 at 9:13PM

Rummer wrote: »

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Dave :eek::eek::eek: to the cost! It was just a discussion we were having before pressing forward with the decorating. The electrics seem fine however they were installed in 60s and I have no idea how often these things need replaced

Sometimes the 60s seem like yesterday, and other times like "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."

:rotfl:

Davesnave · 31 July 2015 at 9:24PM

lostinrates wrote: »

Considering kipping on sofa bed instead....early.

Sounds like a plan.

When I delivered DD1's IKEA bed 'won' on ebay, it looked like some kind of fiendish puzzle, devised by someone who'd worked in flat-pack a decade too long and been scarred by the experience.....

Apparently, there was help with assembly available on-line, which I didn't know about, so I was amazed to find myself sleeping in it a few months later. Somehow, all those panels, sticks and random bits of metal had become a bed.

choille · 31 July 2015 at 9:36PM

IHS - sorry to hear about your Mum. Hospital is the best place to reduce/halt bad effects of mini strokes.

Sorry too about the snail & fishes....glad they aren't Koi.....I suppose, but still not a great happening especially when you don't really know why.

Yes, Rummer -wiring should be retested every 20 years. If it was done in the 60s than it doesn't have modern RCD trips. Wonder that your insurance Co don't insist.

Cheaper if it's all single storey. Depends if they have to raggle for every wire. Are the wires clipped - can't pull through new wire - or are the wires in conduit? I'd do it before decorating.

Well rained hard quite a bit of the day & I do have delivery of a new bed, but have left it wrapped as I don't want the fine plaster dust getting into the fibres.
I went for one down to the floor bed bases as I don't want drawers - plenty of cupboards & want the air movement & we wanted a highish bed for OH as it's easier for him to sit on/get into.

I've idled a lot today as haven't felt too good....just stressed out & feeling very tired.

lostinrates · 31 July 2015 at 11:05PM

Just started surfing around Internet to look at comparative prices for latest acquisitions ( insurance etc) and found our exact bed for multiple what we paid for both the bed and wardrobe at a specialist bed dealer in catalogue. So, while they are always going to heavily charge more at that sort of sales place now I have that saved I can think about that.

Feeling a bit bowled over. I knew we had struck a deal We were happy with but, not quite how good. I'm not often happy.

Daydream fund challenge part 4

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