Re: Electric Re-wiring!

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ouch!

This sounds a bit like a rip off to me, although Dean or someone who is
more "current" with the regs will be able to comment with more
authority.

If the circuit for the boiler has no earth, it will indeed need to be
rewired. However, AFAIK, that does not mean that the rest of the house
needs to be re-wired too.

At some point, if you start using metal faceplates or light fittings,
you will need to rewire the lighting circuits but if the boiler
replacement is more important, I'd suggest you just have the boiler
circuit rewired, the boiler replaced and then save up some more (and
plan) for the major rewire later.

HTH

Regards

Neil

Mark Golledge wrote:
>
> Afternoon everyone,
>
> About to replace our boiler and have been told that to ensure it meets
> all the requirements, we first need to have our electrics checked.
>
> Anyway, this afternoon we had a local firm come out to give us a quote
> hoping it'd be just Fuse box replacement.
>
> Turns out he tells us we need a whole re-wiring job done as there is
> no earth lead in the light switches. Clearly if we go ahead this is
> going to put the boiler replacement on hold.
>
> If I'm going to spend something in the region of £2.5k on a
re-wiring
> job, I think it might be a good opportunity to think about what
> potential there is to link this into digital home requirements.
>
> Any ideas? Only a 3 bed mid-terraced (and our first house so nothing
> large and haven't got the money for any huge job) but I've just
> started out with X10 but want to expand.
>
> Suggestions much appreciated!
>
> Mark
>
>