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Rerouting Not Rewiring Cables - Need To Be Signed Off?
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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 477418" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>I would still separate kitchen - did said electrican give you any test certs for the kitchen work? I'm guessing not! My reasoning for this is that most of the electrical load in a house is in the kitchen / utility area if you have one of those. Tumble driers and washing machines being the prime culprits. Cabling ages faster with loading, so you have cable that is roughly 30 years old, it is probably good for another 20 odd years - needs testing to make a decision on that. It looks like you only have 2 ccts, lights and sockets. Take the load of the sockets for the rest of the house, and the cable should last a lot longer. Plus more circuit separation gives a more reliable system. </p><p></p><p>You would definetly benefit from a board upgrade, and judging by your board, you have a small 2 up 2 down house. BIt hard to price a re-wire over the internet, but I would say £2-3k </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 477418, member: 490"] I would still separate kitchen - did said electrican give you any test certs for the kitchen work? I'm guessing not! My reasoning for this is that most of the electrical load in a house is in the kitchen / utility area if you have one of those. Tumble driers and washing machines being the prime culprits. Cabling ages faster with loading, so you have cable that is roughly 30 years old, it is probably good for another 20 odd years - needs testing to make a decision on that. It looks like you only have 2 ccts, lights and sockets. Take the load of the sockets for the rest of the house, and the cable should last a lot longer. Plus more circuit separation gives a more reliable system. You would definetly benefit from a board upgrade, and judging by your board, you have a small 2 up 2 down house. BIt hard to price a re-wire over the internet, but I would say £2-3k [/QUOTE]
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