House Electrical Rewire

I find a lot of the time people don't really know how things work when they need their house rewired, and why should they? it's the sort of thing that most people have done probably once in their lives ever!
So I've put this post together from the information page from my old website, you can view my new site here Hertford Electrician

Electrical Rewires

Below you'll find some tips for electrical house rewires;

1. Before getting an electrician in to look at your property to quote or estimate for your home to be rewired, you should write down exactly what you want in each room and if possible supply a copy to the electrician. another great idea would be to draw a plan of each floor of your house and mark out where you want each electrical point.
   
   
2. As ever, you should get at least 3 quotes, but you should go with the one you feel most comfortable and that you see will give great value rather than the cheapest, you are making an investment in your property after all. The cheapest one will possibly cut corners, you have to ask yourself does it seem unrealistically cheap is it 20%+ less than the others?
   
   
3. You should ensure that you are going to employee the services of a professional electrical company with good electricians and that they are registered with one of the electrical bodies such as the NIC EIC, ask for the electrical companies registration number and then check this with the electrical body either via their website or calling them. If they are members of any other organisation you should check this too.
   
   
4. Make sure you get a detailed estimate or quote that includes cost of labour, materials and certification, also a schedule of all the work to be carried out, This should mirror you list that you gave the electrician doing the survey when they came round to quote for your house to be rewired.
   
   
5. Prices vary for an electrical rewire from property to property and can range (for a 3 bed house) from £2500 if you were to have just standard light fittings and sockets to £4000+ if you wanted the best brushed chrome fittings and down lights (these should be fire rated), extractor fans, security & garden lighting. Something else that can affect the cost of a house rewire is the structure of the building: Is it old Lathe and plaster with floor boards or are the walls rock solid with a chip board floor. Having a lot of furniture around especially heavy furniture will also be worked into the cost as it takes time to move it around to get under the floor boards or to the walls that you want electrical sockets on.
   
   
6. Having a rewire is a messy business even for the most professional electrical contractor especially when you are having your electrical sockets and switches chased in to the wall or down lights cut into the ceiling! It would be a good idea to put away items that you don't want to get dusty, If possibly you may wish to put them into storage.
   
   
7. Once work has begun, If you have any questions or wish to make changes, you should bring this up with the qualified electrician doing your rewire as soon as possible, Any delay and you could find it expensive as if work has already been done you'll have to pay for it.
   
   
8. At the end of the electrical rewire, you should receive 2 certificates one should be one for the electrics that includes data on the inspection and testing of the new electrical installation from the electrical contractor and one should be from building control to say it's been registered. These are both required if you've had your house rewired and you may have trouble selling your house in the future without them.