Rewires you'd actually recommend, chased in cleanly, made good where possible, and signed off with full BS 7671 certification. Fixed quotes after we've seen the property, never before.
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Everything below is what an honest, NAPIT-approved contractor will actually do for you, not what a marketing agency thinks sounds good on a website.
A rewire replaces the fixed wiring in your property, circuits, consumer unit, accessories and often the incoming supply arrangements, bringing the installation up to the current 18th Edition of BS 7671. A full rewire covers the whole property; a partial rewire targets a specific area (usually upstairs, or the kitchen and downstairs sockets) where the existing wiring is beyond safe reuse.
Owners of pre-2000 properties with rubber, fabric-covered or original PVC wiring; buyers of properties where the EICR has come back Unsatisfactory; landlords being served C1 / C2 codes; anyone renovating and wanting to do the electrics once, properly, before the plasterer arrives.
When your fuse board is rewireable-fuse or old-style dual-RCD; when sockets are round-pin, cracked or scorched; when the EICR flags C1 or multiple C2 codes; when you're extending or knocking through; when you're going to plaster anyway.
Old wiring degrades, rubber insulation crumbles, fabric sheathing dries out, undersized cabling runs warm, and earthing arrangements that were fine in 1975 aren't compliant now. Rewiring during a renovation is a fraction of the cost and disruption of doing it after decoration.
Every one of these is something we see weekly. None of them get better on their own.
Rubber-insulated cable from pre-1970s installations goes brittle and cracks. It's the biggest single cause of house fires of electrical origin in older UK housing stock.
A property with unresolved C1 / C2 codes can't legally be let and will be flagged by any mortgage-lender's survey.
Adding new circuits onto a failing old installation buys you months, not years. The old wiring keeps failing behind you.
Rewiring a decorated, carpeted, occupied house involves lifting floors, chasing walls, and full redecoration afterwards. Do it before plaster and it's a fraction of the cost.
We inspect the existing installation, discuss layout, socket and lighting positions with you, and agree a scope room-by-room.
Priced against the actual property, never off a spreadsheet. Includes making-good where in our scope, and clear on what isn't.
Old cable stripped out, new cabling chased into walls and run through floor voids, back boxes set, consumer unit position confirmed. Ready for plaster.
Faceplates, light fittings, extractor fans, smoke alarms and consumer unit installed after plastering and decorating.
Full initial verification to BS 7671, Electrical Installation Certificate issued, and a walk-round with you before we leave.
Every rewire quote is site-specific. No 'from £X per point' pricing that always creeps up on invoice day.
Proper chases, cable clips at the right centres, and dust-sheeted floors. You'll see the difference immediately.
Metal-clad, RCBO-per-circuit, so a fault on one circuit doesn't take out half the house.
Mains-wired, interlinked, battery-backed alarms fitted as part of the rewire, meeting BS 5839-6.
NAPIT self-certification, no separate council building control fees.
We phase first-fix / second-fix around plastering, decoration and other trades so no one's waiting on us.
The specific materials, methods and situations that make this job go well, or badly, depending on who's doing it.
A full rewire replaces every circuit and the consumer unit. A partial rewire replaces specific circuits, usually where the existing wiring is a known failure risk (e.g. rubber-insulated cable upstairs but modern PVC downstairs). We only recommend a partial where it's genuinely defensible; splitting old and new circuits at the same board is a compromise and we'll tell you the trade-offs.
Cable is BASEC-approved 6242Y twin-and-earth for lighting and sockets, 6491X singles in conduit / trunking where surface work is needed, and 6243Y for exposed installations. Accessories are MK, BG or Hager. Consumer units are metal-clad, RCBO-per-circuit to the latest amendment. Every termination is torque-checked with a calibrated screwdriver.
Chases are cut with the correct depth and centre lines so plasterers can fill without pushing through onto cable. First-fix cables are labelled at both ends. Consumer unit tails, meter tails and earthing arrangements are re-terminated to current standards, we don't reuse tired old tails just because they're still there.
For occupied rewires we phase the work so you're never fully without power, usually room-by-room or floor-by-floor. For listed and period properties we work with a lighter touch on chases, use conduit and trunking where discretion is needed, and coordinate directly with the conservation officer if one is involved.
A snapshot of recent installations from our own vans across Liverpool and the North West, no stock photography.
Straight answers to the questions we get on the phone every week. If yours isn't here, call 07351 982452 and ask.
Most 3-bed semis are 5–10 working days first-fix to certification, depending on how much making-good and second-fix is in our scope. We give a firm timeline in writing with your quote.
Every rewire is priced against the actual property. We won't quote sight-unseen. The on-site survey is free, and the written quote is fixed, no 'unforeseen extras' when we open the walls up.
Usually no. We phase the work so you keep power to at least part of the house every night. For extensive rewires with structural works you may prefer to be out for a few days.
Yes, a modern RCBO metal-clad consumer unit is standard on every rewire we do.
We make good our chases (bonding filler ready for plaster). Full plastering and redecoration is normally handled by a plasterer/decorator, either yours or one we can recommend.
Yes, a full Electrical Installation Certificate to BS 7671, plus interlinked smoke alarm certification where installed as part of the works.
Workmanship is backed by our NAPIT registration; materials carry their manufacturer guarantees. We'll walk you through the specifics before starting.
Yes, where it's genuinely appropriate. We'll be honest with you if a full rewire is the better call financially and technically.
Free on-site survey. Fixed price in writing before any work starts. NAPIT-approved, £2m insured, certified and self-notified where required.
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