Hello,
We're soon to complete on the purchase of a Victorian terraced property in need to refurbishment. We're going to strip floors, walls and manky paintwork then need to organise chasing of cables throughout the whole house. Before starting redecoration. It was rewired last year, but obv in order to save money the elderly owner has had the job completed with trunking and raised sockets everywhere. Is this a job for an electrician only or electrician and plasterer? And is it doable to get a four bed house (2 reception rooms, kitchen, bathroom, utility room h/s/l) all completed in 2 weeks as we will have to move kids and furniture in after the 2 weeks after completion....I'm assuming that it's messy work and isn't really doable with all of us moved in!
Cheers Rae
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
First and foremost ANY alterations to the existing electrical wiring MUST be carried out by a Part P registered person or consent obtained first (and fee paid) to your local authority. - see weblinks below for more information
http://www.donttakethep.co.uk/index.html
http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/public/leaflets/PartP-Web-Oct2012-1.pdf
If you choose to ignore Part P of the building regulations then your are effectively breaking the law and leaving yourself liable to a £5000 fine. Most people think that they can get away with and some do, although many people get caught when they come to sell the property and either then have to cough up and pay the fine or the house sale falls through.
Do yourself a favour and look for a decent NICEIC electrician (one with good reviews on this site is a start). It may well be that most/some cables are long enough and can be re-used although some may need to be rewired if the chased route is different and needs a bit more slack etc.
With regard to the mess, yes its very messy and everything in the house will get covered in a layer of dust, plus its very likely that carpets and floorboards will need to be taken up again, so ideally rooms should be as clear as possible.
Difficult to say 100% without seeing the job, but its very likely that the work will take less than a week.
Answered13 July 2013
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Anonymous user
It would be best to use an electrician and plasterer to ensure all.work is carried out to a professional standard. The work shouldn't take any longer than a week
Answered13 July 2013
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Anonymous user
I agree with answers apart from just using niceic, there are also other choices eg. elecsa, napit. The main thing is that the person is in a scheme and thus able to self certify the work and also doing this will generate a certificate of building compliance being issued and that is what you need for electrical work to be. Also if they are trustmark which is a government backed scheme.
